Senior Platform Automation Engineer: Terraform & Cloud (Remote)

Bright Vision Technologies; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Platform Automation Engineer to design and maintain scalable Terraform-driven infrastructure across cloud accounts and environments. The role emphasizes reusable modules, policy-as-code, and robust automation pipelines to support cloud and hybrid deployments.

The candidate will collaborate with security and platform teams, drive cost optimization, and mentor engineers on best practices. Remote-friendly, full-time position with strong growth potential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure or DevOps with a Terraform focus.
• Hands-on experience authoring and maintaining production Terraform across a major cloud.
• Strong experience designing reusable Terraform modules with clear APIs.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform state management, backends, and large-scale workspaces.
• Strong scripting skills in Python, Go, or Bash.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure code and policy enforcement.
• Solid understanding of cloud networking, identity, and security primitives.
• Strong Git-based workflows including code review, branching, and release management.
• Excellent troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain modular Terraform code across cloud accounts and environments.
• Build a library of reusable Terraform modules with clear interfaces and documentation.
• Implement Terraform automation pipelines with gating, drift detection, and policy enforcement.
• Define and enforce policy-as-code using Sentinel, OPA, Conftest, or Checkov.
• Manage Terraform state at scale with backend strategies and disaster recovery patterns.
• Drive multi-account, multi-region, and multi-cloud provisioning with proper naming and tagging.
• Lead infrastructure testing with terraform-compliance, Terratest, and policy tests.
• Collaborate with security, networking, and platform teams to embed guardrails.
• Standardize secrets management and least-privilege IAM through Terraform abstractions.
• Lead migrations from legacy IaC to managed Terraform footprints with minimal disruption.
• Drive cost optimization, tagging hygiene, and lifecycle management across the estate.
• Mentor teams on Terraform best practices and PR review standards.
• Maintain runbooks, diagrams, and onboarding materials for the infrastructure platform.
• Stay current with Terraform, OpenTofu, and IaC ecosystem developments.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

DevOps

Troubleshooting

Root-cause analysis

Git-based workflows

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Atlantis

Terraform Cloud

Spacelift

Terragrunt

OPA / Sentinel / Checkov

env0

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Platform Automation Engineer to design and maintain scalable Terraform-driven infrastructure across cloud accounts and environments. The role emphasizes reusable modules, policy-as-code, and robust automation pipelines to support cloud and hybrid deployments.

The candidate will collaborate with security and platform teams, drive cost optimization, and mentor engineers on best practices. Remote-friendly, full-time position with strong growth potential.