Title : Senior DevOps Engineer
Job Type : Full Time
Location : Charlotte, NC
Salary : $120K/yr – $150K/yr

Position Summary

The Senior DevOps Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining AWS IaC environments that support mission-critical applications and enterprise-scale platforms. This onsite role requires deep hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, Terraform, AWS Platform Services, Automation, Gitlab and modern DevOps practices.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure using Terraform and IaC best practices.
Build reusable Terraform modules, manage state, and enforce standards.
Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines with Gitlab.
Support AWS services including EC2, VPC, IAM, RDS, EKS/ECS, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch.
Troubleshoot production and infrastructure issues, perform RCA, and implement corrective actions.
Improve system reliability through monitoring, alerting, and observability tooling.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to reduce toil and improve automation.
Ensure cloud security best practices and participate in on-call rotations.

Required Qualifications

5+ years of DevOps/Cloud Platform Engineering Experience: Terraform Pipeline Expertise; Template design, parameterization, nested stacks Environment provisioning via IaC Secrets, configuration, and tagging strategy
5+ years AWS Infrastructure: EC2 provisioning, AMIs, Auto Scaling Groups (ASGs) ALB, NLB, Target Groups, and health checks Route 53 DNS management and routing policies. VPCs, subnets, NAT gateways, routing tables Security Groups, NACLs, and VPC endpoints WAF implementation and rule management
3+ years of Gitlab experience: Git workflows (branching, PR strategy, merges) GitLab pipelines (stages, runners, artifacts) Automated deployments and testing integration Blue/green, canary, and rolling deployments
3+ years of Automation & Scripting: Build automation using Python, including Lambdas Automate infrastructure tasks and maintenance Reduce manual operational overhead through scripting

Preferred Qualifications

Security & Operational Awareness
Implementing WAF protections IAM role/policy creation and least-privilege awareness

Compensation & Benefits

Base Salary: $120,000 – $150,000
Annual Performance Bonus Eligible
Medical, dental, vision
401(k) with match
PTO + company holidays
Life insurance, disability, EAP
Professional development opportunities

Working Environment

Onsite employees– As a condition of your employment with ACN, Inc, you will be required to work onsite at our designated office or facility. When considering this position, please be aware that you will be expected to perform your duties at our physical location as outlined in your offer of employment, We understand circumstances may require temporary remote work arrangements and exceptions may be granted on a case-by-case basis. However, it’s essential for candidates to understand that the standard expectations is to work onsite.

Office environment Mon-Fri, between the hours of 8 A.M to 5 P.M

The position may require occasional travel for continuing education, training or support.

Physical Requirements

Reasonable accommodations will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions on a case-by-case basis.

To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
The physical demands described here are representative of those indicative of a typical corporate office. environment. This includes prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
Required to stand periodically; walk, hear, listen, talk, and visually see.
Use hands to finger, handle, orfeel;the ability toreach withhands and arm.
The ability tolift upto 15 pounds at times.

Security Training Requirement

Please be aware that this position requires successful candidates to complete mandatory security training during their onboarding process. Security training is essential to our commitment to maintaining a secure work environment, protecting sensitive information, and ensuring the safety of our personnel. The specifics of the required security training will be communicated during the onboarding process. If you are prepared to fulfill this training requirement and are enthusiastic about contributing to our organization’s security culture, we invite you to apply for this position.

Federal and State Disclaimer

ACN is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. ACN observes the Workers+ Fairness Act in South Carolina, protecting employees and applicants for employment with medical needs arising from pregnancy, childbirth or medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

Benefits found in job post

401(k)