DevOps Engineer - AWS (6-8 Years Experience)
Location:
Kochi, India
Company:
Softobiz Technologies
Department:
Cloud, DevOps & Platform Engineering
Role Type:
Full-time Role Overview
Softobiz is looking for an experienced
AWS DevOps Engineer (6-8 years)
who can architect, deploy, secure, and optimize large-scale AWS environments. This role supports enterprise clients across the USA, Australia, APAC (including Sydney Markets Limited, FirstPath, Oroton), and internal Softobiz products. You will work across
infrastructure automation, CI/CD, containers, microservices, network security, monitoring, data platforms, and zero-trust security principles
. Key Responsibilities
1. AWS Infrastructure Engineering
Design, build, and manage production-grade cloud infrastructure using AWS best practices and Well-Architected Framework pillars.
You will provision and maintain:
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VPC, Subnets, NAT, Security Groups, NACLs
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EC2, ECS/Fargate, EKS
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Lambda serverless workloads
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RDS (MySQL/PostgreSQL), DynamoDB, ElastiCache (Redis)
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S3 (with versioning, replication, lifecycle rules)
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API Gateway, Application Load Balancer, NLB
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AWS WAF, CloudFront
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Secrets Manager & KMS
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CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Config
Support multi-environment deployments (Dev/Test/UAT/Prod) with strong isolation and tagging governance.
2. CI/CD & Automation
- Build scalable CI/CD pipelines using:
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AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy
- OR
GitHub Actions / Bitbucket Pipelines
- Automate deployments for:
- Node.js / Express services
- React/Next.js frontends
- Container workloads
- Implement:
- Blue/Green & Canary deployments
- Automated rollback strategies
- Secretless pipeline execution (AWS IAM roles)
3. Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Author, modularize, and maintain IaC using:
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Terraform
(preferred) - or AWS CloudFormation
- Manage remote state, workspaces, environment-specific variables.
- Ensure resources follow Well-Architected Framework, cost tagging, and naming standards.
4. Security, Compliance & Best Practices
Implement enterprise-grade AWS security controls with
Zero Trust
, least privilege
, and shift-left security
. Key Responsibilities
- Enforce
IAM best practices
: - No long-lived credentials
- Role-based access ONLY
- Cross-account IAM roles where required
- Harden VPC, SGs, NACLs, encryption policies.
- Enforce
private access patterns
: - VPC Endpoints for S3, DynamoDB, Secrets Manager
- No public internet exposure unless required
- Set up
AWS WAF
& Shield protections. - Enable
CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Security Hub
. - Implement
KMS encryption
across services. - Apply CIS benchmarks for EC2, EKS, IAM, RDS.
- Automate vulnerability scanning with Amazon Inspector or third-party tools.
5. Observability, Logging & Reliability
- Set up CloudWatch metrics, logs, alarms, dashboards.
- Implement structured logging (JSON-based) for microservices.
- Configure distributed tracing (X-Ray).
- Define SLIs/SLOs and error budget monitoring.
- Implement auto-scaling for ECS/EKS/EC2 based on usage patterns.
6. Containers & Microservices
- Architect and maintain workloads on:
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ECS (Fargate/EC2)
-
EKS (Kubernetes)
- Optimize Docker images (multi-stage builds, caching).
- Implement service mesh (App Mesh, Istio on EKS) preferred but optional.
- Utilize AWS App Mesh, Parameter Store, or Secret Manager for secure config injection.
7. Collaboration & Delivery
- Work closely with architects, developers, and project managers.
- Participate in design reviews and ensure infra aligns with AWS best practices.
- Support production releases, DR drills, capacity planning, and RCAs.
- Mentor junior DevOps engineers in the Kochi team.
Required Skills & Experience
Core Skills
- 6-8 years hands-on AWS DevOps experience
- Strong expertise in:
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Terraform
(mandatory) -
EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda
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API Gateway, ALB/NLB
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VPC, Route 53, IAM, WAF
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RDS, DynamoDB, ElastiCache
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GitHub Actions or AWS CodePipeline
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ECR, Docker, container deployment patterns
Security Skills
- Deep understanding of:
- IAM role-based access
- Encryption at rest/in transit
- PrivateLink & VPC Endpoints
- WAF, GuardDuty, Security Hub
- KMS, Secrets Manager
- AWS Organizations & SCPs (nice to have)
Soft Skills
- Strong problem-solving & debugging skills
- Excellent communication with global teams
- Ability to manage simultaneous projects
- Strong documentation and ownership mindset
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Experience with:
- EKS service mesh
- GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux)
- AWS Step Functions
- EventBridge patterns
- AWS SQS/SNS/Kinesis
- Serverless Framework
- FinOps & cost optimization strategies
- AI integrations (Bedrock, Sagemaker)
- Certifications:
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AWS Solutions Architect - Associate/Professional
-
AWS DevOps Engineer - Professional
Required Skills
DevOps AWS Cloud
