Senior Terraform Infrastructure Engineer for Release Pipeline Hardening

BlueSky Ventures

Contract · Remote · Flexible hours

About the role

BlueSky Ventures is accelerating its release cadence through a focused CI/CD and platform automation sprint. As a Terraform Infrastructure Engineer you will drive the creation of reusable infrastructure modules for the new "Nimbus Release Engine" pipeline, ensuring faster, reliable deployments across AWS environments.

Key responsibilities

• Design and implement Terraform modules for VPC, EKS, and CI/CD runner clusters supporting the Nimbus Release Engine.
• Integrate Terraform workflows with GitHub Actions, automating plan‑apply stages and enforcing policy checks via Sentinel.
• Collaborate with the DevOps team to containerize build agents using Docker and publish them to Amazon ECR.
• Set up Terraform Cloud workspaces, configure remote state backends, and establish state locking mechanisms.
• Conduct performance testing of the automated pipeline, delivering measurable reductions in deployment time by week two.
• Document module usage, versioning strategy, and hand‑off procedures for the internal Platform Ops squad.

Must-have skills

• 5+ years of hands‑on Terraform experience in large‑scale AWS environments.
• Deep knowledge of AWS services (VPC, EKS, IAM, S3) and networking concepts.
• Proficiency with CI/CD tools, especially GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
• Strong scripting abilities in Bash or Python for automation tasks.
• Experience with Docker containerization and image registry management.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Sentinel policy as code or Open Policy Agent.
• Exposure to monitoring tools like Prometheus or CloudWatch for pipeline health.