We are seeking an experienced and proactive AWS DevOps Lead to spearhead the design, implementation, and optimization of cloud-based infrastructure and automation pipelines. You will be responsible for gathering requirements, validating cloud architectures, ensuring stability, performance, and security of deployments, and leading a team of engineers across multiple projects. This role blends deep technical expertise with hands-on leadership in cloud and DevOps environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design, review, and implementation of scalable, secure, and high-performance AWS-based cloud architectures.
- Gather technical requirements, validate solution architecture, and provide technical consultation for project stakeholders.
- Own architectural decisions across projects and ensure compliance with non-functional requirements (availability, performance, security, cost).
- Develop, review, and optimize CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), and automation strategies.
- Implement and enforce DevSecOps best practices, including security, monitoring, and incident response.
- Collaborate with developers, QA, and business stakeholders to deliver reliable and repeatable infrastructure solutions.
- Lead performance tuning, cost optimization, and ensure infrastructure resilience.
- Assign work, set priorities, mentor DevOps engineers, and drive technical delivery timelines.
- Conduct design/code/infrastructure reviews and proactively identify and resolve risks and dependencies.
- Stay current with industry trends, tools, and technologies, and make recommendations to improve systems and processes.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering or DevOps, with 3+ years in AWS DevOps leadership roles.
- Proven experience designing and deploying solutions using key AWS services: EC2, Lambda, VPC, S3, RDS, EKS, IAM, CloudFormation/Terraform, etc.
- Strong hands-on expertise with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, etc.) and infrastructure automation.
- Solid understanding of DevOps principles, software development life cycles, and Agile/Scrum practices.
- Familiar with monitoring, alerting, and logging tools (CloudWatch, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana).
- Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash, or Shell.
- Experience implementing security controls, cost governance, and disaster recovery strategies.
- Effective communicator with leadership and mentoring capabilities.
- AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect) are a plus.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration (EKS), and Docker.
- Familiarity with GitOps, ChatOps, and advanced CI/CD patterns.
- Exposure to multi-cloud or hybrid cloud architectures
We’re an equal opportunity employer committed to increasing diversity and inclusion in today’s workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Minorities, women, LGBTQ candidates, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. If you require an accommodation, please review our
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