AWS DevOps Engineer

IT Associates; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 56,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Retirement benefits

Job summary

IT Associates in Downers Grove, IL, with openings for AWS-focused engineers, offers a hybrid role with onsite days 1-2 per week in Downers Grove, IL, Princeton, NJ, or Quincy, MA. You'll work on diverse projects for household names, using AWS, Terraform, Ansible, and containers, with learning and certification opportunities.

The role emphasizes client service, automation, and proactive problem solving, including on-call rotation and leadership duties in the manager's absence.

Qualifications

• 5 years’ experience in supporting highly customer-focused mission critical environments.
• 3+ years’ experience of engineering, architecting, or supporting AWS solutions.
• Hold multiple AWS Associate/Professional certifications and at least one Specialty (e.g. Security or Networking).
• Experience with building scalable, auto-scaled environments using automation/configuration tools (Terraform, Ansible).
• Scripting in Python, PowerShell, Bash or Perl; containerized environments (ECS/EKS/Kubernetes/Docker).

Responsibilities

• Handle large or complex client deploy projects.
• Work with product engineering and Pre-sales Architects.
• Install, configure, and manage O/S and AWS services.
• Maintain reproducible builds and auto-scaling configurations.
• Provide 24x7 on-call support for AWS clients in rotation.
• Stay current on AWS services and best practices.
• Mentor new team members and act as escalation point when needed.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Ansible

Powershell

Jenkins

Datadog

Jira

Bitbucket

Containers

Automation

Scripting

Git

ECS/EKS/Kubernetes

TCP/IP

Education

Degree in computing-related discipline

Tools

CloudFormation

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Job description

• Hybrid work 1-2 days in the office - Downers Grove,IL or Princeton (NJ) OR Quincy (MA)
• Need locals to these areas
• 2 Openings!

You will be working on a variety of projects and environments for household names using the latest technology including AWS, Terraform, Ansible, Powershell, Datadog, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Jira, Containers etc. Learning, collaborating, training and certification are strongly encouraged, and opportunities to do so will be provided.

The successful candidate will be someone who can demonstrate a genuine desire and passion for AWS, client service and automation.

Key Responsibilities

• Working on large or complex client deploy projects
• Working closely with product engineering projects to further develop our service
• Working closely with Pre-sales Architects
• Installation, configuration, and ongoing management of O/S and AWS services.
• Implementing and maintaining custom client machine images and centralized configuration management to enable quick repeatable builds and auto-scaling.
• Maintaining high availability through proactive measures.
• Troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues.
• Ensuring clients & partners are updated on current status of work and issues.
• Raise, investigate and resolve problems and known errors in line with the problem management process.
• Ability and willingness to proactively improve ways of working, automation and processes via our continual improvement Kanban board.
• Partake in an on-call rotation to provide 24x7 4th line support for AWS clients.
• Proactively keep up to date on AWS services and developments.
• Buddy new members of the team and train other teams
• Act as team leader and technical escalation point in Manager’s absence

Skills and Experience

• 5 years’ experience in supporting highly customer-focused mission critical environments (e.g. high profile websites or enterprise infrastructure) essential.
• 3+ years’ experience of engineering, architecting, or supporting AWS solutions.
• Excellent O/S knowledge and experience in Linux or Windows with basic knowledge of the other. MCSE/RHCE or equivalent level of knowledge preferred.
• Experience of implementing and supporting AWS based instances and services (e.g. EC2, S3, EBS, ELB, RDS, IAM, Route53, Cloudfront, Elasticache, WAF etc.).
• Hold a number of current AWS Associate and Professional level Certifications
• Hold at least one AWS Certified Speciality certification (e.g. Security or Networking )
• Experience of building and maintaining scalable and auto-scaled environments using automation and configuration management tools (e.g. Cloudformation/Terraform and Ansible) beneficial or can be gained.
• Scripting ability in one or more of Python, Powershell, Bash, Perl
• Experience of using Git for version control useful
• Experience of working with or supporting containerized environments (ECS/EKS/Kubernetes/Docker)
• Experience with Harness.
• Good knowledge of TCP/IP.
• A degree in a computing-related discipline preferred or equivalent ability and knowledge.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working in an ITIL environment beneficial.
• Desire to continually grow, develop and improve.
• Must be self-motivated, a self-starter and possess a good working attitude
• Client focused and results driven
• Able to implement supportable solutions and make the complex simple.
• Able to perform as a role model within the team.

The anticipated hourly rate range for this position is ($41-54/hr). Actual hourly rate will be based on a variety of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills and other factors permitted by law. A range of medical, dental, retirement and/or other benefits are available after a waiting period.