AWS DevOps Engineer
Koundinyasa Technology Services
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What You’ll Do Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure on AWS. Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment processes. Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools. Monitor system performance, availability, and security using cloud monitoring tools. Collaborate with development, QA, and security teams to ensure smooth deployments. Implement containerization and orchestration solutions for microservices-based applications. Manage configuration, version control, and release management processes. Troubleshoot infrastructure and deployment issues across environments (Dev, QA, Prod). Ensure compliance with security best practices and cloud governance standards. Continuously optimize cloud costs and improve infrastructure efficiency. Experience What You Should Know: 3 to 6 years of experience in DevOps / Cloud Engineering. Minimum 2+ years hands-on experience with AWS cloud services. AWS Services Strong working knowledge of: EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS Lambda, API Gateway CloudWatch, CloudTrail Auto Scaling & Load Balancers Route 53 ECR, ECS or EKS CI/CD & Automation Experience building CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or AWS CodePipeline. Experience with build tools like Maven, Gradle, or npm. Knowledge of branching strategies and Git workflows. Infrastructure As Code (IaC) Hands-on experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK. Ability to manage infrastructure through reusable templates. Containers & Orchestration Experience with Docker. Knowledge of Kubernetes (EKS preferred). Monitoring & Logging Experience with CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK stack. Ability to configure alerts and proactive monitoring. Scripting & Programming Proficiency in Bash, Python, or Shell scripting. Basic understanding of Java, Node.js, or other application stacks (preferred). Security & Networking Understanding of IAM policies, security groups, NACLs. Knowledge of SSL, VPN, firewall configurations. Familiarity with DevSecOps practices (preferred). Soft Skills Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills. Ability to work in Agile/Scrum environments. Good communication and collaboration skills. Nice-to-Have AWS Certification (Solutions Architect / DevOps Engineer). Experience with Serverless architecture. Knowledge of cost optimization strategies in AWS. Exposure to multi-cloud environments (Azure/GCP). Experience with blue-green or canary deployments. Show more