Senior AWS DevOps Engineer

Senior AWS DevOps Engineer
100% Remote
U.S. citizenship or status and the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance
W2 employment only
NO C2C 

Responsibilities:
•    Design, automate, and optimize AWS cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines to support highly available, scalable, secure, and cost-efficient applications.
•    Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline, and AWS CodeBuild.
•    Support containerized workloads and deployment automation using Docker, ECS, EKS, Kubernetes, Helm, and ArgoCD.
•    Automate provisioning, scaling, monitoring, recovery, security scanning, and vulnerability management using infrastructure-as-code and DevOps best practices.
•    Implement observability, monitoring, and logging solutions using AWS CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, and related tools.
•    Troubleshoot performance, latency, reliability, and deployment issues while maintaining SLAs and SLOs.
•    Apply IAM best practices, encryption strategies, secure networking, and compliance controls for requirements such as HIPAA, FedRAMP, and SOC 2, as applicable.
•    Partner with developers, architects, QA teams, and transition teams to validate handoffs, support release coordination, and ensure smooth production deployments.
•    Mentor junior engineers and promote DevOps standards, automation, and technical excellence across teams.

Requirements:
•    U.S. citizenship or status and the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.
•    Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field; four additional years of relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.
•    Minimum 6 years of relevant IT infrastructure experience, cloud engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure automation.
•    Hands-on expertise with AWS core services, including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudFront, Route 53, and IAM.
•    Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
•    Experience with CI/CD, GitHub Actions, AWS CodeBuild, ArgoCD, Helm charts, Dockerfiles, secrets management, environment configuration, and deployment workflows.
•    Strong scripting or development experience with Python, Bash, or similar languages.
•    Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively to solve complex operational and reliability challenges.

What Would Be Nice to Have:
•    AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional certification.
•    AWS Certified Solutions Architect or other AWS specialty certification.

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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