Job Title: DevOps Engineer
Location: Westlake Village, CA (Hybrid / Onsite)
Duration: 6-12+ Months Contract to Hire
Responsibilities
Job Description:
The Sr DevOps Engineer Will Be
- Automated Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform
- Proven experience implementing the full Terraform lifecycle (plan, apply, destroy) within automated CI/CD pipelines.
- Proven experience building modules and must be proficient with Terraform remote state management (e.g., using S3 and DynamoDB), workspaces, and handling sensitive outputs securely.
- .NET Build and Deployment Automation
- Experience creating pipeline stages that reliably compile, test, and package .NET applications (dotnet build, dotnet publish).
- Hands-on experience with containerizing .NET applications using Docker and pushing images to a container registry (e.g., ECR).
- GitLab CI/CD Pipeline Mastery
- Demonstrated ability to author, maintain, and optimize complex gitlab-ci.yml files using advanced features like parent-child pipelines, components, dynamic job generation, and reusable templates (include).
- Proficient in caching, artifacts, and secure variable/secret management (e.g., GitLab secrets, AWS Secrets Manager integration).
- Practical AWS Services and Security Integration
- Strong knowledge of core AWS services, including IAM, S3, EC2, ECS/Fargate, and Lambda, as deployment targets.
- DevOps and Security Best Practices Mindset
- Focus on creating modular, maintainable, and observable pipelines and patterns with clear logging, monitoring hooks, and rollback strategies.
What You’ll Bring
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent work experience
7+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, automation, and deployment pipelines
AWS Cloud experience is a must have
Proficiency in infrastructure automation and configuration management
Experience designing and managing scalable, secure, and highly available cloud architectures
Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines and release automation
Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and observability best practices
Strong scripting and automation skills for operational efficiency
Experience working with security and compliance frameworks in cloud environments
Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure and application issues across distributed systems
Strong communication skills and experience collaborating with engineering, security, and operations teams
