Senior DevOps Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

 

Job Overview

WinChoice seeks a seasoned Senior DevOps Engineer to lead our cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and operational reliability initiatives. This role is pivotal in designing scalable, secure systems and guiding the engineering team towards best practices, ensuring long-term stability and efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable AWS cloud architectures across multiple environments, ensuring security, resilience, and compliance.
• Develop and manage infrastructure as code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK, establishing standards for maintainability and reusability.
• Create and optimize CI/CD pipelines, supporting automated testing, low-downtime deployments, and reliable rollback procedures.
• Lead incident response efforts, coordinate communication during outages, and conduct postmortem analyses to prevent recurrence.
• Establish security standards including secrets management, access controls, and patching, while monitoring system health through observability tools.
• Mentor engineering team members through code reviews, technical guidance, and establishing best practices for infrastructure and deployment processes.
• Analyze cloud costs, identify optimization opportunities, and implement strategies to improve efficiency and manage expenditures

Requirements:

 

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, or related fields with a proven track record in designing and managing production cloud environments.
• Extensive experience with AWS services, including VPC design, IAM policies, and managed AWS solutions.
• Strong expertise in infrastructure as code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK, including module development and state management.
• Proficiency with CI/CD platforms such as GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions, and experience with deployment automation.
• Demonstrated ability to lead incident response, troubleshoot complex issues, and communicate technical risks effectively.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a focus on technical documentation and stakeholder engagement.

 

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Professional or Specialty certifications.
• Experience with container orchestration tools like EKS, ECS, or Kubernetes.
• Background in supporting compliance standards such as SOC 2.
• Knowledge of database deployment, migration, and rollback automation.
• Experience with workforce identity federation, SSO, and customer identity platforms like AWS Cognito.
• Familiarity with cloud cost management and FinOps practices.
• Experience with supporting .NET applications and disaster recovery planning.