AWS DevOps Engineer
First seen by Alion on Sep 17, 2026.
About the Role:
We are looking for an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer with around 4 years of hands-on experience to join our infrastructure/DevOps team. The ideal candidate will independently design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure primarily on AWS, drive automation initiatives, mentor junior engineers, and work closely with cross-functional teams to build scalable, secure, and highly available systems. Exposure to Azure is a strong plus.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, deploy, and maintain robust, scalable, and secure infrastructure on AWS.
- Architect and manage core AWS services such as EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, Route 53, and CloudFront.
- Build, own, and optimize CI/CD pipelines (e.g., CodePipeline, Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) to enable fast and reliable deployments.
- Design and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform / AWS CloudFormation.
- Set up and manage monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (CloudWatch, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, etc.).
- Implement and enforce security best practices including IAM policies, security groups, NACLs, KMS, Secrets Manager, and compliance standards.
- Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis for infrastructure, deployment, and production incidents.
- Drive backup, disaster recovery, high-availability, and cost-optimization strategies (Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, right-sizing).
- Containerize applications and manage orchestration using Docker, ECS, and/or Kubernetes (EKS).
- Automate repetitive operational tasks through scripting and tooling.
- Support any hybrid or multi-cloud initiatives involving Azure services, where applicable.
- Mentor junior engineers and review their work, providing technical guidance.
- Collaborate with development, QA, security, and product teams to support and streamline application deployments.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation of architecture, configurations, processes, and runbooks.
- Participate in on-call rotations and incident response as needed.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- 4+ years of hands-on experience working with AWS cloud services in a production environment.
- Strong expertise in core AWS services: EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, ECS/EKS, Route 53, ELB/ALB, Auto Scaling.
- Solid understanding of networking concepts (subnets, routing, security groups, load balancers, VPNs, VPC peering, Direct Connect).
- Strong scripting/programming skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation.
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
- Proven experience with Linux and/or Windows server administration.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, Git-based version control, and branching strategies.
- Solid experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, ECS, or EKS/Kubernetes).
- Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, or Puppet) is a plus.
- Application Server Management - strong knowledge of networking, firewalls, load balancers, Nginx, Apache, etc.
- Ability to independently read, interpret AWS documentation, and troubleshoot complex issues.
- Experience with cost optimization, security audits, and compliance frameworks (e.g., ISO, SOC2) is a plus.
- AWS certification (Solutions Architect Associate/Professional, DevOps Engineer Professional) preferred.
Good to Have:
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure services (Virtual Machines, VNets, Azure DevOps, Azure Storage, Azure AD/Entra ID, AKS).
- Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environments.
- Familiarity with Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates or Bicep.
- Any Azure certification (AZ-104, AZ-400, etc.).
Soft Skills:
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making ability.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to mentor and guide junior team members.
- Proactive, ownership-driven approach to infrastructure and incident management.
- Strong collaboration skills in a cross-functional, team-oriented environment.
- High attention to detail with a focus on reliability and scalability.
Skills
AWS, Terraform, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Docker, Python, Linux, Shell Scripting, Ansible, Cloud Infrastructure