Cloud DevOps Engineer / Architect - AWS

Job Title: Cloud DevOps Engineer / Architect

Location: [New Jersey |
Remote]

DataEconomy is seeking
highly skilled Cloud DevOps Engineers / Architects with deep
Terraform expertise and a proven track record in automating and operating enterprise-scale
infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices. This is a
critical role supporting tier 1 financial applications , with an emphasis
on security , high availability , and automation at scale .

The ideal candidate will
demonstrate mastery of Terratest , extensive experience in integrating
with security and certificate management tools such as Ping , HashiCorp
Vault , and Venafi , and a strong understanding of AWS , DevOps
toolchains , and infrastructure security .

Key
Responsibilities

· Design,
develop, and maintain scalable Terraform modules for infrastructure
provisioning on AWS.

· Implement Terratest-based testing for infrastructure validation and enforce best
practices.

· Build
and maintain secure, resilient infrastructure for financial and
mission-critical applications .

· Integrate
infrastructure workflows with security platforms (e.g., Ping, Vault,
Venafi) for certificate management and identity federation.

· Architect
and implement CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application
deployments.

· Support application migration of critical financial systems to AWS cloud
platforms.

· Collaborate
with platform, security, and networking teams to ensure compliance and
operational excellence.

· Provide technical leadership in driving automation, observability, and DevOps
maturity.

Requirements

Required
Skills & Experience

·5+
years hands-on experience with Terraform, including reusable modules, state
management, and remote backends.

·7+
years of DevOps experience with tools such as Jenkins, Git, Python, Docker, and
Kubernetes.

·3+
years experience working with core AWS services (EC2, IAM, VPC, S3, EKS, etc.).

·5+
years experience in networking, EKS, AWS Firewall Manager, and AFT.

·5+
years experience architecting and deploying high-availability financial trading
platforms.

·3+
years implementing or supporting financial systems, with emphasis on
reliability and security.

·6+
years of designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines for critical systems using
modern tools.

·4+
years of experience migrating financial IT applications to AWS cloud
environments.

· Hands-on
experience integrating with HashiCorp Vault, Venafi, and PingFederate or
similar tools for certificate and secret management.

Preferred
Qualifications

· Experience
with Terragrunt and managing IaC across multi-account AWS environments.

· Familiarity
with AWS Control Tower and Account Factory for Terraform (AFT).

· Exposure
to regulated industries (finance, healthcare) with compliance standards (e.g.,
SOX, PCI-DSS).

· Experience
with infrastructure observability and tools like CloudWatch, Prometheus,
Grafana.

· Strong
communication skills and experience in leading technical discussions with
cross-functional teams.

Certifications
(Nice to Have)

· HashiCorp
Certified: Terraform Associate

· AWS
Certified Solutions Architect – Associate / Professional

· Certified
Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)