Lead DevOps Engineer

What is the project, and why should you care?

We are looking for a talented and motivated Lead DevOps Engineer to join our Managed Services team. This is an exciting opportunity to work across various projects and domains. As part of our team, you will be providing DevOps services to a range of projects, not tied to just one. The dynamic nature of this role means you will need to adapt to different environments, technologies, and business needs.

You will be an excellent fit for this position if you have:

• Technical leadership experience for coordinating projects from a technical side
• Client-facing skills for driving refinements and planning sessions with the customer
• 4+ years of hands-on experience in designing, deploying, and managing cloud infrastructure using AWS
• In-depth knowledge of standard AWS services such as VPC, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS, IAM, SNS, SQS, API Gateway, EKS, CloudFront, EFS/EBS, SecurityHUB, Guard Duty, CloudWatch, AWS Application Migration Service, KMS, PCA, and similar
• 3+ years of experience in at least one Infrastructure as a Code technology like Terraform (preferred), AWS CloudFormation, Ansible, AWS CDK, or similar
• 3+ years of experience in building and managing CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Bitbucket, or similar)
• 2+ years of experience in creating and running container-based applications using Docker and Kubernetes/EKS
• At least a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Strong understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancers, VPN) and related AWS Services (CloudFront, API Gateway, VPC, Route 53, ELB)
• Strong understanding of security concepts (IAM, Access Control, Endpoint Security, Data Encryption, firewalls)
• Excellent problem-solving skills for use-case-specific architecture design and implementation
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively in a team environment
• AWS Professional/Specialty Certification is a must

Here are some of the things you’ll be working on:

• Provide technical leadership, ensuring efficient coordination and execution of cloud infrastructure projects.
• Act as the primary technical contact for clients, leading refinement and planning sessions to align solutions with business needs.
• Design, deploy, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Work extensively with AWS core services.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Build and manage containerized applications.
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and security of cloud environments.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and provide use-case-specific architectural solutions.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, sharing knowledge and driving cloud best practices.