Senior AWS DevOps Lead — Cloud Infra & Automation

Photon; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Photon is seeking an experienced AWS Hands-on DevOps lead to oversee our New York cloud team in designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will possess deep AWS expertise (EC2, S3, RDS, ELB, Auto Scaling, CloudFormation), EKS, Terraform, Ansible, and strong CI/CD experience, plus excellent collaboration skills. On-site role with opportunities to drive security and cost optimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in AWS cloud infrastructure design and management.
• Experience in application architecture, EKS, Security, and CDN.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, ELB, Auto Scaling, and CloudFormation.
• Proficient in one or more programming languages (e.g. Python).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Git, Ansible, and Terraform.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with a focus on teamwork and knowledge sharing.
• AWS certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, or AWS Certified Security - Specialty are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, automation and maintenance of highly available and scalable cloud infrastructure using AWS services.
• Collaborate with development teams to design and implement CI/CD pipelines and automation scripts for deployment and infrastructure management.
• Develop and maintain documentation for infrastructure, deployment, and automation processes.
• Monitor and optimize the performance and cost of cloud infrastructure.
• Implement and maintain security best practices for cloud infrastructure, including IAM policies, encryption, network security, and compliance requirements.
• Configure and maintain CDN services for optimized content delivery.

Skills

AWS

CI/CD

Python

Docker

Kubernetes

EKS

Security

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

Git

CloudFormation

Job description

Photon is seeking an experienced AWS Hands-on DevOps lead to oversee our New York cloud team in designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will possess deep AWS expertise (EC2, S3, RDS, ELB, Auto Scaling, CloudFormation), EKS, Terraform, Ansible, and strong CI/CD experience, plus excellent collaboration skills. On-site role with opportunities to drive security and cost optimization.