AWS Devops Engineer

Role: AWS Devops Engineer

Location: Tempe, AZ OR Atlanta, GA (Hybrid)

Type: Contract

Position Overview:

• AWS DevOps CI/CD, GitLab, confluence Jira, Agile Candidates should be located in Tempe Arizona and/or Atlanta Georgia locations as first priority. The DevOps Engineer is responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining technical software applications and provides a combination of technical and business leadership while being the primary trusted and capable owner of one or more high priority, high visibility, complex initiatives. The DevOps Engineer will typically lead and coach a small number of team members (e.g., an architect, systems analyst, etc.) and provide guidance to a larger community.

Essential Functions:

• Designs and writes complex code in several languages relevant to our existing product stack, with a focus on automation.
• Configures, tunes, maintains and installs applications systems and validates system functionality.
• Monitors and fine tunes applications system to achieve optimum performance levels and works with hardware teams to resolve issues with hardware and software.
• Lead, manage and grow a team of customer focused, highly dynamic and multi-disciplinary team of full stack software engineers.
• Assists with application system problem resolution by working with application developers, vendors, and internal infrastructure teams member to troubleshoot.
• Design and implement appropriate environments for DevOps tools set, and provide production support.
• Influences other teams and broader Engineering groups in adopting Cloud technologies, processes, and best practices.
• Automates the provisioning of environments for DevOps Tool chain.
• Develops and enables continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) for DevOps Tool set.
• Acts to improve the overall reliability of systems and to increase efficiency.
• Works collaboratively with cross functional teams, using Agile / DevOps principles to bring products to life, achieve business objectives and serve customer needs.
• Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, and self-organization

Day-to-Day Job Duties (What this person will do on a daily/weekly basis)

• Design, develop, and implement scalable, secure, and automated solutions within AWS cloud environments
• Build, manage, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitLab and other DevOps tools
• Configure, maintain, and support DevOps toolchain including GitLab, Jira, and Confluence
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and application deployments using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve system performance, reliability, and availability
• Collaborate closely with software development, infrastructure, and business teams to deliver high-quality solutions
• Lead design and implementation of DevOps environments and provide production support
• Drive adoption of cloud native technologies, DevOps practices, and automation across engineering teams
• Resolve application/system issues by partnering with developers, vendors, and internal teams
• Provide technical leadership on high-priority, complex initiatives with large business impact
• Coach and mentor team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performance environment
• Promote innovation, continuous improvement, and best practices in DevOps and Agile methodologies

Key things:

• Build AWS 2.0 – Alligned infrastructure and pipelines for EC2, EKS, EMR, RDS, EFS, S3, AWS Glue, DataSync
• Design Apache Airflow Implementation.
• Autosys job Dependencies and data lineage
• Analyze existing AWS 1.0 services and CI/CD pipelines supporting BIS workloads

Basic Qualifications (Required skills with minimum experience)

• 6+ years of overall experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or related roles
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation, etc.)
• Strong experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI/CD
• Proven experience with DevOps tooling including Jira and Confluence
• Solid understanding of Agile methodologies and DevOps practices
• Experience in scripting/programming (e.g., Python, Bash, or similar) for automation
• Expertise in infrastructure provisioning and configuration management
• Experience in system monitoring, performance tuning, and troubleshooting

Preferred Qualifications / Nice to Have

• Experience leading or managing small engineering teams
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with security best practices in cloud and DevOps environments
• Knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed systems
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Role Responsibilities & Leadership Expectations

• Act as a primary owner for high-visibility and mission-critical DevOps initiatives
• Provide both technical leadership and business alignment
• Influence cross-functional engineering teams to adopt cloud and automation best practices
• Lead and mentor a team of engineers while guiding broader engineering communities
• Drive continuous improvement in system reliability, performance, and efficiency

Location

• Preferred: Tempe, Arizona OR Atlanta, Georgia
• Candidates in these locations will be given first priority

Travel

• Minimal to moderate travel may be required based on project needs

Degree

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience