Motion Recruitment | Jobspring | Workbridge

Senior DevOps Engineer / Dunwoody

dunwoody, Georgia

Hybrid

Full Time

$180k - $220k

A leading enterprise organization headquartered in Dunwoody, Georgia is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer with a strong infrastructure background to join a high-impact engineering team responsible for scaling and automating cloud-native environments. This position is ideal for DevOps professionals who have hands-on experience with AWS, EKS, Terraform, and infrastructure as code (IaC) best practices in production-grade environments.

The Senior DevOps Engineer will play a key role in building, managing, and securing cloud infrastructure, with a focus on container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, and system scalability. This is a highly collaborative role working alongside application engineers, cloud architects, and security teams to ensure resilient, observable, and automated cloud platforms.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design, implement, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure using AWS services and Terraform

  • Manage and optimize EKS clusters, including provisioning, scaling, upgrades, and monitoring

  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)

  • Implement infrastructure-as-code, configuration management, and automated provisioning

  • Monitor system performance and availability with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or CloudWatch

  • Collaborate with development and security teams to ensure reliable and secure deployments

  • Troubleshoot infrastructure-related issues and provide production support as needed

  • Participate in infrastructure reviews, cost optimization efforts, and architectural planning

Required Skills & Experience
  • 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Cloud Infrastructure

  • Strong proficiency with AWS core services, particularly EKS, EC2, IAM, VPC, and CloudFormation

  • Deep expertise in Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and management

  • Solid understanding of container orchestration using Kubernetes (EKS preferred)

  • Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and working in GitOps workflows

  • Familiarity with Linux systems, shell scripting, and networking concepts

  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex systems

Nice to Have
  • Experience with Helm, ArgoCD, or Flux for Kubernetes management

  • Knowledge of security best practices in cloud environments (e.g., IAM policies, KMS, Secrets Manager)

  • Experience with observability tools such as Datadog, New Relic, or ELK stack

  • Familiarity with Python, Go, or another scripting language for automation

  • Exposure to Agile/Scrum environments and DevSecOps practices

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis now and in the future.
This role is hybrid or on-site in Dunwoody, GA. Local candidates are strongly preferred.

Posted by: Jackie Baker

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