Senior DevOps Engineer

Jobtailor; Minnetonka (MN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a seasoned DevOps/SRE professional to maintain and optimize AWS infrastructure in a secure, highly available environment. You will design disaster recovery plans, automate with Pulumi/Terraform/CloudFormation, and manage ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, CloudFront, and VPC configurations.

You will implement security best practices, monitor via CloudWatch/ELK, and collaborate with the SRE team on incident response and reliability. Strong scripting and networking skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, systems administration, or cloud operations.
• Solid experience with infrastructure as code tools, particularly Pulumi, Terraform or Cloud Formation.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services and cloud architecture.
• Proven experience designing and implementing disaster recovery solutions.
• Solid understanding of database administration, particularly PostgreSQL/RDS.
• Experience with containerization using Docker and orchestration with ECS or Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in scripting languages: Python, Bash, or Ruby for automation tasks.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts, VPCs, security groups, and load balancers.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (CloudWatch, ELK stack, or similar).
• Knowledge of security best practices and compliance requirements.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex system issues.
• Strong communication skills and ability to document technical procedures clearly.
• Experience with banking or financial services systems is a plus.
• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator) are highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and optimize AWS infrastructure, ensuring system reliability, and implementing disaster recovery strategies
• Manage and optimize AWS services including ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, CloudFront, and VPC configurations
• Design, implement, and maintain disaster recovery plans for critical systems and databases
• Perform routine system maintenance including patching, updates, and security hardening
• Support application deployments for Angular containers, NestJS servers, and Java Spring Boot services
• Implement and maintain AWS security best practices including IAM policies, security groups, and encryption
• Maintain comprehensive monitoring solutions using CloudWatch, application logs, and custom metrics
• Monitor and optimize AWS costs through resource right sizing and reserved capacity planning
• Create and maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and architecture diagrams
• Work closely with SRE team on infrastructure reliability and incident response

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Pulumi

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Bash

Ruby

PostgreSQL

RDS

CloudWatch

ELK

IAM

VPC

Security Groups

Networking

SRE

AWS Certifications

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Docker

ECS

Kubernetes

CloudFormation

Job description

Responsibilities

• Maintain and optimize AWS infrastructure, ensuring system reliability, and implementing disaster recovery strategies
• Manage and optimize AWS services including ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, CloudFront, and VPC configurations
• Design, implement, and maintain disaster recovery plans for critical systems and databases
• Perform routine system maintenance including patching, updates, and security hardening
• Support application deployments for Angular containers, NestJS servers, and Java Spring Boot services
• Implement and maintain AWS security best practices including IAM policies, security groups, and encryption
• Maintain comprehensive monitoring solutions using CloudWatch, application logs, and custom metrics
• Monitor and optimize AWS costs through resource right sizing and reserved capacity planning
• Create and maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and architecture diagrams
• Work closely with SRE team on infrastructure reliability and incident response

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, systems administration, or cloud operations roles
• Solid experience with infrastructure as code tools, particularly Pulumi, Terraform or Cloud Formation
• Strong hands‑on experience with AWS services and cloud architecture
• Proven experience designing and implementing disaster recovery solutions
• Solid understanding of database administration, particularly PostgreSQL/RDS
• Experience with containerization using Docker and orchestration with ECS or Kubernetes
• Proficiency in scripting languages: Python, Bash, or Ruby for automation tasks
• Strong understanding of networking concepts, VPCs, security groups, and load balancers
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (CloudWatch, ELK stack, or similar)
• Knowledge of security best practices and compliance requirements
• Excellent problem‑solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex system issues
• Strong communication skills and ability to document technical procedures clearly
• Experience with banking or financial services systems is a plus
• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator) are highly desirable