AWS DevOps Engineer

About The Role

We are looking for an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer with around 4 years of hands-on experience to join our infrastructure/DevOps team. The ideal candidate will independently design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure primarily on AWS, drive automation initiatives, mentor junior engineers, and work closely with cross-functional teams to build scalable, secure, and highly available systems. Exposure to Azure is a strong plus.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain robust, scalable, and secure infrastructure on AWS
• Architect and manage core AWS services such as EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, Route 53, and CloudFront
• Build, own, and optimize CI/CD pipelines (e.g., CodePipeline, Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) to enable fast and reliable deployments
• Design and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform / AWS CloudFormation
• Set up and manage monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (CloudWatch, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, etc.)
• Implement and enforce security best practices including IAM policies, security groups, NACLs, KMS, Secrets Manager, and compliance standards
• Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis for infrastructure, deployment, and production incidents
• Drive backup, disaster recovery, high-availability, and cost-optimization strategies (Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, right-sizing)
• Containerize applications and manage orchestration using Docker, ECS, and/or Kubernetes (EKS)
• Automate repetitive operational tasks through scripting and tooling
• Support any hybrid or multi-cloud initiatives involving Azure services, where applicable
• Mentor junior engineers and review their work, providing technical guidance
• Collaborate with development, QA, security, and product teams to support and streamline application deployments
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of architecture, configurations, processes, and runbooks
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response as needed

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• 4+ years of hands-on experience working with AWS cloud services in a production environment
• Strong expertise in core AWS services: EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, ECS/EKS, Route 53, ELB/ALB, Auto Scaling
• Solid understanding of networking concepts (subnets, routing, security groups, load balancers, VPNs, VPC peering, Direct Connect)
• Strong scripting/programming skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation
• Proven experience with Linux and/or Windows server administration
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, Git-based version control, and branching strategies
• Solid experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, ECS, or EKS/Kubernetes)
• Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, or Puppet) is a plus
• Application Server Management — strong knowledge of networking, firewalls, load balancers, Nginx, Apache, etc.
• Ability to independently read, interpret AWS documentation, and troubleshoot complex issues
• Experience with cost optimization, security audits, and compliance frameworks (e.g., ISO, SOC2) is a plus
• AWS certification (Solutions Architect Associate/Professional, DevOps Engineer Professional) preferred

Good to Have

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure services (Virtual Machines, VNets, Azure DevOps, Azure Storage, Azure AD/Entra ID, AKS)
• Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environments
• Familiarity with Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates or Bicep
• Any Azure certification (AZ-104, AZ-400, etc.)

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making ability
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to mentor and guide junior team members
• Proactive, ownership-driven approach to infrastructure and incident management
• Strong collaboration skills in a cross-functional, team-oriented environment
• High attention to detail with a focus on reliability and scalability

Skills

• DevOps and Python