AWS DevOps Engineer - Hybrid, Automation & Scale

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

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.