AWS DevOps Engineer (Remote)

This is a remote position.

We are seeking an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer to be a key contributor to help drive and support the company’s long-term strategic initiatives as the company migrates to AWS.

The company is based in Princeton NJ, however this position is 100% remote.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with development and infrastructure teams to deploy software releases and updates; identify and implement improvements to that process.
• Work with developers to optimize code to take full advantage of the efficiencies of cloud computing.
• Setup of application performance monitoring and alerting dashboards with the respective toolset, as well as automated health check of applications and services.
• Support and troubleshoot technical problems, incident management and provide root cause analysis.
• On-prem to cloud infrastructure migration planning, provisioning, and configuration, along with maintenance and updates as needed.
• Setup and maintain source code management tools, repositories, workflows, pipelines, and process automation with the applicable DevOps toolset.
• Implement and enforce security policies and procedures.
• Design, deploy, automate, maintain, and manage AWS Environments / Services.
• Implement infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform to manage AWS resources.
• Ensure AWS systems are reliable, secure, scalable, and compliant.
• Resolve problems across multiple application domains and platforms using system troubleshooting and problem-solving techniques.
• Automate different operational processes by designing, maintaining, and managing tools (such as Terraform).
• Provide primary operational support and engineering for all Cloud and Enterprise deployments.
• Develop policies, standards, and guidelines for IAC and CI / CD that teams can follow.
• Review AWS billing and assess cost optimization options on a regular basis.
• Work closely with the development team to integrate their project changes and ensure that project deliverables are achieved effectively.
• Develop and maintain design and troubleshooting documentation.
• Leverage GitHub for version control and source code management.
• Perform code reviews, suggest ways to improve efficiencies.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, etc.
• Experience working with APIs.
• Extensive AWS experience and follows a well-architected model approach.
• Strong experience in using Terraform for infrastructure automation.
• Expertise in open-source technologies, containerization (e.g., Docker), microservices, and relational databases.
• Strong experience with automation and configuration management tools, such as Jenkins and Ansible.
• Working knowledge of programming languages such as Python, Java, and Shell scripting.
• Problem-solving attitude with an ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication skills and a team-oriented mentality.
• Development and testing skills.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform).
• Experience working with version control systems (e.g. GitHub).

This is a full-time direct hire position. The position provides a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, STD / LTD, company matched 401(k), tuition reimbursement, generous vacation / sick time and flexible work schedule.

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Remote working / work at home options are available for this role.