Lead DevOps Engineer

Customer description:

We are looking for a talented and motivated Lead DevOps Engineer to join our Managed Services team. This is an exciting opportunity to work across various projects and domains. As part of our team, you will be providing DevOps services to a range of projects, not tied to just one. The dynamic nature of this role means you will need to adapt to different environments, technologies, and business needs.

Job Requirements:

• Technical leadership experience for coordinating projects from a technical side.
• Client facing skills for driving refinements and planning sessions with the customer.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience in designing, deploying, and managing cloud infrastructure using AWS.
• In-depth knowledge of standard AWS services such as VPC, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS, IAM, SNS, SQS, API Gateway, EKS, CloudFront, EFS/EBS, SecurityHUB, Guard Duty, CloudWatch, AWS Application Migration Service, KMS, PCA and similar.
• 3+ years of experience in at least one Infrastructure as a Code technology like Terraform (preferred), AWS CloudFormation, Ansible, AWS CDK or similar.
• 3+ years of experience in building and managing CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Bitbucket or similar).
• 2+ years of experience in creating and running container-based applications using Docker and Kubernetes/EKS.
• At least bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancers, VPN) and related AWS Services (CloudFront, API Gateway, VPC, Route 53, ELB).
• Strong understanding of security concepts (IAM, Access Control, Endpoint Security, Data Encryption, firewalls).
• Excellent problem-solving skills for use-case-specific architecture design and implementation.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• AWS Professional/Specialty Certification is expected.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership, ensuring efficient coordination and execution of cloud infrastructure projects.
• Act as the primary technical contact for clients, leading refinement and planning sessions to align solutions with business needs.
• Design, deploy, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Work extensively with AWS core services.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Build and manage containerized applications.
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and security of cloud environments.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and provide use-case-specific architectural solutions.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, sharing knowledge and driving cloud best practices.