Overview
On Site
Depends on Experience
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)
Skills
DevOps
AWS
Terraform and CloudFormation
Cloud Infrastructure
and Kubernetes.
Job Details
Senior AWS DevOps Engineer
12 Months contract Later Extension
McLean , VA On-site M-F
In Person Interview required
Must Have Qualifications:
- Must have 6+ years of relevant experience with working knowledge of AWS, Cloud Computing, Cloud Infrastructure, and Kubernetes.
- Nice to have would be Istio and Service Mesh.
Job Description:
Position overview: Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and manage Kubernetes clusters on AWS/Google Cloud Platform/Azure, ensuring high availability and scalability.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or AWS Code Pipeline.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and management using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
- Integrate AWS Lambda functions into platform workflows for event-driven automation.
- Manage AWS resources such as S3, RDS, and secrets using AWS Secrets Manager or Hashi Corp Vault.
- Implement robust secrets management strategies across platforms and environments.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance, security, and reliability.
- Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to ensure seamless platform integration and support.
- Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and AWS best practices.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- 6+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, SRE, or platform engineering roles.
- Deep expertise in Kubernetes architecture, deployment, scaling, and monitoring.
- Strong experience in AWS services, including Lambda, S3, RDS, IAM, and VPC.
- Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and CloudFormation.
- Solid understanding of CI/CD concepts and pipeline implementation.
- Advanced knowledge of secrets management (AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, etc.).
- Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, Go, etc.).
- Solid understanding of networking, security, and observability in Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with GitOps practices and tools like Flux or ArgoCD.
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
- AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, etc.) and Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or similar certification are a plus.
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