AWS Devops Engineer - Senior

Role : Senior AWS Devops Engineer

Experience : 7+ yrs (relevant)

Role Description :

• Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering : Implement highly scalable, resilient, and secure application solutions in the public cloud, with a heavy focus on AWS native services and containers.
• End-to-End Linux Diagnostics : Actively analyze and troubleshoot complex system-level software and infrastructure issues. Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) utilizing native Linux command-line diagnostics.
• Pipeline Integration & Automation : Maintain 100% automation coverage for core platform builds and deployments using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or ArgoCD pipelines. Eliminate manual deployment steps.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) : Drive automation using declarative frameworks (Terraform / CloudFormation) and configuration management toolsets (Ansible) to upgrade and scale infrastructure.
• Cost & Process Optimization : Participate in strategic engineering initiatives to streamline infrastructure footprint, improve deployment efficiencies, and actively reduce public cloud hosting costs.
• Agile Collaboration & Support : Work within a fast-paced Agile framework alongside Product Owners, Developers, and Solution Architects. Provide critical BAU (Business As Usual) support for escalated/critical environment issues.
• Client Engagement : Participate in high-level technical discussions with internal engineering teams as well as existing and potential enterprise clients.

Technical & Functional Competencies :

• AWS & Cloud Services: Minimum 4+ years of hands-on experience provisioning and maintaining live production environments on AWS (EC2, VPC, EKS, Lambda, S3).
• Linux Mastery: Strong grasp of Linux operating system internals, shell scripting, package management, access control permissions, and system monitoring tools.
• Automation Frameworks : Proficient with Terraform, Ansible, and Docker ecosystems.
• CI/CD Mastery: Proven experience drafting declarative, environment-based build matrices specifically using GitHub Actions.
• Programming: Ability to write clean, reusable Python code to develop internal tools, scripts, or systems meant for task automation.

Preferred Combination :

• Total IT Experience: 7 years
• AWS Experience: 4.5 years
• DevOps Experience: 5 years
• Kubernetes/EKS: 3 years
• Terraform: 3.5 years
• Linux: 6 years