Sr. AWS Developer

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior AWS Developer with a robust background in DevOps practices to join our team. This role is crucial to our ongoing cloud transformation efforts and involves designing, deploying, and maintaining high-performing AWS infrastructure that supports scalable, secure applications. The successful candidate will demonstrate a self-starting attitude, a proactive approach, and the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a collaborative team. In addition to deep expertise in AWS, this individual should have advanced CI/CD skills to streamline development and deployment processes, ensuring efficient, high-quality code delivery.

Key Responsibilities

AWS Infrastructure Management: Lead the design, deployment, and ongoing management of AWS infrastructure, ensuring scalability and reliability.


DevOps Integration: Utilize DevOps principles to enhance operational efficiency across the AWS ecosystem. This includes creating automated workflows, integrating infrastructure as code (IaC), and continuously improving deployment strategies to achieve seamless application delivery.


CI/CD Pipeline Development: Build, maintain, and refine CI/CD pipelines that ensure code quality, speed of deployment, and minimal disruption to production environments.


Security and Compliance: Implement and uphold stringent security measures across AWS environments to safeguard data and systems.


Collaboration: Engage closely with development, QA, and operations teams to foster a DevOps culture within the organization, streamlining cloud-based workflows and driving project success.


Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for AWS and DevOps processes, including infrastructure configurations, deployment strategies, and troubleshooting procedures.


Technical Skills

Advanced expertise with AWS cloud services, including core services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, and VPC.


Extensive experience in DevOps tools and practices, particularly infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.


Demonstrated proficiency in building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines with tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or AWS CodePipeline.


Solid understanding of networking, security, and monitoring within AWS environments, including experience with security frameworks and best practices.


Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS) technologies, enabling scalable and reliable application deployments.


Exceptional problem-solving abilities with a focus on troubleshooting and improving infrastructure resilience.


Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.


AWS Certification (Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer preferred), validating expertise in managing AWS environments.


Minimum of 7+ years of experience with AWS and DevOps practices


Proficiency in Agile/Scrum methodologies, contributing to an agile development environment and iterative improvement processes.