AWS DevOps Engineer

Job Description Job Description This is a HYBRID onsite position. We require you to be onsite 5 days per MONTH. We are unable to sponsor visa at this time AWS Automation DevOps Engineer MUST have expert level skills with AWS Cloudformation and Ansible. IT MUST BE ON YOUR RESUME Full Time Arlington, VA, US Your Role The AWS Automation DevOps Engineer is a crucial member of our Automation Services team, which focuses on enterprise-level automation activities, including curating best practices, plotting strategic direction, providing reusable shared services, and managing automation orchestration tools. Team members collaborate with software development and operations teams performing automated deployments through infrastructure-as-code. This team of engineers works with a broad range of automation technologies, such as AWS/cloud infrastructure and services, CloudFormation, Python, Ansible, and Groovy in a fully automated, cloud-based environment. In addition, DevOps Platform Engineers manage the company’s automation orchestration tools, including Jenkins, Artifactory, Sonar, and Sonatype Lifecycle. Your Responsibilities Developing frameworks to improve the automation experience. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to design, develop, test, deploy, and support a broad spectrum of technology solutions, emphasizing automation and cloud infrastructure. Providing expert knowledge in core technologies such as Jenkins, Ansible, Python, Bash, CloudFormation. Utilizing a deep understanding of container technologies such as Docker, AWS Fargate, and ECS. Enhancing automated deployment solutions and proactively monitoring such solutions across various products and environments. Advocating various deployment strategies to support the adoption of automated deployments. Encouraging a DevOps approach throughout the software development lifecycle. Working closely with application and infrastructure architects to implement technical designs, learn existing patterns and practices, and introduce new solutions. Maintaining an infectious security-first mindset throughout the team, keeping up to date with security vulnerabilities, and taking appropriate measures to secure our systems. Promoting new technology and innovation while keeping existing systems up-to-date and secure. Providing support for automation orchestration during application releases. Proactively monitoring project activities to ensure that all deliverables are provided on time, within budget, and in compliance with quality standards. Collaborating with IT Operations to identify requirements for environments and tools needed to support the timely migration and operation of application solutions. Taking an active role in reconciling team decisions regarding technology choices, infrastructure evaluation, and best practices for supported systems. Required Experience, Skills, and Qualifications 10 years of experience in IT administration or software engineering 5 years in Amazon Web Services (AWS) A proficient knowledge of programming languages, such as Java and Node.js, and build tools, such as Gradle 3 years of experience with deployment and automation technologies Strong knowledge of automation and pipeline-related technologies, such as Groovy, Ansible, CloudFormation, and Python Proficiency in source code management using Git and its role in adopting Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) 2 years of experience administrating CI/CD tools, such as Jenkins and Artifactory Demonstrated experience in AWS infrastructure technologies and architecture concepts with the capability to design, deploy, and support cloud-based systems in AWS Familiarity with databases, such as Oracle and Postgres, and the ability to identify areas for database automation and optimization Ability to convert business requirements into tangible deliverables Proficiency in the Linux operating system, networking concepts, and troubleshooting Strong knowledge of test automation frameworks and the ability to implement test-driven development Ability to follow and create code quality guidelines and development best practices Strong problem-solving skills, ability to multitask within tight deadlines, and superior attention to detail; self-directed and results/goal-oriented Strong communication skills Bachelor's degree in computer science (preferred) Company Description Company has grown 300% over the past 3 years and is poised for continued growth. This is a great opportunity to get in on the ground(ish) floor and help us grow (and be rewarded when you do). Company Description Company has grown 300% over the past 3 years and is poised for continued growth. This is a great opportunity to get in on the ground(ish) floor and help us grow (and be rewarded when you do).