AWS DevOps and Infrastructure Specialist
Location: London
Employment Type
Contracting (6 months tenure)
Role Description
We are looking for an AWS DevOps and Infrastructure Specialist who will be responsible
for fully hands-on architecting, designing, implementing, managing, monitoring and
optimizing AWS infrastructure and DevOps to ensure high availability, scalability, and
reliability of the system while focusing on increased automation to improve operational
efficiency. This is an individual contributor role with zero people/project management
responsibilities.
Primary Qualifications
* 8+ years of fully hands-on industry experience architecting, designing, developing and
managing infrastructure and devops processes in production
* Proficiency in DevOps using AWS stack
* Proficiency in coding in python, java and shell scripting
* Proven experience using infrastructure as code using Cloud Formation Templates
* Established knowledge of networking, Linux/Unix operating systems, security-concepts
and hands-on system-administration fundamentals
* AWS Certifications
o Must Have -
§ AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional
o Nice To Have -
§ AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional
§ AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
§ AWS Certified Developer Associate
Required Skills
* Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployments (CD): Proven capability in
designing, implementing, and maintaining an end-to-end fully automated CI/CD
infrastructure using AWS native stack and other external tools like Jenkins,
Bamboo, Sonar etc.
* Automation: Proficient in using automation tooling to streamline repetitive tasks
related to infrastructure provisioning and streamlining DevOps workflows. Familiar
with IaC automation tools like Terraform and Cloud Formation Templates. Able to
automate security controls and compliance validations.
* Configuration Management - Experience in using frameworks (apart from AWS
offerings) such as Chef, Puppet in production environments. Deep knowledge of
best practices around artifact version control mechanisms and branching
strategies
* Networking - Knowledge of IP Networking, VPN, DNS, VPC, API Gateways, Load
Balancers, and Firewalls.
* Distributed Log Aggregation - Experience in designing and implementing distributed
log aggregation and monitoring frameworks (AWS stack)
* Automated Monitoring and Alarming - Experience in designing, building and
maintaining automated monitoring and alarming mechanisms for distributed
systems (AWS stack)
* System Administration: Deep understanding of Linux/Unix systems, networking
concepts and security fundamentals, along-with related troubleshooting
techniques.
* Cloud Infrastructure: Proven capability to use the latest cloud-native offerings of
AWS cloud platform to design, deploy, and manage scalable, resilient, and costeffective
infrastructure.
* Containerization: Familiar with container orchestration and management tools
like Docker and Kubernetes offerings.
* DevSecOps: Experience in defining, designing and implementing related concepts,
along with knowledge of microservices and distributed application architecture.
* Collaboration: Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with crossfunctional
cross-geo distributed teams.