AWS DevOps Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and maintain cloud infrastructure using Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Configure and maintain networking components, including virtual private clouds, subnets, routing tables, security groups, network access control lists, and VPN connectivity where applicable.
• Support the deployment and management of applications across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
• Implement scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant infrastructure architectures in line with application requirements.
• Assist with cloud resource provisioning, migration, upgrades, and infrastructure modernisation initiatives.
• Automate application build, testing, packaging, release, and deployment processes.
• Work with tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeBuild, and AWS CodeDeploy, as applicable.
• Integrate automated testing, code quality checks, security scans, and approval stages into deployment workflows.
• Collaborate with developers to ensure applications are deployment-ready and follow established release procedures.
• Maintain deployment documentation, rollback procedures, release notes, and version-control practices.
• Maintain clear documentation of infrastructure architecture, dependencies, configuration standards, and operational procedures.
• Build, configure, and maintain Docker images for application deployment.
• Support containerised application environments using Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, or other appropriate container orchestration platforms.
• Participate in incident response, root-cause analysis, and post-incident reviews.
  
• Configure and manage Identity and Access Management (IAM), applying the principle of least privilege.
• Support secure handling of credentials, API keys, certificates, and application secrets using AWS Secrets Manager, Systems Manager Parameter Store, or equivalent tools.
• Contribute to AWS cost reviews and implement approved cost-saving measures.
• Work closely with software developers, QA engineers, technical leads, and product teams to support reliable software delivery.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 5 years of experience
  
• A minimum of a degree in a related field