Remote AWS DevOps Engineer

Description:

• We are seeking a skilled AWS DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic engineering team.
• The ideal candidate will have expertise in AWS cloud services, CI/CD pipelines, automation, and infrastructure management, with strong proficiency in GitLab for version control, CI/CD, and deployment.
• In this role, you will work closely with developers, system administrators, and IT teams to ensure the seamless integration, deployment, and scaling of applications on AWS infrastructure.
• You will leverage your technical skills to drive efficiency, automation, and innovation across our cloud environment.
• Key responsibilities include designing, deploying, and managing AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, and VPC, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.
• You will build and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI to facilitate efficient software development and deployment processes.
• Automating infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, and configuration management using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, or similar is also part of the role.
• Implementing monitoring and logging solutions to ensure optimal performance of AWS resources and applications is essential.
• You will collaborate closely with development and operations teams to ensure best practices in infrastructure management, security, and deployment are followed.
• Managing source code repositories, branching strategies, and merge requests using GitLab is required.
• Implementing security best practices, including managing IAM roles, network security, encryption, and access control for AWS services and resources is crucial.
• You will identify and resolve issues related to infrastructure, deployment, and application performance, ensuring minimal downtime and maximum reliability.
• Monitoring and optimizing the cost of cloud resources by utilizing best practices in AWS cost management, rightsizing, and resource cleanup is expected.
• Creating and maintaining clear documentation related to DevOps processes, infrastructure designs, automation scripts, and deployment workflows is necessary.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 3+ years of hands-on experience as a DevOps Engineer, with a strong focus on AWS cloud services is required.
• Extensive experience with AWS, including services like EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, VPC, and CloudFormation is essential.
• Proficiency in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, including writing GitLab CI configuration files and integrating with various tools for build, test, and deploy automation is necessary.
• Proficient in infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation for managing cloud resources is required.
• Strong scripting experience with languages like Python, Bash, or PowerShell to automate tasks and processes is needed.
• Expertise in GitLab and version control best practices (branching, merging, pull requests) is essential.
• A strong understanding of AWS security features, including IAM, security groups, encryption, and network security is required.
• Experience with AWS monitoring tools like CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and third-party solutions for performance monitoring, log aggregation, and alerting is necessary.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure and deployment issues are required.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate technical concepts effectively are essential.

Benefits:

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits package.
• There are opportunities for career growth and advancement within the company.
• You will be part of a dynamic and collaborative team environment.
• Access to cutting-edge technologies and tools is provided.
• Flexible work options, including remote work, are available.