AWS DevOps Engineer

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IT Engagements is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide-range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. We have an immediate opening for the position of AWS Devops Engineer at one of our premium clients.

Location: Charlotte, NC (Hybrid role 3 days/week)

• Relocation: from EST only
• Experience: 9 years (Not less than 9 years)
• Duration: 12 Months
• Interview: Video Mandatory

Skills

• Ansible
• Application Architecture
• Architecture Patterns and Styles
• Java
• Jenkins

Key Responsibilities

• Design implement and manage AWS cloud infrastructure EC2 S3 Lambda ECSEKS etc with scalability and security in mind
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code IaC using Terraform
• Build manage and optimize Docker base images and containerized application stacks
• Orchestrate and maintain Kubernetes EKS clusters for production and staging environments
• Set up manage and optimize CICD pipelines in GitLab to support fast reliable deployments
• Manage MCP servers and ensure reliable operations for critical services
• Automate operational tasks and workflows using Python and JavaScript
• Support fullstack teams React Nodejs by providing containerized environments and deployment strategies
• Manage and optimize databases SQL PostgreSQL for performance security and scalability
• Integrate and manage AWS streaming services Kinesis MSK Kafka or similar for realtime data pipelines
• Implement container image security scanning governance and lifecycle management
• Monitor system performance availability and cost implementing proactive improvements
• Ensure compliance with security and governance standards across cloud infrastructure and database layers
• Collaborate with developers and architects to improve application delivery scalability and resilience

Required Skills

• 8 years of experience in DevOps Cloud Infrastructure
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services EC2 S3 ECSEKS Lambda VPC IAM CloudWatch KinesisMSK
• Proficiency in Terraform for infrastructure automation
• Expertise with Docker including base image creation and Kubernetes orchestration
• Strong scripting programming skills in Python and JavaScript
• Experience with GitLab CICD for pipelines automation and environment management
• Strong database experience with SQL and PostgreSQL setup scaling replication performance tuning
• Exposure to streaming architectures AWS Kinesis KafkaMSK or similar
• Experience supporting Reactbased applications from a DevOps perspective
• Familiarity with MCP servers and containerized service deployments
• Knowledge of cloud cost optimization and security best practices
• Strong problem solving troubleshooting and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS certifications eg AWS Certified Solutions Architect DevOps Engineer Professional
• Experience with monitoring observability tools Prometheus Grafana ELK Datadog
• Knowledge of networking load balancing and distributed system design
• Familiarity with AgileScrum methodologies