DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer Visa : USC/GC/EAD's /H1B ( No OPT ) Contract : W2 ( No C2C ) Experience : 8 Location : Des Moines, IA ( Remote ) Department of Management - Division of IT is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our talented software team working on mission-critical applications using Agile methodologies. The project aims to modernize IWD's UI Tax system by re-architecting its components to industry-leading architecture and frameworks, providing better service to both agency staff and end-users while positioning the agency for future technological improvements. Responsibilities: Provide technical leadership in implementing and operationalizing AWS cloud infrastructure. Act as a developer advocate for Cloud capabilities, influencing and working across diverse teams to design and implement easy-to-use hybrid cloud environments. Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable and reliable AWS infrastructure using AWS CDK. Manage and configure AWS services such as EC2, EKS, ECR, Cognito, Lambda, RDS, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, etc. Design, build and maintain service mesh like Istio in EKS cluster. Create unit and integration tests for IaC test coverage. Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment of infrastructure and applications. Collect telemetry and build dashboards, alerts and notifications for accurate insight into the cloud operations and application performance. Monitor and troubleshoot performance issues, ensuring high availability and optimal performance of infrastructure and services. Collaborate with software engineers to optimize application performance and reliability in AWS environments. Implement and maintain security best practices and compliance controls in AWS. Preferred Qualifications: AWS certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, etc. AWS CDK development experience. Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes). Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Dynatrace etc. Ability to build quick POCs to demonstrate cloud capabilities and design easy-to-use hybrid cloud environments.