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# Senior DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** CLOVER MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING LLC
- **Location:** New Orleans, LA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $132,000.0 - $136,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Systems Engineering, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Databases, DevOps, Error Codes, Github, Monitoring of Systems, Identity and Access Management, Memory Leaks, Web Applications, Datadog, S3 Bucket, Delivery Pipeline, AWS ECS, Containerization, Gitlab-ci, AWS Fargate, Cloudwatch, Terraform, Docker
- **Published:** July 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=fa6d5a091c17310f

## About the Role

* 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Infrastructure, or Systems Engineering roles supporting web applications.
 * 3+ years of direct experience writing Terraform for AWS cloud environments.
 * Solid experience running containerized applications using Docker and AWS ECS (Fargate or EC2 launch types).
 * Working knowledge of Bash and Python for scripting daily operational tasks and automation workflows.
 * Hands-on background configuring GitHub Actions or GitLab CI/CD for multi-environment deployments (Dev, Staging, Production).
 * Valid authorization to work in the United States without requiring employer sponsorship.

## Description

We are hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer in New Orleans to take ownership of our cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and server security. In this role, you will write Terraform code to provision AWS resources, manage Docker container deployments on AWS ECS, and reduce release cycles for our software teams.

Technical Responsibilities

 * Write, test, and maintain Terraform modules to manage AWS infrastructure including VPCs, EC2 instances, ECS clusters, RDS databases, and S3 buckets.
 * Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to automate build steps, run automated test suites, and execute blue/green deployments.
 * Manage Docker container registries, optimize Dockerfiles to minimize image sizes, and configure AWS ECS tasks and service auto-scaling.
 * Set up system monitoring using Datadog and AWS CloudWatch, establishing alert rules for CPU usage, memory leaks, and HTTP error rates.
 * Audit AWS IAM roles, configure Security Groups, manage SSL/TLS certificates, and run automated vulnerability scans across application dependencies.
 * Participate in a rotating on-call schedule to respond to infrastructure alerts, mitigate downtime, and implement permanent fixes., Submit a resume detailing your experience with AWS, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines. Qualified candidates will complete a 30-minute recruiter screening, a 60-minute technical interview reviewing past infrastructure projects, and a final conversation with our engineering director.


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