Senior DevOps Engineer - AWS, Data Platform & Security

HCLTech; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

HCLTech is seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer to advance secure AWS cloud platforms, IaC pipelines, and data-enabled workloads. You will design scalable infrastructure, automate deployments, and drive DevSecOps across SDLC while collaborating with security, data, and engineering teams.

The role emphasizes Terraform, Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD, and AWS services like Glue, Redshift, S3, Athena, and SageMaker to enable data lakehouse and analytics platforms.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Platform Engineering experience.
• Strong expertise in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Docker and Kubernetes experience for containerized applications.
• Experience implementing DevSecOps and cloud security best practices.
• Strong understanding of AWS IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager and security governance.
• Experience with monitoring and observability using CloudWatch.
• Hands-on experience with automated deployment pipelines and cloud-native architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Build and manage IaC solutions using Terraform.
• Develop and optimize GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Own end-to-end environment automation, provisioning, monitoring, and compliance.
• Leverage Docker and Kubernetes to modernize applications.
• Drive DevSecOps practices across the SDLC.
• Ensure cloud environments meet security and governance standards.
• Design scalable Data Lakes, Lakehouse architectures, and Data Warehouse platforms.
• Architect and optimize AWS-based ETL/ELT, machine learning, and real-time data pipelines.
• Build and manage AWS Glue Catalogs, Glue Jobs, and data integration workflows.
• Support analytics platforms utilizing S3, Redshift, Athena, SageMaker, and EventBridge.
• Implement metadata management, data governance, lineage, and data quality frameworks.
• Automate observability and operational workflows using CloudWatch, EventBridge, and AWS Lambda.
• Perform root cause analysis and drive corrective actions for infrastructure and application issues.
• Support large-scale deployments, monitoring, and testing initiatives.
• Document current-state environments, perform gap assessments, and provide strategic recommendations.
• Deliver technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-training to engineering teams.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, security teams, and business stakeholders.
• Present architecture designs, roadmaps, status updates, and technical recommendations.

Skills

DevOps Experience

AWS Cloud

IaC

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab CI/CD

DevSecOps

Cloud Security

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab CI/CD

ServiceNow

CloudWatch

AWS Glue

Job description

HCLTech is seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer to advance secure AWS cloud platforms, IaC pipelines, and data-enabled workloads. You will design scalable infrastructure, automate deployments, and drive DevSecOps across SDLC while collaborating with security, data, and engineering teams.

The role emphasizes Terraform, Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD, and AWS services like Glue, Redshift, S3, Athena, and SageMaker to enable data lakehouse and analytics platforms.