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# DevOps & Terraform Engineer

- **Company:** CYNET SYSTEMS INC.
- **Location:** Houston, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $93,600.0 - $104,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Databases, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Failover, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Azure, Modular Design, Release Management, YAML, Cloud Platform System, Multi-Cloud, Backend, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Deployment Automation, Hashicorp, Terraform
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/f87822f2-6ef7-4d09-bc9b-fe2c9ed534e0

## About the Role

* 5+ years of deep, hands-on experience writing production-grade Terraform modules for both AWS and Azure.
 * 5+ years of experience managing Azure SQL cloud ecosystems.
 * Solid understanding of core AWS services, especially AWS managed databases (RDS) and how to provision these using Terraform.
 * Experience with Azure DevOps Services & Pipelines, including authoring multi-stage YAML pipelines, build/release templates, gated builds, and pipeline variables.
 * Hands-on experience with Terraform modular design, state management, and remote backends (Terraform Cloud).
 * Experience with Azure Boards and task management.
 * Experience with managing code repository in Hashicorp Cloud., * DevOps.
 * IaC.
 * Terraform.
 * AWS.
 * Azure.
 * Azure SQL.
 * RDS.
 * CI/CD.
 * YAML.
 * Hashicorp Cloud.

Qualification And Education:

 * 10+ years of professional experience in IT infrastructure.

## Description

* Manage, maintain, and secure Azure SQL Databases, Azure SQL Managed Instances, and SQL Server on Azure VMs.
 * Monitor database health, proactively troubleshoot performance bottlenecks, and optimize complex queries, indexes, and execution plans.
 * Implement and test robust database backup, disaster recovery (DR), and high-availability (HA) strategies such as Failover Groups and Geo-Replication.
 * Perform new database setup and configuration in Azure SQL.
 * Execute cost optimization strategies in Azure SQL.
 * Implement release management and deployment strategies including blue/green, canary, rolling updates, feature flags, and rollback planning.
 * Design, build, and maintain robust infrastructure components on AWS and Azure using Terraform as the primary IaC tool.
 * Ensure proper Terraform state-file management, backend configuration, and module reusability across multi-cloud environments.
 * Automate infrastructure provisioning, scaling, and management processes.
 * Ensure cloud environments are secure, scalable, and reliable.


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