DevOps Engineer (AWS)

TL;DR

DevOps Engineer (AWS): Enabling customers' use of AWS to achieve business objectives through Kubernetes ecosystem and infrastructure automation with an accent on microservices estates, CI/CD workflows, and cloud migrations. Focus on designing, deploying, and troubleshooting large-scale Kubernetes production environments, automating infrastructure with IaC, and optimizing AWS operations for efficiency.

Location: Remote

Salary: $120,000-$140,000

Company

AWS-focused professional services firm delivering cloud solutions with emphasis on customer satisfaction and technical excellence.

What you will do

• Design, deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot large microservices estates on Kubernetes using service meshes like Istio, Helm Charts, and CRDs.
• Automate cloud infrastructure with IaC tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, and scripting in Python or similar.
• Build and support CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, CodePipeline, GitLab for containerized applications across Dev/Test/Prod.
• Assist in AWS migrations from on-premises, including planning, execution, and resource decommissioning.
• Optimize AWS costs through resource tagging, analysis, and infrastructure efficiency.
• Provide architecture guidance to developers and ensure Agile delivery with git practices.

Requirements

• 5+ years as technical specialist; 4-7 years DevOps/SRE in AWS.
• 3+ years Kubernetes for production microservices; 4+ years AWS infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub).
• Container orchestration: Kubernetes, EKS, Helm, CRDs; Linux, Docker.
• IaC: Terraform/CloudFormation; config management: Ansible/Chef/Puppet.
• Programming/scripting: Python, Ruby, Go, etc.; Agile methodologies.
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner and Developer – Associate.

Nice to have

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator; AWS Solution Architect/DevOps Professional.
• GitOps (ArgoCD), Prometheus/Grafana, service meshes (Istio).
• Static/dynamic analysis in CI/CD (SonarQube, Selenium); advanced AWS networking.
• Master's in engineering; open-source contributions.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision; short/long-term disability, life insurance.
• 401k with company match; 120 hours PTO + 14 holidays.
• Focus on high-performing teams, transparency, accountability, and continuous learning.
• Agile practices, daily standups, responsive collaboration.