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DevOps Engineer (Terraform & AWS Focus)

Company Description

Derex Technologies Inc specializes in providing IT consulting, staffing solutions and software services. Globally headquartered in Harrison New Jersey since 1996 Derex delivers the highest quality technology professionals and an array of customized IT talent solutions designed to improve productivity and drive results to global clients throughout North America.

With over two decades of unparalleled experience, Derex provides supports to its clientele, across such industries as Systems Integration, Banking and Finance, Telecommunications, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences, Energy, Healthcare, Technology, Transportation, and local and federal Government agencies.

Job Description

Position: DevOps Engineer (Terraform & AWS Focus)

Location: Remote

Duration: Long Term

Work Hours: Monday to Friday, 3PM - 11 PM EST

Job Description:

 

About the Role

We are seeking experienced DevOps Engineer with strong expertise in Terraform, AWS, and GitHub Actions to join our team. The engineer will be responsible for creating and modifying infrastructure using Terraform, supporting both development pipelines and production environments. This role requires a solid understanding of CI/CD practices, infrastructure as code (IaC), and observability, with a proactive mindset toward maintaining uptime and managing deployments.

 

Key Responsibilities

  1. Design, implement, and maintain scalable infrastructure using Terraform and Terragrunt
  2. Modify and enhance existing infrastructure in AWS, including services such as RDS, Aurora, and IBM WebSphere
  3. Support both development pipelines and production environments
  4. Participate in daily deployment activities, including evening deployments (7 PM–10 PM ET)
  5. Work closely with internal teams and respond to incident alerts during contracted hours
  6. Contribute to monitoring and observability setup using Datadog and Slack alerts
  7. Support and troubleshoot issues using runbooks and escalate when necessary
  8. Ensure SLA/SLI/SLO targets are met, including 99.5% uptime, ≤1 hour detection, ≤4 hours incident resolution

 

Tech Stack & Tools

  1. Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Terragrunt
  2. Cloud: AWS (EC2, RDS, Aurora, VPC, IAM, etc.)
  3. CI/CD: GitHub Actions
  4. Monitoring & Alerting: Datadog, Slack
  5. Operating Systems: Linux
  6. Database: PostgreSQL, Aurora, RDS
  7. Other Tools: Custom database scripts, IBM WebSphere

 

Preferred Qualifications

  1. 6+ years in DevOps roles with a focus on Terraform and AWS
  2. Experience in highly modular IaC environments and CI/CD pipelines
  3. Familiarity with SOC 1 compliance practices
  4. Strong communication and collaboration skills across distributed teams
  5. Experience working with incident management and runbook-driven operations

 

Regards,

 

Manoj

Derex Technologies INC

Contact : 973-834-5005 Ext 206

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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