AWS DevOps Engineer

Data Pro Software; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Data Pro Software in Lexington, MA seeks an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure cloud infrastructure for microservices with serverless components and high-volume event streams.

You will build IaC with Terraform or CloudFormation, manage CI/CD pipelines, implement real-time monitoring, IAM/security, and cost optimization. Knowledge of Lambda, API Gateway, Kinesis, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, S3, VPC is preferred.

Qualifications

• Hands-on AWS cloud design, deployment and security hardening.
• Experience with serverless architectures and event streaming.
• Strong CI/CD for microservices and IaC with Terraform or CloudFormation.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure following best practices.
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation).
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for multiple microservices.
• Implement real-time event streaming and monitoring systems.
• Manage IAM, KMS, and secrets; ensure security and compliance.
• Deploy distributed logging, tracing, and observability tooling.

Skills

AWS

DevOps

Serverless

Event streaming

CI/CD

Microservices

IAM Security

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

GitHub Actions

CodePipeline

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

We are seeking an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure, and automated cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate has strong experience with serverless systems, high-volume event streaming, and CI/CD for microservices in production environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain cloud infrastructure using AWS best practices
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation)
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for multiple microservices
• Implement and monitor real-time event streaming systems
• Manage identity, access control, and secrets management
• Deploy and maintain distributed logging, tracing, and monitoring solutions
• Automate operational processes and support continuous delivery
• Work with internal teams to ensure scalable deployments and stable environments
• Implement cost optimization, security hardening, and compliance requirements

Core Technologies

You should have hands-on experience with most of the following:

• AWS Services
• Lambda
• API Gateway
• Kinesis
• DynamoDB
• CloudWatch / X-Ray
• IAM / KMS
• S3
• VPC / Networking
• Secrets Manager
• ECS or EKS (nice to have)
• DevOps Tooling
• Terraform or CloudFormation (required)
• CI/CD with GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, or similar
• Docker
• Monitoring and alerting systems

Preferred Experience

• Building serverless or microservice architectures
• Working with high-throughput event pipelines
• Distributed tracing and observability
• Security best practices and least-privilege IAM design
• Automated testing and deployment workflows
• Production support and on-call rotation experience

Nice to Have

• ML model deployment on managed services
• API security and rate limiting
• Large-scale NoSQL performance tuning

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and documentation skills
• Ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems
• Proactive approach to automation and reliability
• Comfortable working in fast-paced and evolving environments
• Ownership mentality — build, monitor, improve, repeat

How to Apply

Please submit:

• Your resume or LinkedIn profile
• Examples of cloud infrastructure or deployment work (preferred)