AWS DevOps specialist - Full remote - Contractor in USD

Category: IT Services

Location:

For an international organization in New York, we are urgently looking for a REMOTE AWS DevOps specialist with a history of working in an agile environment. Ideally, the applicant should have AWS experience in the Build, Release processes, Continuous Integration (CI)

, Continuous Delivery/Deployment (CD) for the automated deployment of Microservices components using Docker Containers, AWS services and other technologies.

Candidates need to be able to work +6 hours per day in the normal office hours of New York, US. Example 9AM NY time equals 7:30PM.

Tasks and responsibilities:

Assist in migration of websites to AWS;

Deployment, automation, management, and maintenance of AWS cloud-based production system;

Ensuring availability, performance, security, and scalability of AWS production systems;

Management of creation, release, and configuration of production systems;

System troubleshooting and problem resolution across various application domains and platforms;

Pre-production acceptance testing for quality assurance;

Provision of critical system security by leveraging best practices and prolific cloud security solutions;

Providing recommendations for architecture and process improvements;

Definition and deployment of systems for metrics, logging, and monitoring on AWS platform;

Designing, maintenance and management of tools for automation of different operational processes;

Perform other duties as may be reasonably required and in line with the incumbent’s scope of services above;

Profile:

Bachelor or Master degree;

+3 years of hands-on experience supporting application build and deployment in a AWS Cloud environment;

Experience and deep understanding of core DevOps practices (Configuration Management, Continuous Integration, Infrastructure as Code, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Deployment, Continuous Monitoring);

Experience and deep understanding of DevOps integration with automated testing and/or automation deployment verification;

Experience and expertise in any of scripting languages and databases: Python, Terraform and MongoDB, Redis;

Knowledge/experience with AWS services – EC2, ECS, ELB/ALB, Security Groups, Route53, IAM, KMS, Cognito, Secrets Manager, Parameter Store, Lambda, SES, SNS, SQS;

Familiar with various Branching strategies, pull request concept and GIT commands and Bash;

Knowledge/experience of Microservices architecture, Docker container implementation;

Certification is an advantage;

English language proficiency (oral and written);

Offered:

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A challenging role for an international organization;

Attractive salary package or contractor rate;

Interested: Please send your resume to

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