The DevOps Engineer is responsible for provisioning, operating, and managing distributed application systems on the AWS platform. The process includes optimization, monitoring, patching/maintenance, troubleshooting and supporting the end-to-end release process within our infrastructure and deployment pipeline. At least two years of experience and certifications in AWS Developer and Solutions Architect, Associate a plus. This role will be reporting directly to the Director of IT - Infrastructure.
Full-time opportunity with great benefits and option to work remotely.
Position Responsibilities
Design cloud infrastructure that is secure, scalable, highly available and self-healing on AWS platform
Provision, configure and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure defined as code, using tools like CloudFormation and terraform
Proficient in different programming languages to debug and facilitate automation jobs using serverless technology in AWS.
Work collaboratively with technical leads and soft engineers to define infrastructure and deployment requirements for successful application release changes
Possess knowledge across AWS services within the Compute, Storage, Database, Management, Networking and Developing domains.
Ensure configuration and compliance with configuration management tools
Define and deploy monitoring, metrics, and logging systems on AWS
Build and maintain operational tools for deployment, monitoring, and analysis of AWS infrastructure and systems
Acquire knowledge on 3rd party tools like Grafana, Jenkins, Prometheus, Selenium to manage and monitor infrastructure
Administer and troubleshoot Linux based systems, windows servers
Troubleshoot problems across a wide array of services and functional areas
Perform infrastructure vulnerability analysis and remediation strategy
Responsible for patching cloud resources and meeting security measures to keep the infrastructure secure from any threats
Have familiarity using database technology like MySQL, PostgreSQL and DynamoDB
Must possess knowledge on container services in AWS and be able to design and manager clusters of micro services
Knowledge for distrusted ledger technology and its use in application is a plus
Incur skills in serverless technology to facilitate lambda application deployments and releases
Be able to perform POC on new ideas developed by solutions architect and technical leads.
Proficient in creating exceptional documentation and notes for knowledge sharing across the origination
Education & Essential Skills
BS in computer sciences or equivalent preferred.
Minimum of two years of WAN/LAN, systems administration experience
Working knowledge with current set of operating systems, applications, and equipment is required.
Strong knowledge of Routers, Switches and Network Topology.
Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, IP Classes and Security.
Strong knowledge of systems management skills and 3rd party tools.
Strong knowledge in Automation/DevOps; scripting and tooling
Certifications on Cisco, Microsoft, VMware, Amazon Web Services are a plus.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to communicate across all levels of the organization.
Experience
Minimum of two years of Cloud/IaaS experience; AWS and Azure Preferred
Minimum of two years of WAN/LAN, systems administration experience.
Minimum of two years of Server Virtualization experience.
Minimum of two years with Linux and Windows Server experience
Minimum of two years administering Active Directory/LDAP
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