Senior DevOps Engineer

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About the Role

Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS Cloud)

You will design and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines, manage AWS infrastructure through Infrastructure-as-Code, and implement cloud-native solutions that enable high-availability and rapid deployment.

This role requires a hands-on engineer who thrives on solving complex automation challenges and driving operational excellence across cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and manage

  AWS infrastructure

  using services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, RDS, CloudFront, Lambda, and VPC.
• Implement and manage

  CI/CD pipelines

  using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or AWS CodePipeline.
• Automate provisioning and configuration management using

  Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible

  .
• Containerize applications using

  Docker

  and orchestrate them on

  Kubernetes (EKS)

  .
• Implement

  monitoring, logging, and alerting

  using

  CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK Stack

  .
• Manage

  IAM roles, security groups, and encryption (KMS, Secrets Manager)

  to ensure secure operations.
• Drive

  cost optimization

  and resource efficiency across AWS workloads.
• Collaborate with development teams to standardize release and deployment processes.
• Manage

  multi-environment deployments (dev, stage, prod)

  and ensure high uptime and scalability.
• Perform

  root cause analysis (RCA)

  for production incidents and continuously improve reliability.

Required Skills

• 7+ years of experience

  in DevOps, with at least

  5 years on AWS

  .
• Deep understanding of

  AWS core services

  (EC2, S3, IAM, RDS, Lambda, VPC, Route 53, CloudFormation).
• Proven experience with

  Terraform

  and

  CloudFormation

  for Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Hands-on experience with

  CI/CD pipelines

  (Jenkins, GitLab, AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions).
• Strong command over

  Docker

  and

  Kubernetes (EKS)

  deployment and management.
• Proficiency in

  scripting languages

  like

  Bash

  and

  Python

  for automation.
• Strong understanding of

  Linux systems

  , networking, and performance tuning.
• Experience with

  monitoring tools

  like CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK.
• Experience in

  version control (Git)

  and

  artifact management

  (Nexus, Artifactory).

Good to Have

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer

  or

  AWS Solutions Architect

  certification.
• Experience in

  serverless architecture

  (AWS Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway).
• Familiarity with

  DevSecOps practices

  , vulnerability scanning, and compliance automation.
• Knowledge of

  Cloud Cost Optimization (AWS Trusted Advisor, Compute Optimizer, Budgets)

  .
• Exposure to

  Service Mesh

  (Istio, App Mesh) and

  microservices

  environments.

Education

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in

  Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

  .
• Relevant AWS certifications preferred.