DevOps Engineer Job Description Template

We are seeking new DevOps Engineers who enjoy solving compelling problems. Engineers work together in project groups, so a desire and ability to work in a team environment is a must. The ideal candidate will also show effective leadership qualities and a willingness to take charge of technical project delivery and success. This is a rare chance to have a significant effect, earn a competitive salary, and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the cloud services sector.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical department and assemble a DevOps engineering group
  • Create a productive channel of communication and cooperation between the engineers and other key stakeholders
  • Examine requirements and create or revise estimates for the work’s scope
  • Develop, specify, and evaluate architecture designs for infrastructure and DevOps
  • Resolve challenging issues that arise during project implementation
  • Use hands-on coding or scripting to solve problems with a custom workflow
  • Create and implement application-level logging and monitoring systems

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology or a related technical field

Required Skills and Experience

  • 7+ years of practical expertise utilizing AWS and DevOps to automate infrastructure and deliver software
  • Understanding of the typical difficulties associated with migrations and modernizations, as well as the capacity to select the best course of action
  • Knowledge of the whole software development life cycle, including requirements gathering, writing functional specifications, and developing, testing, and delivering software
  • Knowledge of site reliability procedures and application observability patterns
  • Significant working knowledge of massive distributed infrastructures
  • Knowledge of the AWS cloud platform, including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, ECS/EKS, RDS, and Lambda
  • Knowledge of DevOps instruments, such as CloudFormation/Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, and others
  • Practical knowledge of Windows, Linux, containers, databases, and scripting
  • Knowledge of security norms (PCI DSS, HIPAA)
  • Ability to lead and provide technical direction to distributed teams
  • Strong verbal and written communication abilities

Preferred Qualifications

  • Associate or Professional AWS Certified Solutions Architect
  • SysOps Associate / DevOps Professional AWS Certified
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