Devops Engineer -Terraform (Contract)

Exp : 7+ years

Location : Remote

Job Type :Contract

Required Skills

1. Terraform

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using modular Terraform
• State management (Remote Backend: S3 + DynamoDB Locking)
• Best practices for module development and reusability
• Versioning Terraform code using Git
• Utilizing Terraform workspaces or variables for multiple stages (DEV, TEST, PROD)

1. AWS Services

• Compute: EC2, ECS
• Storage: S3, EFS
• Databases: RDS Aurora, ElastiCache, OpenSearch
• Networking: VPC, subnets, routing, security groups, NACLs
• Security & Compliance: IAM (roles, policies), AWS Transfer Family
• Container Services: ECS with ECR
• Logging & Monitoring: CloudWatch, AWS Config

1. CI/CD & Version Control

• Git (branches, pull requests, code reviews)
• Terraform Cloud or Terraform integrated with Jenkins/GitHub Actions for automated deployments
• Module versioning with Terraform Registry or internal repositories

1. Architecture & Best Practices

• Multi-VPC strategy & networking best practices
• Least privilege security principle for IAM roles & policies
• High availability and scaling strategies for RDS, ECS, OpenSearch & ElastiCache
• Logging, monitoring & alerting for the new environments

Terraform Implementation Steps

1. Structuring the Terraform Project

• modules/ for reusable Terraform modules (e.g., EC2, RDS, ECS, VPC)
• environments/ for specific stages (DEV, TEST, PROD)
• terraform.tfvars for environment-specific configurations
• backend.tf for remote state management (e.g., S3 + DynamoDB)

1. Utilizing Existing Modules

• Integration of existing modules (EC2, EFS, S3)
• Adapting existing modules from Borse Stuttgart (ECS, OpenSearch, ECR)

1. Developing New Terraform Modules

• Creating missing modules for:
• RDS Aurora (TradeRebel, Horizon, ESMA)
• Transfer Family (FTS)
• ElastiCache (Horizon)
• Modularizing services with environment-specific variables

1. Setting Up New VPCs in AWS Accounts

• Defining VPC, subnets, routing & security groups
• Provisioning peering connections or transit gateways if required

1. Deploying AWS Services with Terraform

• Initial deployment in DEV
• Testing & validation of the environment
• Rollout to TEST & PROD

1. Automation & Versioning

• Implementing CI/CD pipelines for Terraform deployments
• Using terraform plan & terraform apply in controlled stages
• Maintaining naming conventions & best practices for Terraform code

1. Documentation & Handover

• Documenting the modules & their usage
• Knowledge transfer to the offshore team for execution