Senior DevOps Engineer

Job Title: Senior Dev Ops Engineer

Location: Des Moines, IA

Duration: 4 months

Employment Type: Contract

We are hiring for the role of Senior Dev Ops Engineer. Below are the key details:

We are modernizing mission‑critical applications through cutting‑edge technology and Agile methodologies, seeking a highly skilled Dev Ops Engineer with 10+ years of experience and deep expertise in Terraform. This role is pivotal in the transformation of the UI Tax system, ensuring that systems are re‑architected to leverage industry‑leading frameworks and provide exceptional service to both agency staff and end‑users. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in developing AWS services, particularly Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), and will possess extensive experience in designing, building, and maintaining Istio service mesh within an EKS cluster.

• Participate in the design, development, and maintenance of AWS infrastructure using Terraform and Typescript, ensuring best practices and optimal performance
• Manage, configure, and optimize a broad range of AWS services, including but not limited to EC2, EKS, ECR, Cognito, Lambda, RDS, S3, IAM, and Cloud Front
• Architect, build, and sustain Istio service mesh within EKS clusters to ensure seamless and secure service interactions
• Provide authoritative guidance and technical leadership in the implementation of AWS cloud infrastructure, influencing and mentoring diverse teams
• Develop and maintain robust unit and integration tests to guarantee infrastructure as code (IaC) integrity and reliability
• Spearhead the implementation and management of CI/CD pipelines, automating the deployment of infrastructure and applications for maximum efficiency
• Collect telemetry, set up comprehensive monitoring systems, dashboards, and alerts, utilizing tools such as Fluent Bit, Cloud Watch and Dynatrace to gain deep insights into cloud operations and application performance
• Monitor and troubleshoot performance issues, ensuring high availability and optimal performance of infrastructure and services
• Use Helm charts to package necessary resources and configurations, streamline installing, upgrading, fetching dependencies, and configuring deployments on EKS
• Collaborate closely with software engineers to optimize application performance and reliability in AWS environments
• Implement and enforce security best practices and compliance controls, ensuring the AWS environment adheres to the highest operational and security standards

• 4+ years hands‑on experience in Terraform development using Typescript
• 8+ years experience in developing and managing AWS services, with a strong focus on Amazon EKS
• 4+ years experience in designing, building, and maintaining service mesh like Istio within an EKS environment
• 8+ years extensive experience in developing and managing various AWS services, including EC2, EKS, ECR, S3, Cognito, NLB
• 6+ years experience working with Docker containers and microservices framework
• 6+ years experience working with Helm charts
• 6+ years proficiency in scripting languages such as Type Script and Python
• 8+ years experience building pipelines using CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Git Hub, Git Hub Actions, etc.
• 4+ years solid understanding of AWS Well‑Architected Frameworks
• 8+ years strong understanding of networking concepts and protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, SSL/TLS)
• 6+ years solid experience in implementing security best practices within AWS environments
• 8+ years experience with Configuration Management & Orchestration tools to ensure cloud environments meet operational and security standards
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities

• AWS certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Dev Ops Engineer
• Experience working in an Agile environment
• Previous experience in the public sector or on large‑scale projects