Aws Devops Engineer

Role & responsibilities

AWS DevOps Engineer

Role Overview:
Responsible for designing, implementing, and managing scalable, secure, and highly available AWS cloud infrastructure. The role involves automating deployments, managing CI/CD pipelines, ensuring system reliability, and enabling observability and compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and manage AWS services such as EC2, VPC, IAM, Route53, Autoscaling, Lambda, CloudWatch, ECS, EKS.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, and other tools.
• Containerize applications using Docker and orchestrate with Kubernetes (EKS).
• Develop automation scripts using Linux, Bash, and Python.
• Monitor systems using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Kibana.
• Implement security best practices for AWS (IAM policies, encryption, secrets management).
• Optimize cost and performance of AWS workloads.

Must-Have Skills:

• AWS core services (EC2, VPC, IAM, Route53, Autoscaling, Lambda, CloudWatch, ECS, EKS).
• Terraform for IaC (CloudFormation is a plus).
• CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins).
• Docker and Kubernetes (EKS).
• Linux, Bash, Python scripting.
• Monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Kibana).
• Strong understanding of networking, security, and IAM policies in AWS.

Good-to-Have Skills:

• AWS advanced services: RDS, DynamoDB, CloudFront, Redshift, S3 lifecycle management.
• Configuration management tools like Ansible.
• Helm for Kubernetes deployments and OpenShift experience.
• GitOps tools (Argo CD, Flux).
• Cost optimization strategies and FinOps awareness.
• Observability stack (ELK, OpenTelemetry).
• Knowledge of PCI DSS compliance and secure DevOps practices.

KEY WORDS TO TA TEAM:

AWS, IAM, EKS, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, Python, Splunk