Hiring - AWS Engineer (Strong Chef Engineering) - Dallas, TX (Fully Onsite)
Anil Singh Sisodiya
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My name is Anil, and I am a Technical Recruiter from Empower Professionals Inc. We are sourcing “AWS Engineer (Strong Chef Engineering)” role with one
of our clients at location “Dallas, TX (Fully Onsite)”. Please
let me know if you are available in the job market and interested in this role (see the jobs description below) - if so, we can connect and speak further.
Role: AWS Engineer (Strong Chef Engineering)
Locations: Dallas, TX (Fully Onsite)
Duration: 12+ Months Contract
Note: Candidate needs to be in the office 5 Days every week. Local or candidates from adjacent states only.
Must Have:
- Recent 5+ yrs experience in engineering/development using Chef, terraform and Ansible
- Recent 2-3 yrs experience in engineering/development using Python, bash
- Overall AWS 7+ yrs - with Linux skills
Chef Engineering (Cookbooks + Policy)
- Develop and maintain Chef cookbooks/recipes to enforce OS baseline configuration.
- Write/test Chef code (Ruby DSL) with appropriate structure, attributes, templates, and data bags.
- Maintain Chef policy (Policyfiles / environments / roles depending on org standards).
- Implement idempotent, reusable patterns; handle secrets appropriately (vault/secret stores).
- Automate onboarding of new Linux builds to Chef (bootstrap, node configuration, compliance).
Golden Image / AMI / Cloud Image Engineering (Monthly cadence)
Own monthly golden image lifecycle:
- base image updates, patching, hardening updates
- validate against functional/security requirements
- versioning/tagging and deprecation of old images
- Build/maintain AWS AMIs for multiple accounts/regions (share/copy/permissions).
- Build/maintain Azure managed images / Shared Image Gallery versions (publish/replicate).
- Ensure images include required agents (monitoring, security, EDR, vulnerability scanning, SSM/Azure extensions as required).
- Maintain image documentation and release notes per monthly release.
Terraform (AWS + Azure)
Develop and maintain Terraform modules:
- AWS: EC2 launch templates, ASGs, IAM instance profiles, security groups, EBS settings, tagging standards
- Azure: resource groups, VM/VMSS, managed identities, NIC/NSG, image references via SIG
- Create reusable modules with variables/outputs, versioning, and secure defaults.
- Integrate Terraform deployments with CI/CD pipelines, remote state, and approvals.
Automation / CI/CD / Quality
- Integrate image builds and IaC workflows into pipelines (e.g., Jenkins/GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps as applicable).
Implement testing and validation:
- Chef unit/integration tests (Test Kitchen/InSpec where used)
- image validation (boot, package checks, agent health, compliance checks)
- Terraform linting/format/validate, policy controls (if used)
In compliance with the salary transparency law, the expected pay range for this role is $50 – $55/hr. Actual compensation depends on experience and interview evaluation.
Thanks
Anil Singh
Technical Recruiter | Empower Professionals
an...@empowerprofessionals.com |Official Phone: 732-356-8008 x 381
linkedin.com/in/anil-singh-sisodiya-8a3a982b9
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