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Highway

Lead DevOps Engineer

Highway Dallas, Texas, United States

Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage · 51-200 employees

3 d ago
devops Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time United States
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About the role

The Lead DevOps Engineer will manage and scale cloud-based solutions in AWS while driving automation and disaster recovery strategies. They will also collaborate with the development team to ensure secure, high-quality deployments and platform reliability.

What they look for

AWS Terraform Infrastructure as Code ECS RDS Redshift Elasticache DevOps Automation Disaster Recovery Data Security Cloud Infrastructure System Architecture Incident Reporting Scalability

Requirements

Candidates must have proven experience managing AWS cloud infrastructure and deploying Infrastructure as Code using Terraform. Proficiency in AWS services such as ECS, RDS, and Redshift is required, along with strong communication skills.

Full description

FLSA Status: Exempt

Location: Dallas, TX (This is an onsite position)

Reports to: Chief Information Officer 

Status: Full-time

Role Description:

Freight brokers put an incredible amount of trust in Highway and that trust will be extended to you. The Lead DevOps Engineer will be responsible for scaling Highway’s platform in AWS using the best DevOps practices. 

Your role:

  • Manage and oversee Highway’s cloud based solutions in AWS, ensuring the best architecture for long term scalability and risk mitigation.
  • Implement proactive monitoring, alerting and incident reporting processes.
  • Drive automation initiatives and improve service quality of the platform.
  • Own disaster recovery and business continuity strategies to minimize downtime and ensure data resilience. 
  • Implement best practices for data security, define the standards and create processes around them.
  • Work with the development team on testing and deploying solutions that support the scale of the business.

Qualifications

  • Proven experience in managing could-based infrastructure, specifically within AWS.
  • Proven experience creating and deploying Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
  • Proficient in AWS cloud-based solutions, such as ECS, RDS, Redshift, Elasticache, etc.
  • Excellent communication skills and comfort working in a fast-paced, changing environment.

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