Senior AWS Engineer (Cloud / Devops / Hybrid)

IT Associates; Illinois; On-site; USD 79,900 - 82,656; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Retirement plans

Job summary

IT Associates is seeking a Lead AWS Engineer for a hybrid role in Downers Grove, IL. You'll focus on AWS deployment and automation, leading projects and providing subject matter expertise. Required skills include proficiency in AWS and Terraform, along with strong Linux knowledge. The position offers an hourly rate between $58-$60, depending on experience, and includes a range of benefits after a waiting period.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in customer-focused mission-critical environments.
• 3+ years experience engineering or supporting AWS solutions.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services and infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineer on complex AWS client projects.
• Provide AWS subject matter expertise to pre-sales architects.
• Maintain high availability and troubleshoot complex technical issues.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Containers (ECS/EKS/Kubernetes/Docker)

Linux

Python

PowerShell

Git

TCP/IP

Education

Degree in a computing-related discipline

Tools

Jenkins

Bitbucket

Datadog

Job description

Job Details

• HYBRID - 1-2 days a week in office in Downers Grove ,IL
• In-person interview required
• Locals or nearby states.
• The focus is on AWS, Terraform, IaC, creating pipelines Amazon VPC (virtual networks)
• ECS/EKS (containers)
• Direct Connect

Job Profile Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join a friendly team working on some of the hottest AWS technologies. This team is primarily focused on the deployment, automation and support of mission‑critical client solutions in AWS.

You will be working on a variety of projects and environments for household names using the latest technology including AWS, Terraform, Salt, 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

• Act as the lead engineer on large or complex client deploy projects
• Act as the lead engineer on product engineering projects to further develop our service
• Provide AWS subject matter expertise advice and assistance to 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 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 oncall rotation to provide 24x7 4th line support for Ensono's 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

• 8+ 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 with basic knowledge of the other OS. RHCE or equivalent level of knowledge preferred.
• Experience of implementing and supporting AWS Infrastructure via Terraform.
• Experience of implementing and supporting AWS based instances and services (e.g. EC2, S3, EBS, ELB, RDS, IAM, Route53, Cloudfront, Elasticache, WAF etc.).
• Experience of building and maintaining scalable and auto‑scaled environments using automation and configuration management tools. Expert Terraform is a must.
• 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 of Jenkins or other CI/CD pipeline technology useful or can be gained.
• 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.
• Client focused and results drive

Certifications

• Hold a number of current AWS Associate and Professional level Certifications
• Hold at least one AWS Certified Specialty certification (e.g. Security or Networking )

The anticipated hourly rate range for this position is ($58-$60), during the contract period. 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.