Project Description:
We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to design and operate a resilient, scalable cloud platform supporting high-throughput, low-latency financial systems. The role focuses on AWS infrastructure, CI/CD automation, containerized workloads, and ensuring secure, observable, and highly available production environments.
Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities
• Design and manage AWS infrastructure (ECS/EKS, RDS/Aurora, S3, MSK/Kinesis, Lambda, CloudWatch)
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation) for automated deployments
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Manage containerization and orchestration (Docker, ECR, ECS/EKS)
• Ensure production observability (logging, metrics, tracing)
• Define monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes
• Enforce security and compliance (IAM, secrets management, encryption)
• Operate and optimize data platforms (RDS/Aurora)
• Lead capacity planning, cost optimization, and reliability improvements
• Own disaster recovery and business continuity strategies
• Collaborate with engineering teams on scalability and troubleshooting
Required Skills & Experience
• 5+ years of AWS experience in production environments
• Expertise with ECS/EKS, EC2, S3, IAM
• Strong experience with RDS/Aurora
• Proficiency in Terraform and CI/CD pipelines
• Strong Docker and Kubernetes knowledge
• Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
• Experience with IAM, VPC security, and secrets management
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, or Go
• Experience with PostgreSQL and cloud databases
Preferred Qualifications
• Advanced Kubernetes or service mesh experience
• Experience in fintech or regulated environments
• Knowledge of cost optimization and chaos engineering
Soft Skills
• Strong communication and documentation skills
• Collaborative mindset
• Ownership of incident response
• Mentorship and coaching ability
Mandatory Skills Description:
AWS infrastructure (ECS/EKS, RDS/Aurora, S3, MSK/Kinesis, Lambda, CloudWatch)
CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
Containerization and orchestration (Docker, ECR, ECS/EKS)
Security and compliance (IAM, secrets management, encryption)