DevOps / AWS Engineer

DevOps / AWS Engineer

Location: Remote / Raleigh, NC
Experience: 8+ Years

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced DevOps / AWS Engineer to design, build, and optimize cloud-native infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in AWS services, automation, scripting, and infrastructure-as-code practices. This role requires strong troubleshooting abilities, a mindset for continuous improvement, and the ability to work collaboratively with development and operations teams.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Infrastructure (AWS)

• Design, deploy, and manage scalable, secure AWS cloud environments.

• Work with core AWS services such as EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, Lambda, RDS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and ELB.

• Implement Infrastructure as Code using tools like Terraform , CloudFormation , or CDK .

CI/CD & Automation

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins , GitHub Actions , GitLab CI , or AWS CodePipeline .

• Automate build, test, and deployment processes to improve release efficiency.

Containerization & Orchestration

• Work with Docker containers and container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes , EKS , or ECS.

Monitoring & Reliability

• Configure monitoring, logging, and alerting systems (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog).

• Improve system reliability, scalability, and performance through SRE best practices.

Security & Compliance

• Implement AWS security best practices including IAM policies, encryption, secrets management, and logging.

• Support governance, patching, and vulnerability remediation.

Collaboration & Support

• Work closely with development, QA, and infrastructure teams to enable smooth deployments.

• Troubleshoot production issues and ensure high availability of critical systems.

Required Skills

• 5-10+ years of experience as a DevOps, Cloud, or AWS Engineer.

• Strong hands-on expertise with a wide range of AWS services .

• Proficiency in Terraform / CloudFormation for IaC.

• Solid experience with CI/CD pipelines .

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS preferred) .

• Strong scripting skills in Python , Shell , or Bash .

• Experience with monitoring and logging tools.

• Strong understanding of networking concepts (VPC, Subnets, Routing, Security Groups).

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, SysOps Admin).

• Experience with microservices, serverless architectures, and distributed systems.

• Familiarity with Agile and DevSecOps practices.