Lead - AWS Devops

Job Description – Lead AWS DevOps Engineer

Role: Lead AWS DevOps Engineer

Experience: 9–12 Years

Location: Hyderabad / Ahmedabad

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

We are looking for a Lead AWS DevOps Engineer with strong hands-on experience in AWS cloud, DevOps automation, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and cloud architecture. The candidate will lead DevOps initiatives, drive automation and cloud best practices, and work closely with development, architecture, security, and business teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and management of scalable, secure, and highly available AWS infrastructure.
• Define and implement DevOps and CI/CD strategies across multiple applications and environments.
• Design and manage CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, AWS CodePipeline/CodeBuild, or similar tools.
• Lead Infrastructure as Code initiatives using Terraform and/or CloudFormation.
• Design and manage AWS services including EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, ALB/NLB, Route 53, CloudWatch, etc.
• Lead containerization and orchestration initiatives using Docker and Kubernetes/EKS.
• Implement automation for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, deployments, and operational processes.
• Establish best practices for AWS security, IAM, networking, monitoring, logging, and cost optimization.
• Design solutions for high availability, disaster recovery, scalability, and performance.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and provide technical guidance to engineering and operations teams.
• Drive DevSecOps practices, including security scanning, vulnerability management, secrets management, and compliance automation.
• Mentor and guide DevOps engineers and conduct technical reviews.
• Collaborate with architects, developers, QA, security, and infrastructure teams to improve delivery processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve reliability, deployment frequency, automation, and operational efficiency.
• Participate in technical discussions, architecture reviews, and production support activities.

Skills Required

• 9+ years of experience in DevOps/Cloud Engineering with strong AWS expertise.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud architecture and services.
• Excellent experience in CI/CD pipeline implementation and automation.
• Strong expertise in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes/AWS EKS.
• Strong knowledge of AWS networking – VPC, subnets, routing, security groups, NACLs, load balancers, and Route 53.
• Strong understanding of IAM, security, encryption, and secrets management.
• Experience with Linux administration and troubleshooting.
• Strong scripting/programming skills in Python, Shell, or Bash.
• Experience with monitoring and logging using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or similar tools.
• Strong understanding of Git and source-control management.
• Proven experience in technical leadership and mentoring.