Senior Terraform Engineer
Description
Title: Senior Terraform Engineer Duration: Full-Time Opportunity Location: Dallas, TX Role Overview We are seeking highly skilled Senior Terraform Engineers to develop, maintain, and enhance reusable Terraform modules and infrastructure patterns that accelerate AWS cloud migration and modernization initiatives. The role will focus on module development, automation, testing, governance implementation, and migration team enablement. Key Responsibilities Terraform Module Development Design, develop, and maintain reusable Terraform modules and compositions. Build AWS infrastructure patterns covering: Compute Networking Storage Databases Security Monitoring Governance Containers Migration tooling Infrastructure Automation Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and AWS best practices. Develop higher-order compositions such as: Landing Zones Workload Accounts Network Hubs Shared Services Platforms CI/CD & GitOps Build and manage GitOps workflows for infrastructure deployments. Configure automated: Terraform plan and apply workflows Linting and validation Security scanning Cost estimation Policy validation Drift detection Testing & Quality Assurance Create module-level unit and integration tests. Implement automated testing using: Terratest Terraform Compliance TFLint Tfsec Checkov Ensure code quality, maintainability, and backward compatibility. Terraform State & Governance Support remote state management using S3 and DynamoDB. Maintain workspace strategies and multi-account deployments. Enforce naming conventions, tagging standards, and policy controls. Documentation & Enablement Develop module documentation and usage guides. Produce example implementations and runbooks. Assist migration teams with: Pattern adoption Troubleshooting Pull Request reviews Customization support Continuous Improvement Optimize Terraform patterns for: Cost reduction Operational efficiency Security compliance Performance improvements
Required Qualifications Experience 8–10+ years of cloud infrastructure and automation experience. 4+ years of hands-on Terraform development experience. Strong AWS implementation experience in enterprise environments. Experience supporting large-scale cloud transformation initiatives. Technical Skills Terraform (HCL) AWS Cloud Platform Git and Git-based workflows GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CodePipeline, or similar CI/CD tools TFLint, Tfsec, Checkov Terratest or Terraform Compliance AWS Secrets Manager and Parameter Store Cloud networking and security fundamentals AWS Knowledge Strong hands-on experience with: EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda VPC, Route53, Transit Gateway ALB/NLB, CloudFront S3, EFS, FSx, EBS RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB IAM, KMS, Security Groups CloudWatch Monitoring Certifications HashiCorp Terraform Associate (preferred) AWS Solutions Architect Associate/Professional (preferred)
Preferred Qualifications Terraform Cloud/Enterprise exposure. AWS Control Tower and AFT experience. Sentinel or OPA policy authoring. Multi-account AWS deployment experience. FinOps / Infracost integration. Telecom, highly regulated, or large enterprise environment experience.