Category: DevOps

Employment Type: Direct Hire

Reference: BH-368162

We are a high growth startup backed by one of America's top furniture retailers. We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to help build and manage our AWS infrastructure and deployment pipelines. The ideal candidate will have deep experience with AWS Cloud DevOps principles. This role collaborates closely with Engineering, SecOps, and Data Architects to develop a world class user experience for our customers.
Responsibilities

• AWS Infrastructure Management: Lead the design, deployment, and maintenance of AWS-based infrastructure, ensuring scalability, availability, and security
• Automation: Develop and maintain automated deployment pipelines, configuration management, and infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, and Ansible
• Monitoring and Optimization: Implement monitoring and alerting solutions to proactively identify and resolve performance issues. Continuously optimize AWS resources to improve cost-efficiency
• Security: Implement and maintain security best practices for AWS environments, including IAM policies, network security, and encryption
• Collaboration: Collaborate with software development teams to integrate CI/CD pipelines, facilitate rapid deployment, and ensure code quality
• Documentation: Create and maintain detailed documentation for infrastructure, processes, and best practices
• Troubleshooting: Investigate and resolve complex system issues, troubleshoot network problems, and provide technical support as needed
• Capacity Planning: Assess resource utilization and plan for capacity scaling based on business needs
• Stay Current: Stay up-to-date with the latest AWS services, trends, and best practices, and recommend improvements to the existing infrastructure

• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience as AWS Cloud or DevOps Engineer
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• Advance coding skills in multiple languages like Python, Bash, Java, Go, JavaScript etc.
• AWS certification(s) such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, or AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
• Proficiency in AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, ECS, and CloudWatch
• Strong experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like AWS CloudFormation or Terraform
• Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes is a plus.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions
• Knowledge of networking concepts, security best practices, and performance optimization in AWS.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Professional experience with network engineering and enterprise technologies
• Experience with concepts of API design, load balancing, containerization, disaster recovery and leveraging IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS as appropriate
• Working knowledge of AWS CDK