Sr. AWS Dev Ops

About This Role

This role is for a high-performing, hands-on Sr. DevOps Engineer to refine deployment practices for improved reliability, repeatability, and security, while driving continuous improvement and innovation for critical customer-facing platforms.

Responsibilities

• Participate in small-team initiatives to continuously refine deployment practices for improved reliability, repeatability, and security
• Create plans, collaborate with other DevOps team members, and coordinate with software engineering and business teams
• Design effective monitoring & alerting for conditions such as application errors and high memory usage
• Design log aggregation approaches to quickly access logs for troubleshooting or generate reports for trend analysis
• Deliver excellence to Software Engineering teams, empowering them to maximize development velocity while enforcing best practices and security standards
• Own, architect, and manage AWS infrastructure components such as Lambda, EKS
• Build with a mind for both security and compliance
• Deploy to AWS via Azure DevOps-based source control and CI/CD pipeline design
• Own the technical design and implementation of automation technologies required for deploying, maintaining and operating cloud infrastructure
• Create policies and procedures for properly supporting a rapidly growing microservice architecture
• Ensure cloud-based architectures meet availability and recoverability requirements
• Implement cloud-based monitoring and alerting
• Find scalability bottlenecks and areas for performance improvements
• Identify and execute on opportunities to help set the standard for excellence in cloud infrastructure design and automation
• Actively monitor risks to site SLAs and overall delivery

Requirements

• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, Developer)
• At least three (3) years managing AWS infrastructure
• At least five (5) years DevOps engineering experience
• At least three (3) years Terraform or CloudFormation
• At least three (3) years Azure DevOps CI/CD
• Strong software engineering or programming background (Python, C#, or .NET preferred)
• Proven experience with industry standard monitoring and alerting tools
• Proficiency with Docker, EKS, and microservice architecture
• Proficiency with log aggregation tools such as ELK or Splunk
• Architecting and deploying advanced cloud infrastructures within AWS
• Solid understanding of web services, databases and related infrastructure/architectures
• Solid understanding of backup/restore best practices
• Experience releasing software through tooling (Azure DevOps, Github Actions, Jenkins)
• Excellent troubleshooting skills
• Experience supporting an enterprise-level technology environment
• Ability to prioritize tasks and work independently
• Excellent written and interpersonal communication, and documentation skills
• Demonstrable experience with cloud security fundamentals
• Excellent collaboration skills across various business units

Qualifications

• At least five (5) years DevOps engineering experience. At least three (3) years managing AWS infrastructure. At least three (3) years Terraform or CloudFormation. At least three (3) years Azure DevOps CI/CD.

Skills

* Required skills

Certifications