AWS DevOps Engineer (Mid-Level)

Role Overview

As an AWS DevOps Engineer, youll own the end-to-end infrastructure lifecyclefrom design and provisioning through deployment, monitoring, and optimization. Youll collaborate closely with development teams to implement Infrastructure as Code, build robust CI/CD pipelines, enforce security and compliance guardrails, and integrate next-gen tools like Google Gemini for automated code-quality and security checks.

Summary

DevOps Engineer with 3+ years of experience in AWS infrastructure, CI/CD, and IaC, capable of designing secure, production-grade systems with zero-downtime deployments. The ideal candidate excels in automation, observability, and compliance within a collaborative engineering environment.

Top Preferred Technologies:

• Terraform

  – core IaC tool for modular infrastructure design

• Amazon ECS/EKS (Fargate)

  – container orchestration and deployment

• GitHub Actions / AWS CodePipeline + CodeBuild

  – modern CI/CD pipelines

• Amazon CloudWatch

  – observability, custom metrics, and centralized logging

• IAM, KMS & GuardDuty

  – for access control, encryption, and threat detection

• SSM Parameter Store

  – for secure config and secret management

• Python / Bash / Node.js

  – for scripting, automation, and Lambda integration

Key Responsibilities

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC):

• Design, build, and maintain Terraform (or CloudFormation) modules for VPCs, ECS/EKS clusters, RDS, ElastiCache, S3, IAM, KMS, and networking across multiple Availability Zones.
• Produce clear architecture diagrams (Mermaid or draw.io) and documentation.

• CI/CD Pipeline Development:

• Implement GitHub Actions or AWS CodePipeline/CodeBuild workflows to run linting, unit tests, Terraform validation, Docker builds, and automated deployments (zero-downtime rolling updates) to ECS/EKS.
• Integrate unit tests (Jest, pytest) and configuration-driven services (SSM Parameter Store).

• Monitoring & Alerting:

• Define custom CloudWatch metrics (latency, error rates), create dashboards, and centralize application logs in CloudWatch Logs with structured outputs and PII filtration.
• Implement CloudWatch Alarms with SNS notifications for key thresholds (CPU, replica lag, 5xx errors).

• Security & Compliance:

• Enable and configure GuardDuty and AWS Config rules (e.g., public-CIDR security groups, unencrypted S3 or RDS).
• Enforce least-privilege IAM policies, key-management with KMS, and secure secret storage in SSM Parameter Store.

• Innovative Tooling Integration:

• Integrate Google Gemini (or similar) into the CI pipeline for automated Terraform security scans and generation of actionable “security reports” as PR comments.

• Documentation & Collaboration:

• Maintain clear README files, module documentation, and step-by-step deployment guides.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and post-mortems to continuously improve our DevOps practices.

Required Qualifications

• Experience:

• 3+ years in AWS DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering roles, designing and operating production-grade cloud infrastructure.

• Technical Skills:

• Terraform

  (preferred) or CloudFormation for IaC.

• Container orchestration:

  ECS/Fargate or EKS with zero-downtime deployments.

• CI/CD:

  GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, and CodeBuild (linting, testing, Docker, Terraform).

• Monitoring:

  CloudWatch Dashboards, custom metrics, log centralization, and alarm configurations.

• Security & Compliance:

  IAM policy design, KMS, GuardDuty, AWS Config, SSM Parameter Store.

• Scripting:

  Python, Bash, or Node.js for automation and Lambda functions.

• Soft Skills:

• Strong problem-solving mindset and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for documentation and cross-team collaboration.
• Ability to own projects end-to-end and deliver under tight timelines.
• Wil have to attend Coimbatore office on request (Hybrid)

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience integrating third-party security or code-analysis APIs (e.g., Google Gemini, Prisma Cloud).
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability best practices, including custom metric creation.
• Exposure to multi-cloud environments or hybrid cloud architectures.
• Certification: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional or AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate.