AWS DevOps Architect - Terraform & Gitlab

Job Summary

Key Responsibilities

• Lead discovery workshops to understand existing platform foundations, environment provisioning processes, operational models, and architectural constraints.
• Assess application deployment requirements, service dependencies, configuration management needs, database considerations, test data strategies, and virtualization requirements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business priorities, technical constraints, success criteria, and platform objectives.
• Work closely with architecture, environment, testing, and project teams to align technical decisions and resolve cross-functional dependencies.
• Define and govern reference architectures across AWS, on-premises environments, and GCP where applicable.
• Design and implement reusable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) patterns using Terraform to support scalable environment provisioning.
• Develop and maintain reusable GitLab CI/CD pipeline templates and automation for application deployment and infrastructure provisioning.
• Establish reusable patterns for configuration management, test data provisioning, environment sizing, observability, and cost attribution.
• Define platform governance models, onboarding frameworks, implementation standards, and operational guidelines.
• Lead pilot implementations and validate observability, CMDB integration, architecture compliance, operational readiness, and cost management capabilities.
• Identify risks, gaps, and improvement opportunities, and translate findings into prioritized implementation recommendations and roadmaps.

Required Skills

• Proficient: AWS Architecture, Terraform, GitLab.

Experience

• Strong experience designing and governing cloud and hybrid infrastructure solutions.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and reusable automation patterns.
• Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation frameworks.
• Experience defining reusable architecture patterns, governance standards, and operational models.
• Strong understanding of cloud and on-premises infrastructure, networking, compute, storage, security, containers, and Kubernetes.
• Experience with observability, CMDB integration, and cost management practices.
• Proven ability to engage stakeholders, drive technical discussions, and provide architectural leadership.

Why Join UST

• Work on large-scale digital transformation and cloud modernization initiatives.
• Collaborate with global teams delivering technology-led business solutions.
• Participate in innovative platform engineering and automation programs.
• Access continuous learning opportunities, technical growth, and career development in a collaborative environment.
• Contribute to impactful solutions that help organizations accelerate their transformation journeys.