AWS DevOps Engineer

koundinyasa Technology Services; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

koundinyasa Technology Services is seeking a seasoned DevOps/Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and manage scalable, secure infrastructure on AWS. You will build CI/CD pipelines, automate provisioning with IaC, and monitor performance and security across Dev, QA, and Prod environments.

Collaborating with development, QA, and security teams, you’ll implement containerization with Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes, optimize costs, and uphold governance standards.

Qualifications

• 3 to 6 years of experience in DevOps / Cloud Engineering.
• Minimum 2+ years hands-on experience with AWS cloud services.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure on AWS.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment processes.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
• Monitor system performance, availability, and security using cloud monitoring tools.
• Collaborate with development, QA, and security teams to ensure smooth deployments.
• Implement containerization and orchestration solutions for microservices-based applications.
• Manage configuration, version control, and release management processes.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and deployment issues across environments (Dev, QA, Prod).
• Ensure compliance with security best practices and cloud governance standards.
• Continuously optimize cloud costs and improve infrastructure efficiency.

Skills

DevOps

Cloud Engineering

AWS

CI/CD

IaC

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Monitoring

Scripting

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

AWS CodePipeline

Maven

Gradle

npm

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

• Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure on AWS.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment processes.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
• Monitor system performance, availability, and security using cloud monitoring tools.
• Collaborate with development, QA, and security teams to ensure smooth deployments.
• Implement containerization and orchestration solutions for microservices-based applications.
• Manage configuration, version control, and release management processes.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and deployment issues across environments (Dev, QA, Prod).
• Ensure compliance with security best practices and cloud governance standards.
• Continuously optimize cloud costs and improve infrastructure efficiency.

What You’ll Do

• Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure on AWS.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment processes.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
• Monitor system performance, availability, and security using cloud monitoring tools.
• Collaborate with development, QA, and security teams to ensure smooth deployments.
• Implement containerization and orchestration solutions for microservices-based applications.
• Manage configuration, version control, and release management processes.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and deployment issues across environments (Dev, QA, Prod).
• Ensure compliance with security best practices and cloud governance standards.
• Continuously optimize cloud costs and improve infrastructure efficiency.

What You Should Know:

• 3 to 6 years of experience in DevOps / Cloud Engineering.
• Minimum 2+ years hands-on experience with AWS cloud services.

AWS Services

Strong working knowledge of:

• EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS
• Lambda, API Gateway
• CloudWatch, CloudTrail
• Auto Scaling & Load Balancers
• Route 53
• ECR, ECS or EKS

CI/CD & Automation

• Experience building CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or AWS CodePipeline.
• Experience with build tools like Maven, Gradle, or npm.
• Knowledge of branching strategies and Git workflows.

Infrastructure As Code (IaC)

• Hands‑on experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Ability to manage infrastructure through reusable templates.

Containers & Orchestration

• Experience with Docker.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes (EKS preferred).

Monitoring & Logging

• Experience with CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK stack.
• Ability to configure alerts and proactive monitoring.

Scripting & Programming

• Proficiency in Bash, Python, or Shell scripting.
• Basic understanding of Java, Node.js, or other application stacks (preferred).

Security & Networking

• Understanding of IAM policies, security groups, NACLs.
• Knowledge of SSL, VPN, firewall configurations.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices (preferred).

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Good communication and collaboration skills.

Nice-to-Have

• AWS Certification (Solutions Architect / DevOps Engineer).
• Experience with Serverless architecture.
• Knowledge of cost optimization strategies in AWS.
• Exposure to multi-cloud environments (Azure/GCP).
• Experience with blue-green or canary deployments.