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.