DevOps Engineer

Clinisoltech; Washington; Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Clinisol Tech Inc. is seeking a hands-on AWS DevOps Engineer to support cloud infrastructure, deployment automation, and production operations across client environments.

The ideal candidate will have practical experience building AWS infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, containerized apps, and automated deployment processes, collaborating with development, cloud, security, and operations teams to improve delivery, reliability, scalability and security.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, Cloud Eng, Platform Eng, or SRE.
• Strong hands-on AWS experience.
• Experience with Terraform and/or CloudFormation for IaC.
• Hands-on experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS/ECS).
• Linux/Unix administration and scripting in Python or Bash.
• Git-based source control (Git/GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket) knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain AWS infrastructure across environments.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines and release automation.
• Build containerized apps with Docker and orchestrate with Kubernetes.
• Assist cloud migrations and modernization efforts.
• Implement monitoring, security, and cost optimization.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux/Unix

Scripting (Python/Bash)

Git/GitHub

Networking (VPC, etc)

IAM & Security

Troubleshooting

Communication

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

AWS CodePipeline

Helm

Argo CD

Flux

Job description

Employment Type: Full-Time, W2 (deployed to client projects)

Experience: 3–4 years

Compensation: $65,000 – $90,000 per year

Work Mode: On-Site / Hybrid

Work Authorization

At this time, we are only able to consider candidates who are authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Why This Role?

Modern businesses run on cloud infrastructure — and DevOps engineers who can automate, scale, secure, and optimize AWS environments are in high demand. Build expertise in cloud automation, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, containers, and Kubernetes while working on real-world client environments and modern cloud transformation initiatives.

Job Summary

Clinisol Tech Inc. is looking for a hands-on AWS DevOps Engineer to support cloud infrastructure, deployment automation, and production operations across client environments.

The ideal candidate will have practical experience building and maintaining AWS infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, containerized applications, and automated deployment processes. You will work closely with development, cloud, security, and operations teams to improve application delivery, reliability, scalability, and security.

This is a hands-on engineering role suited for someone who enjoys automation, troubleshooting, cloud infrastructure, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and maintain AWS infrastructure across development, QA, staging, and production environments.
• Work with AWS services including EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, RDS, Route 53, CloudWatch, ELB/ALB, ECR, ECS and/or EKS.
• Support highly available, scalable, and secure cloud environments.
• Assist with cloud migrations and modernization of existing infrastructure.

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

• Develop and maintain reusable infrastructure using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation.
• Create Terraform modules and follow Infrastructure as Code best practices.
• Automate repetitive infrastructure and operational tasks using Python, Bash, or Shell scripting.
• Manage configuration and environment-specific deployments through version-controlled code.

CI/CD & Release Automation

• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for application build, testing, security scanning, and deployment.
• Work with one or more CI/CD platforms such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, AWS CodePipeline/CodeBuild, or similar tools.
• Troubleshoot failed builds, deployments, and release issues.
• Support rollback and release-management processes.
• Build and manage containerized applications using Docker.
• Deploy and manage applications using Kubernetes, preferably AWS EKS, and/or Amazon ECS.
• Work with Kubernetes resources, deployments, services, ingress, namespaces, ConfigMaps, and Secrets.
• Use Helm or similar tools for application deployment and configuration.
• Exposure to GitOps tools such as Argo CD or Flux is a plus.

Monitoring, Observability & Reliability

• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance tracking for cloud and application environments.
• Work with tools such as AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK/Elastic, or similar platforms.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, application, deployment, networking, and performance issues.
• Participate in production support, incident response, root-cause analysis, and preventive-action activities.

Security & Cost Optimization

• Implement AWS security best practices involving IAM, least-privilege access, security groups, network segmentation, encryption, secrets management, and secure deployments.
• Integrate security and vulnerability scanning into CI/CD pipelines where applicable.
• Monitor AWS resource utilization and identify opportunities for cost and performance optimization.
• Follow organizational security, compliance, and cloud governance standards.
• Work closely with developers, QA, architects, security teams, and operations teams.
• Participate in code reviews, infrastructure reviews, deployment planning, and technical discussions.
• Document infrastructure, deployment procedures, troubleshooting steps, and operational processes.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, or SRE roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS.
• Experience with Terraform and/or CloudFormation for Infrastructure as Code.
• Hands‑on experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes/EKS and/or ECS.
• Strong Linux/Unix administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong scripting/automation experience using Python, Bash, or Shell.
• Good understanding of Git/GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket and source-code management.
• Strong understanding of AWS networking, including VPCs, subnets, security groups, load balancers, routing, and DNS.
• Understanding of AWS IAM and cloud security fundamentals.
• Experience troubleshooting production infrastructure and deployment issues.
• Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Tools & Technologies You Will Use

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, AWS CloudFormation.
• CI/CD & Automation: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeBuild, GitHub Actions.
• Scripting & Configuration Management: Python, Bash, Shell Scripting, Ansible.
• Security & Compliance: AWS KMS, AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, SonarQube, IAM policies.

Preferred Skills

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate/Professional or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer.
• Experience implementing GitOps and automated deployment strategies.
• Exposure to Argo CD, Flux, or similar GitOps platforms.
• Experience implementing DevSecOps, vulnerability scanning, and secrets management.
• Experience with AWS cost optimization and FinOps practices.
• Exposure to microservices and cloud-native application architectures.
• Experience supporting production environments, incident response, and root-cause analysis.
• Familiarity with high availability, disaster recovery, and reliability engineering practices.

Good to have:

• Advanced EKS operations: Cluster upgrades, node groups, autoscaling, RBAC/IRSA, network policies, persistent storage, and disaster recovery.
• AWS multi-account governance: AWS Organizations, Control Tower, cross-account IAM roles, SCPs, CloudTrail, Config, GuardDuty, and Security Hub.

About Clinisol Tech Inc.

Clinisol Tech Inc connects businesses with skilled professionals who drive results. We combine industry expertise with a personalized approach to deliver the right talent quickly and efficiently. Our mission is to accelerate careers and companies by connecting exceptional technology talent with innovative organizations that value people.