Cloud DevOps Engineer (AWS)

Title: Cloud DevOps Engineer (AWS)

Location: Pittsburgh, PA (3 days on-site/hybrid)

Duration: Contract to Hire

Key Responsibilities | CloudOps & DevOps

• Manage and support cloud-hosted applications running in AWS environments.
• Design, implement, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines to support automated application deployments.
• Monitor system health, availability, performance, and cloud resource utilization using CloudWatch and other observability tools.
• Support production environments, troubleshoot incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventative solutions.
• Manage containerized workloads using Docker and support container orchestration platforms when applicable.
• Optimize AWS infrastructure for reliability, scalability, security, and cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment processes, operational readiness, and platform stability.
• Implement cloud security best practices and assist with compliance initiatives.
• Develop automation solutions that reduce manual operational effort and improve system reliability.
• Participate in on-call support and production issue resolution as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of experience supporting cloud-based applications and infrastructure.
• Strong hands-on AWS experience, including:
• EC2
• Lambda
• S3
• RDS
• CloudWatch
• IAM
• VPC
• ECS/EKS
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Docker and containerized application deployments.
• Experience monitoring and supporting production environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture, security, networking, and operational best practices.
• Experience troubleshooting complex application, infrastructure, and deployment issues.
• Experience working with source control systems and DevOps workflows.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
• AWS Certified Developer Associate
• Professional experience with C#, .Net Framework and REST API s is highly desired.
• Experience with Kubernetes, EKS, or other container orchestration solutions.
• Experience with observability platforms such as Datadog, Splunk, New Relic, Grafana, or Prometheus.
• Experience supporting mission-critical production environments.
• Knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles.
• Experience implementing cloud security best practices and governance controls.
• Experience automating operational processes through scripting or software development.
• Experience optimizing cloud spend and resource utilization.
• Experience supporting highly available, scalable cloud-native architectures.