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# DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** VACO LLC
- **Location:** Nashville, TN, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $130,000.0 - $150,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Identity and Access Management, Information Technology Operations, Reliability Engineering, Reliability of Systems, Terraform
- **Published:** August 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.vaco.com/job/558/devops_engineer/en#apply-now-header

## About the Role

disaster recovery and business continuity efforts Improve cloud security, scalability, and operational processes Support identity and access management platforms Manage endpoint administration and internal IT operations Work with vendors and technology partners Drive automation initiatives using scripting, AI tools, and modern operational practices What We're Looking For 5 years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, SRE, or IT Operations Strong AWS experience in production environments Hands-on Terraform experience Experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines Experience owning infrastructure as well as internal IT operations Nice to Have Experience in highly regulated environments Disaster recovery and business continuity experience Compliance or security-focused background Experience driving automation initiatives Interest in leveraging AI tools to improve operational efficiency

## Description

Senior DevOps & IT Operations Engineer Location: Nashville, TN Area (Hybrid) Employment Type: Permanent / Full-Time (Direct Hire) Compensation: $130,000-$150,000 base bonus Reason for Opening: Growth. The organization is expanding its engineering team and investing in a modern cloud-native platform, creating the need for a dedicated owner of cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and IT Operations. This role will serve as the primary owner of cloud infrastructure, DevOps processes, and IT operations across the organization. It's a hands-on position for someone who enjoys building, automating, and solving problems. You'll work closely with engineering leadership and have a direct impact on infrastructure decisions across the business. What You'll Be Doing Own and manage AWS infrastructure across multiple environments Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform Create and improve GitLab CI/CD pipelines Manage monitoring, alerting, logging, and overall system reliability Lead, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries ("we," "our," or "Vaco by Highspring") respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.

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