AWS DevOps Engineer

What You’ll Do

• Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure on AWS.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment processes.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
• Monitor system performance, availability, and security using cloud monitoring tools.
• Collaborate with development, QA, and security teams to ensure smooth deployments.
• Implement containerization and orchestration solutions for microservices-based applications.
• Manage configuration, version control, and release management processes.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and deployment issues across environments (Dev, QA, Prod).
• Ensure compliance with security best practices and cloud governance standards.
• Continuously optimize cloud costs and improve infrastructure efficiency.

Experience

What You Should Know

• 3 to 6 years of experience in DevOps / Cloud Engineering.
• Minimum 2+ years hands-on experience with AWS cloud services.

AWS Services

Strong working knowledge of

• EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS
• Lambda, API Gateway
• CloudWatch, CloudTrail
• Auto Scaling & Load Balancers
• Route 53
• ECR, ECS or EKS

CI/CD & Automation

• Experience building CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or AWS CodePipeline.
• Experience with build tools like Maven, Gradle, or npm.
• Knowledge of branching strategies and Git workflows.

Infrastructure As Code (IaC)

• Hands-on experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Ability to manage infrastructure through reusable templates.

Containers & Orchestration

• Experience with Docker.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes (EKS preferred).

Monitoring & Logging

• Experience with CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK stack.
• Ability to configure alerts and proactive monitoring.

Scripting & Programming

• Proficiency in Bash, Python, or Shell scripting.
• Basic understanding of Java, Node.js, or other application stacks (preferred).

Security & Networking

• Understanding of IAM policies, security groups, NACLs.
• Knowledge of SSL, VPN, firewall configurations.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices (preferred).

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Good communication and collaboration skills.

Nice-to-Have

• AWS Certification (Solutions Architect / DevOps Engineer).
• Experience with Serverless architecture.
• Knowledge of cost optimization strategies in AWS.
• Exposure to multi-cloud environments (Azure/GCP).
• Experience with blue-green or canary deployments.