DevOps Systems Engineer (AWS)

• Work Mode: Remote
• Location: Philadelphia, PA (US-based)
• Duration: 12 months (target start 2026-04-20; target end 2027-04-17)
• Schedule: Standard business hours; participates in an on-call rotation

Join an engineering team supporting modern infrastructure and application delivery across on‑prem and AWS environments. You’ll build, automate, and operate scalable platforms, enabling CI/CD pipelines, containerized services, and high-performing web applications. This role blends systems engineering and DevOps, with a focus on AWS, automation, and reliability.

• Design, build, and support AWS resources (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda, API services) and related cloud infrastructure.
• Automate build/deploy pipelines; script Jenkins jobs for code deployments and remote service management.
• Configure and optimize web servers (Apache, Nginx) and support performance tuning and capacity planning.
• Create and maintain Docker containers; support container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes/ECS).
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible/Puppet) and configuration management.
• Develop and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting (e.g., CloudWatch, Splunk, New Relic, SCOM).
• Support database administration tasks for MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB.
• Analyze trends, conduct statistical/system performance analysis, and produce clear technical documentation.
• Participate in an enterprise on-call rotation and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

• 3 years in Systems Engineering/DevOps with hands-on AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, APIs).
• Proficiency scripting Jenkins pipelines/jobs for CI/CD.
• Strong Linux administration; Windows administration experience is a plus.
• Web server administration: Apache and Nginx.
• Containerization with Docker; familiarity with Kubernetes or AWS ECS.
• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or CloudFormation (Ansible/Puppet a plus).
• Scripting with Bash and/or Python.
• Monitoring/observability tools experience (e.g., CloudWatch, Splunk, New Relic, SCOM).
• Working knowledge of networking fundamentals (load balancers, firewall rules, certificates).
• Experience with Agile tools (Jira, ServiceNow, or Redmine) and Git-based version control (Git, Bitbucket, Stash).

• AWS Certification.
• Experience with CircleCI, Kubernetes, or AWS ECS.
• Basic database administration support for MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB.

• Remote role with collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.
• Information security and compliance awareness required when working with sensitive data.
• No COVID vaccination requirement indicated for this role.