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AWS DevOps Engineer

kjohn@samrusystems.comUnited States🇺🇸United States

Quick overview

SeniorityMid Senior
Work modeHybrid
LocationUnited States
DockerDynamoDBMicroservicesShellGitAWSAPI GatewayELKEncryptionLoad BalancingSonarQubeTCP/IPAnsibleArgoCDBashChefCloudFormationDNSDatadogGitHub ActionsGitLab CIGrafanaHelmJenkinsPowerShellPrometheusPuppetPythonTerraformKubernetesCI/CDLinuxIAM

Job description

Role Overview

We are looking for an AWS DevOps Engineer to design, automate, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure on Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this role, you will bridge software development and operations by building automated CI/CD pipelines, enforcing Infrastructure as Code (IaC), containerizing applications, and implementing proactive monitoring and cloud security best practices.

Key Responsibilities

1. Cloud Infrastructure & Automation (IaC)

Design, build, and maintain high-availability, scalable AWS infrastructure using Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.

Automate infrastructure provisioning, environment management, and routine operational tasks using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.

Manage core AWS computing and networking services, including EC2, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, VPC, Subnets, Route 53, and Elastic Load Balancing (ELB).

2. CI/CD Pipeline Management

Build, optimize, and maintain Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline / CodeBuild, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI/CD.

Automate code quality checks, security scans, unit tests, and production release deployments with minimal to zero downtime.

3. Containerization & Orchestration

Containerize microservices architectures using Docker.

Orchestrate and manage container fleets deployed on Amazon EKS (Kubernetes) or Amazon ECS.

4. Security, Compliance & DevSecOps

Enforce cloud security using AWS IAM policies, role-based access control (RBAC), KMS encryption, and AWS Secrets Manager.

Implement DevSecOps practices by integrating vulnerability scanning tools (Trivy, SonarQube, Snyk) directly into deployment workflows.

5. Monitoring, Alerting & Incident Response

Configure application performance monitoring and centralized logging using Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, Datadog, Prometheus, or Grafana.

Establish proactive alerts, auto-scaling policies, and disaster recovery (DR) strategies to ensure 99.9%+ system uptime.

Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis (RCA) for production failures.

Required Technical Skills

DomainKey Tools & Technologies
Cloud ProviderAmazon Web Services (AWS) — EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, Lambda, CloudFront
Infrastructure as CodeTerraform, AWS CloudFormation
CI/CD ToolsJenkins, AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD
Containers & OrchestrationDocker, Amazon EKS, Amazon ECS, Helm
Configuration ManagementAnsible, Chef, or Puppet
Scripting / CodingPython, Bash, Shell scripting
Monitoring & LoggingAWS CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack
Networking & OSLinux/Unix administration, TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, Subnetting, Load Balancing

Minimum Qualifications

Experience: 8+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Systems Architecture in an AWS environment.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Linux Proficiency: Deep knowledge of Linux operating system administration and command-line automation.

Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills for cross-team alignment between Dev, QA, and Ops teams.

Preferred Qualifications / Certifications

AWS Certifications:

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (Highly Preferred)

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate / Professional

Kubernetes Certification: CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator)

Experience with GitOps methodologies (ArgoCD or Flux).

Knowledge of serverless frameworks (AWS Lambda, API Gateway).

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