AWS DevOps Engineer

Job Description : We are seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer with expertise in Kubernetes, AWS and CICD, and secondary skills in Terraform or Python, to join our team. As a key member of our DevOps team, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the infrastructure and deployment pipelines for our cloud-based applications and services on the AWS platform. Your deep knowledge of Kubernetes and AWS services will be instrumental in automating infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment processes to ensure scalability, reliability, and security of our cloud environments.Technical Responsibilities : - Skilled in Python-driven automation for AWS infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and scalable solution implementation to enhance cloud environment reliability and efficiency.- Develop and maintain Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS for deploying and managing containerized applications, implementing best practices for cluster management, including scaling, upgrades, and security.- Containerize applications using Docker to ensure consistency across development, testing, and production environments, developing and maintaining Dockerfiles and Docker Compose configurations for multi-container applications.- Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) templates using Terraform to provision and manage AWS resources.- Implement best practices for modularization, reusability, and version control of Terraform configurations.- Architect scalable, cost-effective, and resilient AWS infrastructure solutions to support our applications and services.- Configure and manage AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, and CloudFormation.- Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or AWS CodePipeline to automate build, test, and deployment processes.- Integrate Terraform with CI/CD pipelines for automated infrastructure deployment and configuration.- Set up monitoring and alerting systems using AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, or similar tools to track performance metrics and detect anomalies.- Configure centralized logging solutions with tools like AWS CloudWatch Logs, ELK stack, or Splunk for log aggregation and analysis.- Implement security best practices and compliance standards (e.g., CIS benchmarks, GDPR, HIPAA) in AWS environments.- Manage IAM roles and policies, encryption keys, and security groups to enforce least privilege access and data protection.- Optimize AWS infrastructure for cost efficiency by rightsizing resources, implementing auto-scaling, and leveraging AWS cost management tools.- Monitor AWS usage and spending, identify cost-saving opportunities, and implement cost optimization strategies. (ref:hirist.tech)