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# Senior DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** ACA Group
- **Location:** Durham, NC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Microsoft Windows, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Unit Testing, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, C Sharp (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Code Review, Collaborative Software, Databases, Linux, DevOps, Programming Tools, Disaster Recovery, Fault Tolerance, Github, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Python (Programming Language), Network Architecture, Octopus Deploy, Windows PowerShell, Aws Command Line Interface (CLI), Ruby, Software Engineering, TypeScript, AWS Cdk, Software Repository, Scripting, Google Cloud, Boto3, AWS Lambda, Cloudformation, Amazon Relational Database Service, Information Technology, Atlassian Tools, AWS Fargate, Cloudwatch, Terraform, New Relic (SaaS), Serverless Computing, Docker, Golang
- **Published:** June 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=75275b13ac3a0f23

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Windows?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * Bachelor's Degree in a related field or equivalent work experience

 * Background in Software Development or Software Engineering

 * Five years of professional hands-on experience building and managing AWS infrastructure using IaC (either using the AWS CDK using TypeScript, Terraform, or CloudFormation)

 * Experience with scripting languages - Python (Boto3), Bash (AWS CLI), PowerShell, TypeScript (nice to have)

 * Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows

 * Deep experience with observability platforms (New Relic, CloudWatch, Athena)

 * Experience containerizing workloads and working with Docker environments

 * Knowledge of Serverless architecture patterns and best practices
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 + Experience with and understanding of Linux and Windows environments
 + Deep network architecture knowledge including VPN, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect
 + Experience with RDS, EC2, Fargate, S3, Glacier, Lambdas, ECS, EKS, Secrets, and CloudFront
 + Experience with project management and collaboration tools like Jira and Confluence
Required skills and attributes:

 + Ability to work well in a fast-paced, small-team environment
 + Ability to work independently, multi-task, and prioritize effectively
 + Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and clients
 + Highly motivated and goal oriented; proactive in one's own education and career progression; volunteers for and shows initiative on both internal and external projects and tasks
 + Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
 + Strong oral and written communication skills
How you work:

 + Understand the IT vision and work towards realizing it
 + Find ways to apply new departmental ideas into your daily work
 + Be a self-starter who works to improve personal efficiency
 + Provide feedback and suggest improvements for IT systems
 + Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
 + Deliver high-quality work with limited oversight
 + Attempt to self-resolve challenges before escalating
Preferred Education and Experience

 + AWS certifications are a plus but not required
 + Experience with Azure or Google Cloud is a plus but not required
 + Experience with GitHub Actions and Octopus Deploy
 + Software Development experience using C#, TypeScript, Python, Java is a big plus
 + Experience with Ruby or Golang is a plus
Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future visa sponsorship (e.g., H-1B, F-1/OPT, L-1, TN, etc.).

## Description

The Senior Cloud Engineer is responsible for architecture, design, implementation, and management of the AWS cloud infrastructure for ACA Group ("ACA")'s software and provisioned using the CDK.

You'll have the opportunity to shape and scale the cloud foundation that powers ACA's software products. In this role, you'll work with a modern AWS-native stack, collaborate closely with developers and product teams, and influence architectural decisions that directly impact performance, reliability, and security across our platforms. You'll contribute to building thoughtful, well-architected infrastructure using IaC, automation, and DevOps best practices, while having room to experiment, bring forward new ideas, and continuously refine how we deliver and operate.

What you'll do:

 * Design, implement, and maintain secure and fault tolerant infrastructure and cloud software environments while applying fundamental principles of the AWS Well Architected Framework

 * Manage the immutable infrastructure via CDK written in TypeScript

 * Operate the development tools, such as IDEs, test environments, code repositories, artifact hosting, test runners, and automated release processes to enable developers

 * Oversee the deployment of servers, storage, databases, and other required infrastructure

 * Help design, oversee, and test the disaster recovery and business continuity plans

 * Participate on an agile team and work in the full development lifecycle

 * Perform analysis, design, development, unit testing, code reviews and deployment of cloud infrastructure

 * Participate in an on-call rotation


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