DevOps Engineer (AWS Cloud) – 2 to 5 Years Experience

Position: DevOps Engineer

Experience: 2–5 Years

Employment Type: Full-Time

Location: [Pune]

About the Role

We are seeking a skilled and motivated DevOps Engineer with 2–5 years of hands-on experience in designing, automating, deploying, and managing cloud-native infrastructure on AWS. The ideal candidate should have expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD automation, cloud security, observability, and event-driven architectures. The role involves building scalable, secure, highly available, and cost-optimized cloud platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Design, implement, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD and GitHub Actions.
Automate infrastructure provisioning and application deployments using AWS CDK and CloudFormation.
Design and implement event-driven architectures using AWS EventBridge, SQS, SNS, Lambda, and Step Functions.
Configure and manage AWS Glue jobs, ETL workflows, and data integration pipelines.
Deploy, configure, and maintain EC2 instances and related AWS services.
Manage containerized workloads using ECS and ECR.
Configure networking components including VPC, Subnets, Route Tables, NAT Gateways, Internet Gateways, Security Groups, and NACLs.
Implement secure secret management using AWS Secrets Manager, Systems Manager Parameter Store, and KMS.
Monitor infrastructure and applications using CloudWatch Logs, Metrics, Dashboards, Alarms, and Splunk.
Implement cloud security best practices including IAM, KMS, CloudTrail, encryption, security groups, and compliance controls.
Manage application configurations and automation using AWS Systems Manager (SSM).
Ensure high availability, scalability, reliability, and disaster recovery of cloud environments.
Optimize AWS resource utilization and cloud costs.
Apply AWS Well-Architected Framework principles across all solutions.
Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment automation, observability, and operational excellence.
Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, SOPs, and operational procedures.
Implement automated release pipelines across multiple environments with approval workflows and validation gates.

Required Technical Skills

AWS Services

Strong hands-on experience with:

EC2
ECS (Fargate & EC2 Launch Types)
ECR
Lambda
API Gateway
EventBridge
SQS
SNS
Step Functions
CloudWatch
CloudTrail
AWS Glue
S3
IAM
KMS
Systems Manager (SSM)
Secrets Manager
VPC and networking services
Route53
Load Balancers (ALB/NLB)
Auto Scaling Groups

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

AWS CDK (Mandatory)
AWS CloudFormation
Terraform (Good to Have)

CI/CD & DevOps Tools

GitLab CI/CD
GitHub Actions
Git
Artifact repositories and deployment automation
Release management and environment promotion strategies

Monitoring & Observability

AWS CloudWatch
Splunk
Log aggregation and monitoring solutions
Dashboard creation and alerting

Security

IAM Policies and Roles
KMS Encryption
Secrets Management
CloudTrail Auditing
Security Best Practices
AWS Well-Architected Framework
Least Privilege Access Controls

Scripting & Automation

Experience in one or more:

Python
Shell/Bash Scripting
PowerShell (Good to Have)

Operating Systems

Linux Administration (Mandatory)
Windows Administration (Good to Have)

Preferred Skills

Experience with container orchestration and microservices architecture.
Knowledge of Kubernetes (EKS) is a plus.
Experience with Serverless Architectures on AWS.
Understanding of DevSecOps practices.
Experience in implementing monitoring and alerting frameworks.
Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
Experience working in enterprise cloud environments.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
2–5 years of hands-on DevOps/Cloud Engineering experience.
AWS Certifications such as:
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
AWS Certified Developer – Associate
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (Preferred)