Interesting Job Opportunity: AWS DevOps Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure & Automation

Position Summary

The DevOps & AWS Engineer should have hands-on experience in building, deploying, and managing cloud infrastructure and automation processes. The candidate should have strong expertise in Amazon Web Services (AWS), as well as proficiency in CI/CD pipeline development, infrastructure as code (IaC), and monitoring. The candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring smooth and efficient development workflows, system scalability, and high availability of services across cloud environments. This role requires strong communication skills, problem-solving abilities, and a collaborative mindset.

Essential Job Functions And Operations

• Assist developers by managing setup processes and minimizing setup-related tasks.
• Implement, configure, and manage cloud-based infrastructure using Amazon Web Services (AWS) such as EC2, S3, RDS, ECS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, and other AWS services.
• Work with Java, Spring Boot, and frontend technologies (React, Vue.js).
• Manage deployment artifacts including JAR files, HTML, CSS, JS files, and Dockerfiles.
• Prepare scripts for database schema and migration.
• Create and maintain Kubernetes templates and Jenkins files.
• Write and manage Terraform or AWS CloudFormation templates to automate the provisioning and configuration of AWS resources.
• Manage Kubernetes clusters, including services, deployments, and ingress.
• Support networking tasks, including virtual networking, VPCs, routing, DNS, and HTTPS/TLS.
• Automate deployment processes using Jenkins and other tools.
• Oversee application upgrades, database migrations, and rollback procedures.
• Design and implement disaster recovery plans in AWS to ensure high availability and fault tolerance of critical applications.
• Automate deployments using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or AWS CodeDeploy. Ensure smooth transitions from development to staging and production environments.
• Set up AWS CloudWatch to monitor AWS resources and applications in real-time. Create custom dashboards and set up alerts to proactively monitor system health.
• Configure and maintain IAM roles, policies, and groups to ensure secure access to AWS resources.
• Cost and resource optimization to ensure cloud efficiency.
  
  

Required Skills And Abilities

• Proficient in cloud platforms, specifically AWS.
• Strong understanding of AWS IAM roles, policies, users, groups, and permission management.
• Expertise in launching, managing, and scaling EC2 instances.
• Strong experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Jenkins.
• Expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and frontend technologies (React, Vue.js).
• Solid understanding of networking concepts (OSI model, TCP/IP, VPC, DNS).
• Experience with infrastructure automation, including scripting (Bash, Python).
• Familiarity with secure coding practices and vulnerability management.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Proven ability to manage code changes using Git, including branching and merging.
• Ability to create and maintain documentation for changes, database schemas, and APIs.
• Proficient in setting up CloudWatch for monitoring, logging, and alerting.
• Expertise in CI tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, for automating build and test pipelines.
• Experience with CD tools like Jenkins, AWS CodeDeploy, or ArgoCD for automating the deployment process.
• Strong understanding of designing and managing CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment processes
  
  

Financial Responsibilities

• Monitor and manage costs associated with cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Optimize resource usage to ensure cost-efficiency.
  
  

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Mentor Junior Developers, Testers and provide guidance on DevOps best practices.
  
  

Education

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  
  

Experience And Qualifications

• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in DevOps role with a focus on cloud platforms (AWS).
• Demonstrated experience with GIT, Jenkins, Docker, EKS, IAM, VPC, EC2 and Terraform.
• Strong background in managing infrastructure and deploying applications in cloud environments.
• Experience using Helm for managing Kubernetes applications and simplifying deployments.
• Hand-on Experience in implementing CICD pipelines.
• Experience with secure coding practices and vulnerability management.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
  
  

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