{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"2d17be6f661d04b9dc625f4a","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/2d17be6f661d04b9dc625f4a","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/2d17be6f661d04b9dc625f4a","title":"AWS DevOps Engineer (Houston, TX)","description":"Location: Houston, TX (Downtown) - Fully Onsite Duration: 6-Month Contract (W2) Schedule: Standard Business Hours Pay Rate: $99.00/hr - $103.00/hr Position Summary Our client, a leading midstream energy company headquartered in Houston, TX, is seeking an AWS DevOps/Platform Engineer III to design, build, and operate scalable AWS infrastructure and supporting DevOps processes for AI, Data Science, and Application Engineering workloads across its pipeline, storage, and processing operations. Working under minimal supervision as part of a cross-functional team, this individual will partner closely with Platform, DevOps, and DataOps Engineers across the AWS ecosystem and help lead automation initiatives using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Security as Code (SaC), and CI/CD best practices. 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