DevOps Engineer

JObID 740821

JobTitle : DevOps Engineer

Location : Remote Des MoinesIA

Duration : 08Months

Client : State ofIA

Departmentof Management Division of IT is seeking an experienced DevOpsEngineer to join our talented software team working onmissioncritical applications using Agilemethodologies

Departmentof Management Division of IT is seeking an experienced DevOpsEngineer to join our talented software team working onmissioncritical applications using Agile methodologies.

The projectaims to modernize IWDs UI Tax system by rearchitecting itscomponents to industryleading architecture and frameworks providingbetter service to both agency staff and endusers while positioningthe agency for future technologicalimprovements.

Responsibilities :

Providetechnical leadership in implementing and operationalizing AWS cloudinfrastructure.

Actas a developer advocate for Cloud capabilities influencing andworking across diverse teams to design and implement easytousehybrid cloudenvironments.

Designbuild and maintain efficient reusable and reliable AWSinfrastructure using AWSCDK.

Manageand configure AWS services such as EC2 EKS ECR Cognito Lambda RDSS3 IAM CloudWatchetc.

Designbuild and maintain service mesh like Istio in EKScluster.

Createunit and integration tests for IaC testcoverage.

Implementand manage CI / CD pipelines for automated deployment ofinfrastructure andapplications.

Collecttelemetry and build dashboards alerts and notifications foraccurate insight into the cloud operations and applicationperformance.

Monitorand troubleshoot performance issues ensuring high availability andoptimal performance of infrastructure andservices.

Collaboratewith software engineers to optimize application performance andreliability in AWSenvironments.

Implementand maintain security best practices and compliance controls inAWS.

PreferredQualifications :

AWScertifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect AWSCertified DevOps Engineeretc.

AWSCDK developmentexperience.

Experiencewith containerization technologies (DockerKubernetes).

Familiaritywith monitoring tools such as Prometheus Grafana ELK StackDynatraceetc.

Abilityto build quick POCs to demonstrate cloud capabilities and designeasytouse hybrid cloudenvironments.

Skill

Required / Desired

Amount

ofExperience

Bachelorsdegree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field orequivalent workexperience.

Required

Extensiveexperience in developing various AWS services like EKS ECR S3Lambda and service mesh technology like Istio with adequate testcoverage.

Required

Years

Handsondevelopment experience with IaC tools like Terraform or AWSCDK.

Required

Years

Strongunderstanding of AWS WellArchitectedFrameworks.

Required

Years

Proficiencyin scripting languages such as Typescript orPython.

Required

Years

Experiencebuilding pipelines using CI / CD tools like Jenkins GitHub GitHubActionsetc.

Required

Years

Strongunderstanding of networking concepts and protocols (TCP / IP DNS HTTPSSL / TLSetc.).

Required

Years

Solidunderstanding of security best practices in AWSenvironments.

Required

Years

Experiencewith configuration management and orchestration tooling to ensurecloud environments meet operational and securitystandards

Required

Years

Strongnetworking experience including knowledge of AWS networkingservices (e.g. VPC Subnets Route53).

Required

Years

Abilityto work independently and as part of a team with strongproblemsolvingskills.

Required

Years

Experienceworking in Agilemethodology.

Required

Years