Software Engineer – AWS, Python, DevOps

Jobtailor; Connecticut; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure with a focus on automation, security, and high availability. You will collaborate with application developers, operations engineers, and architects to translate complex requirements into scalable solutions.

You will build pipelines, apply infrastructure as code, and mentor junior engineers while ensuring monitoring, disaster recovery, and fault tolerance across regions in a AWS/Kubernetes

Qualifications

• MS or BS degree in computer science or related focus, or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years in AWS cloud, automation development, and/or orchestration positions.
• Experience with containers, Docker, Kubernetes, serverless functions is required.
• Knowledge of infra automation and management tools like Terraform/CloudFormation is required.
• Exposure to GitOps.
• Good scripting experience (Python, Shell, Groovy etc) is preferred.
• AWS and Kubernetes certification is a plus.
• Full stack knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a cross-functional team of application developers, operations engineers, architects to understand complex product requirements and translate them into automated solutions that you build.
• Collaborate with colleagues to support and improve architecture, systems, processes, standards and tools.
• Lead technical discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment, security, and high availability in the cloud.
• Design, implement, and maintain server, storage, network, and security infrastructure as code.
• Build reusable pipelines for application deployments.
• Write and maintain code for automating the creation of scalable/resilient systems/infrastructure with a focus on immutability and containers.
• Develop, implement, and test automated data backup and recovery, and disaster recovery procedures across multiple regions.
• Write and maintain clear, concise documentation, runbooks and operational standards including infrastructure diagrams.
• Assist development teams in the creation and understanding of automated application configurations.
• Ensure all solutions are properly monitored and instrumented.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in development, test and production environments.
• Design and deploy scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant distributed systems.
• Continuously identify, adopt, & refine best practices.
• Educate/mentor product teams and junior engineers.

Skills

Collaboration

Mentoring

Technical leadership

Education

MS/BS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Serverless Functions

Terraform

CloudFormation

GitOps

Job description

• Collaborate with a cross-functional team of application developers, operations engineers, architects to understand complex product requirements and translate them into automated solutions that you build.


• Collaborate with colleagues to support and improve architecture, systems, processes, standards and tools.


• Lead technical discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment, security, and high availability in the cloud.


• Design, implement, and maintain server, storage, network, and security infrastructure as code.


• Build reusable pipelines for application deployments.


• Write and maintain code for automating the creation of scalable/resilient systems/infrastructure with a focus on immutability and containers.


• Develop, implement, and test automated data backup and recovery, and disaster recovery procedures across multiple regions.


• Write and maintain clear, concise documentation, runbooks and operational standards including infrastructure diagrams.


• Assist development teams in the creation and understanding of automated application configurations.


• Ensure all solutions are properly monitored and instrumented.


• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in development, test and production environments.


• Design and deploy scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant distributed systems.


• Continuously identify, adopt, & refine best practices.


• Educate/mentor product teams and junior engineers.

Requirements

• MS or BS degree in computer science or related focus, or equivalent experience.


• 2+ years in AWS cloud, automation development, and/or orchestration positions.


• Experience with containers, docker, Kubernetes, serverless functions is required.


• Knowledge of infra automation and management tools like terraform/cloudformation is required.


• Exposure to GitOps.


• Good scripting experience (python, shell, groovy etc) is preferred.


• AWS and Kubernetes certification is a plus.


• Full Stack Knowledge is a plus.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure with a focus on automation, security, and high availability. Proficient in collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop scalable solutions and mentor junior engineers.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• AWS Cloud Experience


• Infrastructure As Code


• Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)


• Automation Development


• Scripting (Python, Shell, Groovy)

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Infrastructure Automation


• CloudFormation


• Terraform


• Disaster Recovery Procedures


• Monitoring and Instrumentation


• Scalable Systems Design


• Application Deployment Pipelines


• Technical Documentation


• Troubleshooting Complex Issues


• GitOps

Soft Skills

• Collaboration


• Mentoring


• Technical Leadership

Certifications & Qualifications

• AWS Certification


• Kubernetes Certification

Industry Keywords

• Cloud Infrastructure


• Automation Development


• Cross-Functional Collaboration


• Operational Standards


• Resilient Systems

Tools & Technologies

• AWS


• Kubernetes


• Docker


• Serverless Functions