Overview
Remote
Depends on Experience
Full Time
Skills
Access Control
Amazon CloudFront
Amazon EC2
Amazon RDS
Amazon Route 53
Amazon S3
Amazon SQS
Amazon Web Services
Backup
Backup Administration
Caching
Cloud Computing
Collaboration
Computer Networking
Continuous Delivery
Continuous Integration
Data Storage
Database
DevOps
Domain Management
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Encryption
GitHub
High Availability
Hosting
IaaS
Identity Management
Internet
Jenkins
Linux Administration
Load Balancing
Management
NAT
Optimization
Performance Tuning
Quality Assurance
Redis
Remote Desktop Services
Routing
SSL
Scalability
Shell Scripting
TLS
Terraform
Virtual Private Cloud
Workflow
DNS
Job Details
Job Title: DevOps Engineer (AWS Cloud)
Location: Remote
Employment Type: Full-time
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer (AWS) to design, implement, and maintain highly available, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure.
The ideal candidate will have deep hands-on experience with AWS services, CI/CD automation, and infrastructure as code, ensuring smooth deployment and efficient operations across environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and manage AWS infrastructure using best practices for security, scalability, and reliability.
- Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for automated build, test, and deployment workflows.
- Configure and manage VPC, including public/private subnets, NAT Gateway, Internet Gateway, and route tables.
- Deploy and manage containerized applications using ECS (Fargate/EC2) and ECR.
- Configure Application Load Balancer (ALB) for traffic management and high availability.
- Set up and monitor CloudWatch, create alarms, and define event-driven workflows using SNS, SQS, and EventBridge.
- Implement Redis clusters for caching and performance optimization.
- Manage RDS databases for persistence and backup.
- Configure AWS Certificates (ACM) for SSL/TLS encryption.
- Manage S3 buckets for static hosting, backups, and data storage.
- Secure sensitive data using Secrets Manager and IAM for access control and policies.
- Configure Route 53 for DNS and domain management.
- Use CloudFront for CDN and content delivery optimization.
- Work with AWS Landing Zone Accelerator to establish multi-account governance and security best practices.
- Continuously optimize infrastructure costs, performance, and reliability.
- Collaborate with development and QA teams to support deployment and release processes.
Required Technical Skills
- Strong expertise in AWS Cloud Services (EC2, ECS, ECR, RDS, VPC, S3, CloudFront, IAM, CloudWatch, etc.)
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)
- Proficiency in infrastructure automation using CloudFormation, Terraform, or CDK
- Experience with monitoring and alerting systems
- Understanding of networking concepts (VPC design, NAT, subnets, routing, etc.)
- Knowledge of security best practices and identity management (IAM)
- Familiarity with Linux administration and shell scripting
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