Cloud Devops engineer

Duties & Responsibilities

• Foster collaboration and shared ownership across development, operations, and security teams throughout the SDLC.
• Design, develop, and implement automated build, test, and deployment pipelines using AWS-native and third-party CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins).
• Build, manage, and scale reliable cloud infrastructure leveraging AWS services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, and CloudFront.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and Ansible.
• Implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting using CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, and third-party tools like Datadog or New Relic.
• Ensure adherence to AWS security best practices — including IAM role-based access, secrets management (AWS Secrets Manager, Parameter Store), and compliance with relevant frameworks.
• Troubleshoot complex issues in build pipelines, infrastructure, and deployments, ensuring minimal downtime and high system reliability.
• Collaborate closely with development teams to enable continuous integration, automated testing, and seamless delivery pipelines.
• Mentor junior engineers, fostering a DevOps culture of automation, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Maintain detailed documentation of architectures, pipelines, and operational runbooks for knowledge sharing and business continuity.
  

Skills Required

• 3- 6 years of hands-on experience in DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure roles.
• Strong AWS expertise, including EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, Route 53, CloudFront, and VPC networking.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and/or CloudFormation to define and manage cloud environments.
• Experience automating builds and deployments using CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, or ArgoCD.
• Scripting proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation and custom tooling.
• Deep understanding of containerization (Docker) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Amazon EKS).
• Strong background in Linux system administration (Ubuntu, RHEL/CentOS) and working knowledge of Windows Server (Active Directory, GPO, DFS).
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals, including load balancers, DNS, firewalls, and security groups.
• Experience with application hosting (Nginx, Apache, Tomcat, IIS) and artifact management (Nexus, Artifactory, ECR).
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog, New Relic, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Exposure to migration of projects into AWS and knowledge on HA/DR
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, and computer related discipline only
• (Optional) – AWS Certifications