What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior DevOps Engineer / AWS / Hybrid / Richardson TX position at Motion Recruitment?
We are hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer for a hybrid opportunity (2 days onsite, 3 remote) with a global, market-leading SaaS organization focused on building scalable, high-performance cloud platforms. This is a full-time role working heavily within AWS environments, CI/CD pipelines, and modern DevOps tooling including Terraform, Kubernetes, and Jenkins. You’ll play a key role in improving infrastructure reliability, automation, and deployment efficiency across a high-impact engineering team.
This is a chance to step into a highly visible role where you’re not just maintaining systems—you’re actively shaping how infrastructure is built and scaled. The team is looking for someone who can take ownership of cloud environments, drive automation, and collaborate across global engineering teams. If you’re someone who wants to work with modern tech, influence architecture decisions, and continue growing within cloud and DevOps, this is a strong opportunity with real long-term upside and flexibility.
Required Skills & Experience
Tech Breakdown
Posted By: Isabella Sweet
This is a chance to step into a highly visible role where you’re not just maintaining systems—you’re actively shaping how infrastructure is built and scaled. The team is looking for someone who can take ownership of cloud environments, drive automation, and collaborate across global engineering teams. If you’re someone who wants to work with modern tech, influence architecture decisions, and continue growing within cloud and DevOps, this is a strong opportunity with real long-term upside and flexibility.
Required Skills & Experience
- 5 years of experience in DevOps, Cloud, or Infrastructure Engineering
- Strong experience with AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, networking, scaling)
- Hands-on experience with Terraform and/or CloudFormation
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
- Containerization experience with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS/ECS preferred)
- Scripting experience with Python, Bash, or Shell
- Experience with monitoring/logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
- Experience with AWS CDK
- Exposure to DevSecOps or cloud security best practices
- Experience working in distributed/global teams
- Strong understanding of cost optimization in cloud environments
Tech Breakdown
- 35% AWS Cloud Infrastructure
- 20% CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
- 15% Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK)
- 15% Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS/ECS)
- 10% Monitoring & Logging (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
- 5% Scripting (Python, Bash, Shell)
- 70% Hands On
- 10% Strategy / Architecture
- 20% Team Collaboration
- Bonus eligible
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Vacation Time
- Stock Options
Posted By: Isabella Sweet