DevOps Engineer

toptal

📍 Remote🌐 Remote🕐 1mo ago🔗 findwork

Skills

vpcgitlabdockerpythoneksprometheusrdsjenkinskubernetesbashecsdatadogs3awsgrafanaterraformgithub

Job Description

About the Role -------------- We're looking for a DevOps Engineer to design, build, and maintain secure, scalable cloud environments for a growing organization expanding its cloud capabilities. You'll take ownership of infrastructure-as-code practices, deployment automation, and environment stability across development, staging, and production — working closely with engineering teams to keep everything running smoothly, securely, and cost-effectively. This is a hands-on opportunity to shape core cloud infrastructure with direct, visible impact on engineering velocity and platform reliability. What You'll Do -------------- * Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure using Terraform and AWS * Automate deployment processes and optimize existing CI/CD pipelines * Collaborate with development teams to provision, configure, and troubleshoot development, staging, and production environments * Monitor infrastructure performance, manage access and security policies, and implement cloud cost optimization best practices What You Bring -------------- * Strong hands-on experience with AWS core services, including EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, and EKS/ECS * Deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform * Proficiency with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins * Solid experience with containerization technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes * Familiarity with scripting languages such as Bash or Python for operational automation * Understanding of networking, security best practices, and monitoring tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, or Grafana Nice to Have ------------ * Experience supporting multiple engineering teams across parallel environments * Background in cost optimization or FinOps practices for cloud infrastructure * Exposure to compliance or security frameworks relevant to cloud environments (e.g., SOC 2, HIPAA)