AWS Engineer

Jobtailor

Columbia (MD)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Jobtailor in Columbia, MD is seeking a DevOps Engineer to collaborate with agile teams, design and implement AWS infrastructure, and champion infrastructure automation. You will build and support CI/CD pipelines, implement security controls, monitor production systems, and coordinate with application and cloud engineers to keep operations running reliably.

The role requires strong automation, cloud experience, and excellent communication.

Qualifications

Experience with core AWS platform architecture including Organizations, VPCs and segmentation.
Experience monitoring EC2, containers and AWS services for security and availability.
Familiarity with CloudFormation stacks and stack sets.
Knowledge of AWS Direct Connect and Site-to-Site VPNs.
Experience with encryption (AWS KMS) and logging (CloudWatch, CloudTrail).
Strong experience with CI/CD in a cloud environment using Docker and Kubernetes.
Proficient with GitHub/Bitbucket and automation tools like Puppet and Ansible.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with scrum team to develop DevOps culture across the project.
Design, implement, configure, and manage AWS cloud environments and tools.
Lead infrastructure automation and create secure, scalable pipelines.
Implement security controls and address cybersecurity challenges.
Develop monitoring practices to proactively detect production issues.
Support CI/CD pipelines and automate the cloud platform.
Coordinate with contractors and Cloud/DevOps engineers on projects.
Configure network connections to test environments in cloud and mainframe.
Develop CloudFormation scripts and Terraform for AWS infrastructure.
Execute AWS deployments for EC2, Lambda, and load-balanced setups.
Migrate 3rd party tools to cloud and validate test scripts.
Document best practices for deployment and infrastructure support.
Maintain AWS resources and ensure 100% uptime.
Participate in Agile ceremonies and communicate clearly with stakeholders.

Skills

AWS Infrastructure Design

CI/CD Pipeline Implementation

Infrastructure Automation

Security Controls Implementation

Agile Methodologies

Clear Communication

Collaboration

Troubleshooting

Education

Public Trust Clearance

Tools

GitHub

Bit Bucket

JIRA

Confluence

New Relic

Kibana

Elasticsearch

Puppet

Ansible

OpenShift

Job description

Under the supervision of the DevOps Manager, this employee will collaborate with other scrum team members to develop and implement DevOps culture across the project team.
You will be working with the application team and focusing on AWS infrastructure and automation.
A key part of the role is championing and leading infrastructure automation.
Design, develop, implement, and configure AWS cloud environments and tools
Implement security controls and security features to support and address cybersecurity challenges
Implement monitoring best practices to take proactive steps and troubleshoot production problems
Perform configuration and automation using broad range of AWS services
Provide support to build continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline to trigger automation suite.
Support maintenance of the automation suite in the cloud platform.
Coordinate with other development contractors and Cloud/DevOps Engineers.
Configure network connections to test environments and infrastructures, in both mainframe and cloud infrastructure.
Implement development and enhancement of CloudFormation and Terraform scripts for the AWS infrastructure
Execute implementation plans in the AWS environment for a variety of initiatives ranging from load balanced EC2 scaling groups to Lambda functions
Lift and shift 3rd party tools to cloud and unit test – test scripts
Document architecture best practices and strategies associated with application deployment and infrastructure support.
Manage AWS resources and native cloud services and products
Maintain the continuity of operations with 100% up time
Participate in all phases of Agile ceremonies
Clear written and verbal communications skills to manage and lead troubleshooting calls, communicate effectively with various stakeholders.

Requirements

Experience with core AWS platform architecture, including areas such as: Organizations, Account Design, VPC, Subnet, segmentation strategies
Experience in monitoring the operations and security of EC2, containers and AWS services
Familiarity with executing Stacks, Stack Sets, CloudFormation scripts, etc.
Familiarity with network connectivity, AWS Direct Connect and AWS Site-to-Site VPNs
Familiarity with encryption like AWS KMS
Familiarity with logging with CloudWatch, CloudTrail, etc.
Working experience on Load Balancing Technologies (emphasis on F5, others might be an added advantage)
Experience with AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS) to Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) migration
Experience working within a Continuous Integration environment using Docker, Kubernetes.
Experience with GitHub, Bit Bucket versioning systems and tools like Puppet and Ansible.
Experience in performing and supporting backups, upgrades, and patches
Experience with JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint, and other collaborative platforms.
Ability to conduct daily system monitoring and experience in maintenance and Operations tasks, manage system resources and application performance.
Experience with operational tools like New Relic, Kibana, Elasticsearch, etc.to perform Splunk Searching and Reporting, perform New Relic Monitoring.
Experience with building tools such as Maven, Gradle, ANT, Grunt etc.
Experience with OpenShift
Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
Candidates must have lived in the United States 3 out of the past 5 years.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in AWS infrastructure design, automation, and security, with a strong focus on implementing CI/CD pipelines and maintaining operational excellence. Proficient in collaborating within Agile teams to enhance DevOps practices and ensure system reliability.

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