Senior DevOps Engineer — Remote Cloud & CI/CD Lead

Bluecoding; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Coding is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to modernize a US client’s infrastructure by moving on-premises systems to a cloud-native, serverless AWS setup. You will automate CI/CD pipelines, manage Terraform-based resources, and drive platform engineering with a focus on security, monitoring, and collaboration across teams.

The role emphasizes proactive communication, quick responsiveness, and documentation. Remote work is supported, with engagement directly on the client’s team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent hands-on DevOps experience.
• 5+ years of experience in a DevOps role within software organizations.
• Proven experience with AWS services and cloud migration projects.
• Extensive experience with CI/CD tools, particularly Bitbucket Pipelines.
• Strong proficiency in Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.
• Solid knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket).
• Excellent communication skills and the availability to respond quickly and stay connected with the team throughout the workday.
• The ability to write clear, easy-to-follow documentation.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, and the drive to work with minimal direction.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies.
• Nice to have: AWS certifications, such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, or AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Lead and support the migration of on-premises systems to a cloud-native, serverless architecture.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Bitbucket Pipelines and automate deployment processes.
• Provision and manage cloud resources with Terraform, keeping infrastructure versioned, reproducible, and consistent across environments.
• Help drive the shift from traditional DevOps practices toward platform engineering, building internal tools that support the development teams.
• Set up monitoring to keep systems reliable, and find and resolve performance bottlenecks.
• Work alongside development, security, and operations teams, keeping communication clear and timely.
• Apply security best practices, run regular security audits and vulnerability assessments, and help keep the platform compliant with industry standards.
• Keep documentation of infrastructure, processes, and tools up to date.
• Share knowledge and mentor junior team members.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

CI/CD

Bitbucket Pipelines

Docker

Kubernetes

Jira

Confluence

Security best practices

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

AWS

Bitbucket Pipelines

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Blue Coding is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to modernize a US client’s infrastructure by moving on-premises systems to a cloud-native, serverless AWS setup. You will automate CI/CD pipelines, manage Terraform-based resources, and drive platform engineering with a focus on security, monitoring, and collaboration across teams.

The role emphasizes proactive communication, quick responsiveness, and documentation. Remote work is supported, with engagement directly on the client’s team.