About You
You are a hands-on DevOps or Infrastructure Engineer who enjoys taking ownership of Infrastructure as Code and building reliable, cloud-native environments on AWS. You are comfortable working with Terraform, provisioning container-based infrastructure, and ensuring platform stability through proper monitoring and observability.
You bring a proactive mindset, enjoy questioning technical decisions, and collaborate closely with distributed teams to continuously improve infrastructure reliability, security, and scalability.
- This position is offered under a contractor model for an initial period of 6 months, with the possibility of extension.
You Bring to Applaudo the Following Competencies:
- 5+ years of professional experience in DevOps or Infrastructure Engineering roles.
- Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Terraform Cloud, including writing modules and managing provisioning workflows.
- Proven experience provisioning and managing AWS infrastructure, primarily ECS and related container services.
- Deep understanding of Docker and container-based architectures.
- Experience implementing monitoring and observability using CloudWatch and Datadog.
- Familiarity with compliance practices and security-driven infrastructure changes.
- Strong English communication skills to collaborate with distributed teams and US-based stakeholders.
- Proactive and curious mindset, comfortable reviewing and questioning technical decisions and architectures.
- Exposure to AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot (nice to have).
You Will Be Accountable for the Following Responsibilities:
- Write and maintain Terraform code and modules to provision and manage AWS infrastructure using Terraform Cloud.
- Review Terraform pull requests and provide feedback to ensure code quality and best practices.
- Provision AWS services and work on proofs of concept (PoCs) to validate infrastructure solutions.
- Apply infrastructure and configuration changes driven by Security and Compliance requirements.
- Review and challenge architecture and implementation approaches to drive continuous improvement.
- Participate in team ceremonies, including daily standups and technical discussions.
- Collaborate closely with other engineers to ensure infrastructure reliability, scalability, and maintainability.