Terraform Technical Design Engineer

Job Title: Terraform Technical Design Engineer

Location: Stamford, CT (Hybrid Onsite)

Duration: 6 Months

Position Overview

The Terraform Technical Design Engineer will lead complex cloud infrastructure design initiatives that align with enterprise architecture standards and business strategies. This role involves developing Terraform modules, Ansible playbooks, and automation templates for AWS deployments. The ideal candidate is a proactive problem solver who continuously drives reliability, scalability, and efficiency improvements across cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement end-to-end cloud solutions using AWS services, including RDS PostgreSQL, Aurora PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, and Data Firehose.
• Develop and manage Terraform templates, modules, and Ansible playbooks to automate infrastructure deployment and configuration.
• Collaborate with architecture teams to align designs with enterprise governance, standards, and policies.
• Leverage AWS shared services such as KMS, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Config, S3, Artifact, and Secrets Manager.
• Identify opportunities to optimize and automate manual or inefficient processes.
• Serve as a technical consultant across platforms, tools, and cloud solutions to drive targeted business outcomes.
• Participate in architecture and infrastructure steering committees and evaluate reference models and blueprints for suitability.
• Promote an inclusive and collaborative environment, helping to resolve organizational impediments.
• (Plus) Utilize Ansible for configuration management and automation.

Required Qualifications

• 6-8 years of experience as an AWS Solutions Architect or AWS Cloud Engineer.
• Strong expertise in AWS services including RDS PostgreSQL, Aurora PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, and Data Firehose.
• Proven experience with Terraform for infrastructure as code (IaC).
• Experience developing automation using Python and Unix Shell scripting.
• Familiarity with OPA (Open Policy Agent) for policy-based control and compliance.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks.

Desired Qualifications

• Proficiency with AWS shared services such as KMS, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Config, S3, Artifact, and Secrets Manager.
• Knowledge of AWS Security, Identity, and Compliance services.
• Experience with AWS Analytics services like Kinesis or MSK is a plus.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect and/or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer credentials preferred.
• Prior experience leading cloud design or automation strategy initiatives.

Primary Skills

• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, Python, CICD

Experience with Python, Unix Shell Scripting