Mid Level Amazon Dsp Jobs in Spring, TX (NOW HIRING)

JOB SUMMARY
We are seeking a Senior AWS Platform Engineer / DevOps Engineer with deep expertise in AWS production support, Terraform, Kubernetes, and cloud platform operations. This role is responsible for designing, implementing, supporting, and optimizing enterprise-scale AWS infrastructure, container platforms, and automation frameworks. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience managing production environments, leading incident resolution, driving infrastructure as code initiatives, and improving platform reliability, scalability, security, and operational efficiency.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Design, implement, maintain, and optimize enterprise AWS cloud infrastructure and platform services.
• Provide advanced production support for AWS workloads and cloud-native applications.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and lead root cause analysis efforts.
• Drive incident resolution and implement preventive measures to improve platform reliability.
• Develop, manage, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform.
• Build and support reusable Terraform modules, standards, and deployment patterns.
• Manage Terraform state, module versioning, dependency management, and infrastructure lifecycle processes.
• Review infrastructure code, execution plans, and architectural designs to ensure compliance with best practices.
• Implement and support automated infrastructure deployments through CI/CD pipelines.
• Design, deploy, and support containerized applications using Docker, Amazon ECS, Kubernetes, and Amazon EKS.
• Manage Kubernetes clusters, workloads, namespaces, RBAC policies, Helm charts, and deployment configurations.
• Develop and maintain Helm charts and Kubernetes manifests for repeatable application and platform deployments.
• Support EKS cluster operations, upgrades, troubleshooting, scaling, and performance optimization.
• Configure and manage service discovery, ingress controllers, load balancing, networking, and security policies.
• Implement GitOps and CI/CD deployment practices using modern DevOps tooling.
• Monitor infrastructure, applications, and platform health through logging, monitoring, and observability solutions.
• Implement and maintain operational standards for availability, performance, security, and scalability.
• Collaborate with development, architecture, security, and operations teams to deliver cloud platform solutions.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, runbooks, and operational procedures.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and promote engineering best practices.
• Communicate technical risks, recommendations, and architecture decisions to stakeholders and leadership.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on automation, reliability, performance, security, and cost optimization.
• Support disaster recovery planning, business continuity initiatives, and operational readiness programs.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in AWS DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Cloud Infrastructure Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of experience supporting, troubleshooting, and optimizing production workloads on AWS.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services, including:
- Amazon ECS
- Amazon EKS
- Amazon EC2
- Amazon S3
- AWS Lambda
- Amazon DynamoDB
- Amazon DocumentDB
- AWS IAM
- AWS Networking Services
- Cloud Logging and Monitoring Services
• Proven experience leading production incident management and root cause analysis activities.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on Terraform experience in enterprise AWS environments.
• Experience designing, developing, debugging, and maintaining Terraform-based infrastructure solutions.
• Strong knowledge of Terraform module development, remote state management, infrastructure automation, and lifecycle management.
• Experience provisioning and managing AWS infrastructure directly using Terraform.
• Strong understanding of Terraform execution plans, resource dependencies, state management, module versioning, and policy controls.
• Experience integrating Terraform deployments into automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Minimum 5 years of experience working with containerized workloads and Docker.
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on Kubernetes or Amazon EKS experience in production environments.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes cluster administration, workload deployment, Helm, kubectl, autoscaling, RBAC, networking, and platform operations.
• Experience deploying and supporting distributed applications in containerized environments.
• Experience with service discovery, ingress controllers, load balancing, network policies, logging, and monitoring integrations.
• Experience with GitOps methodologies and CI/CD deployment frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Harness, Argo CD, Flux, or similar platforms.
• Strong understanding of observability, monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational excellence practices.
• Experience supporting change management, security hardening, disaster recovery, and platform resilience initiatives.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor engineering teams.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise cloud environments.
• Experience designing highly available, fault-tolerant, and scalable cloud architectures.
• Experience implementing cloud governance, security controls, and compliance frameworks.
• Experience optimizing AWS environments for cost, performance, and operational efficiency.
• Experience building self-service platform engineering solutions and reusable automation frameworks.
• Familiarity with multi-account AWS environments and enterprise cloud operating models.
• Experience working in Agile, DevOps, or SRE-driven organizations.
• Experience supporting mission-critical production applications with strict availability requirements.
CERTIFICATIONS
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional preferred.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional preferred.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate considered with significant senior-level AWS experience.
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) preferred.
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) preferred.
• Terraform Associate Certification preferred.
• Additional AWS, Kubernetes, DevOps, Cloud Security, or Platform Engineering certifications are a plus.