Software Developer (DevOps) US CITIZEN ONLY!

Redan, LLC; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company seeks a Software Developer (DevOps) to work on cloud-native APIs critical for data access. This role requires strong AWS expertise, automation skills, and the ability to thrive in high-traffic environments. Ideal candidates will have a bachelor's degree and proven experience in DevOps practices, ensuring efficient operations and communication across teams.

Qualifications

• 6 years as Software Engineer or DevOps Engineer.
• Strong AWS knowledge including EC2, Lambda, API Gateway.
• Hands-on infrastructure automation skills such as Terraform or Ansible.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and optimize a high-availability AWS-hosted API system.
• Automate infrastructure management using Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across services.

Skills

AWS Knowledge

Infrastructure Automation

Elasticsearch Expertise

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Job description

Software Developer (DevOps)

Redan LLC is looking for a Software Developer (DevOps) contract to hire.

The Software Developer (DevOps) must have deep experience in cloud infrastructure, API performance, and large-scale data systems. You'll work on a highly visible, cloud-native API that powers data discovery and access for users ranging from scientists to students-helping transform and improve data quality across diverse environmental and socio-economic domains.

In this role, the ideal candidate will thrive in high-traffic, performance-critical environments and will be passionate about infrastructure-as-code, automation, and continuous improvement.

Candidates must have excellent written and oral communication skills with client stakeholders at all organizational and technical levels and be adaptive to the organization's changing needs.

What You'll Be Doing

As the Software Developer (DevOps) at Redan, you will:

• Maintain, optimize, and scale a high-availability, AWS-hosted API system.

• Configure, tune, and troubleshoot Elasticsearch clusters for performance and resiliency.

• Automate infrastructure management using Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.

• Design and enhance real-time monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions using CloudWatch, Prometheus, or similar tools.

• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across services, with a focus on stability and uptime.

• Collaborate across technical and business teams to ensure the API meets evolving mission and user needs.

Profile of Success

Required

• 6 years as Software Engineer or DevOps Engineer (with strong software development skills).

• Strong AWS knowledge: EC2, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, RDS, Elasticsearch.

• Deep expertise with Elasticsearch: index management, query tuning, cluster scaling.

• Experience managing production-grade APIs in a cloud environment.

• Hands-on infrastructure automation skills (Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation).

• Demonstrated ability to implement and manage monitoring systems and alerting workflows.

• Strong communication skills and ability to solve problems collaboratively.

• Must be able to work the hours of 8am-5pm Eastern Time regardless of your home location.

Desired

• Experience with AWS monitoring tools like X-Ray and CloudTrail.

• Familiarity with CI/CD and automated deployment/testing pipelines.

• Experience in high-traffic API performance tuning and security hardening.

• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Conditions of Employment

• US Citizenship is required.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field is required.

• A minimum of 6 years position-related experience

Compensation

Pay and benefits information for this position will be provided to interested candidates that apply. Redan offers a package of compensation and benefits to full-time salaried employees.

Redan, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we highly value the diversity of our workforce. We accept resumes from all interested parties and consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual preference, personal appearance, family responsibility, the presence of a non-job-related medical condition or physical disability, matriculation, political affiliation, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.