AWS DevOps Engineer

Overview

On Site
$60,000 - $80,000
Full Time

Skills

AWS
DevOps
EC2 & RDS
Cloud Watch
Iac
CI/CD & GitLab CI
Docker & Kubernetes
Python & Bash
IAM & Security
IP Networking
Linux/Unix
SRE
SLIs & SLOs
Incident Management
Automation & Scripting

Job Details

Technical Skills:
  • AWS Cloud Expertise:
    Deep understanding and hands-on experience with core AWS services like EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, Route 53, Auto Scaling, and more.
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC):
    Proficiency in tools like Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or similar for automated infrastructure provisioning and management.
  • CI/CD Pipelines:
    Experience with tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline, or similar for automating the software delivery process.
  • Containerization and Orchestration:
    Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, or other containerization and orchestration technologies.
  • Monitoring and Observability:
    Experience with tools like AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or similar for monitoring system health, performance, and resource utilization.
  • Scripting and Automation:
    Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or other languages for automating tasks and infrastructure management.
  • Security:
    Understanding of AWS security best practices, including IAM, Security Groups, NACLs, and encryption.
  • Networking:
    Knowledge of IP networking, VPNs, DNS, load balancing, and firewall concepts.
  • Linux/Unix System Administration:
    Experience with Linux/Unix systems for managing servers and troubleshooting issues.
SRE-Specific Skills:
  • Reliability Engineering:
    Understanding of concepts like SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and designing for high availability, disaster recovery, and fault tolerance.
  • Incident Management:
    Experience in diagnosing and resolving production issues, including incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews.
  • Monitoring and Alerting:
    Ability to set up comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems using tools like CloudWatch, Prometheus, or third-party solutions.
  • Metrics and Logging:
    Ability to define, collect, and analyze metrics to understand system behavior and identify potential problems.
  • Automation and Scripting:
    SREs heavily rely on automation and scripting to manage and maintain systems, especially in a cloud environment.
  • Collaboration and Communication:
    Effective communication and collaboration skills are essential for working with development, operations, and other teams.
Soft Skills:
  • Problem-Solving:
    Ability to analyze complex issues, identify root causes, and implement effective solutions.
  • Communication:
    Clear and concise communication skills, both written and verbal, for collaborating with teams and documenting issues and solutions.
  • Continuous Learning:
    Staying up-to-date with the latest AWS services, SRE best practices, and DevOps trends.
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