Junior DevOps Engineer (AWS)

ABOUT THE ROLE

In this role, you will own the reliability, scalability, and automation of AWS-based cloud infrastructure supporting cybersecurity and networking solutions for a leading US technology company. You will work closely with engineering and security teams to improve platform resilience, observability, and delivery efficiency while contributing to the adoption of modern cloud and AI-driven engineering practices. This position offers an opportunity to influence infrastructure strategy, operational excellence, and service quality across business-critical environments.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, build, and operate secure, scalable, and highly available AWS environments supporting cloud-native applications and services
• Drive infrastructure automation initiatives using Infrastructure as Code practices with Terraform and CloudFormation to improve consistency, reliability, and operational efficiency
• Collaborate with software engineers, DevOps specialists, and security teams to enhance platform stability, performance, and delivery processes
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub, and related tooling to streamline software deployment and release management
• Implement and support AWS services including EKS, ECS, EC2, Auto Scaling, VPC, IAM, CloudFront, Route 53, S3, Lambda, ElastiCache, and Security Groups
• Create and improve monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions using Python, Bash, Grafana, Splunk, Prometheus, and other observability platforms
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues, perform root cause analysis, and drive effective remediation to maintain service availability
• Mentor engineers, promote engineering best practices, contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, and support the adoption of AI-enabled development and operational practices

REQUIREMENTS

• Strong experience managing production-grade AWS environments with hands-on expertise in EKS, EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, ECR, Secrets Manager, CloudFront, Route 53, ElastiCache, and Lambda
• Advanced knowledge of Infrastructure as Code frameworks including Terraform and CloudFormation for provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure
• Solid experience with containerization and orchestration technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm, as well as configuration management tools such as Ansible
• Strong proficiency in Python and Bash scripting for automation, monitoring, operational tooling, and infrastructure management
• Practical experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub, or comparable delivery platforms
• Strong knowledge of Linux administration, networking fundamentals, AWS security best practices, cloud hardening, and compliance requirements
• Proven experience with monitoring and logging platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, Kibana, and Splunk
• Strong problem-solving, communication, collaboration, incident management, and mentoring skills, including participation in on-call support rotations
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer certification and experience with Golang as desirable qualifications
• Upper-Intermediate English for effective communication within a cross-functional team