DevOps Engineer

Description :
DevOps Engineer AWS (68 Years Experience)

Location :
Kochi, India

Company :
Softobiz Technologies

Department :
Cloud, DevOps & Platform Engineering

Role Type :
Full-time

Role Overview
Softobiz is looking for an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer (68 years) who can architect, deploy, secure, and optimize large-scale AWS environments.

This role supports enterprise clients across the USA, Australia, APAC (including Sydney Markets Limited, FirstPath, Oroton), and internal Softobiz products.

You will work across infrastructure automation, CI/CD, containers, microservices, network security, monitoring, data platforms, and zero-trust security principles.

Key Responsibilities
AWS Infrastructure Engineering :
Design, build, and manage production-grade cloud infrastructure using AWS best practices and Well-Architected Framework pillars.

You Will Provision And Maintain

• VPC, Subnets, NAT, Security Groups, NACLs
• EC2, ECS/Fargate, EKS
• Lambda serverless workloads
• RDS (MySQL/PostgreSQL), DynamoDB, ElastiCache (Redis)
• S3 (with versioning, replication, lifecycle rules)
• API Gateway, Application Load Balancer, NLB
• AWS WAF, CloudFront
• Secrets Manager & KMS
• CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Config

Support multi-environment deployments (Dev/Test/UAT/Prod) with strong isolation and tagging governance.

CI/CD & Automation
Build scalable CI/CD pipelines using :

• AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy
• OR GitHub Actions / Bitbucket Pipelines

Automate Deployments For

• NET Core APIs
• / Express services
• frontends
• Container workloads

Implement

• Blue/Green & Canary deployments
• Automated rollback strategies
• Secretless pipeline execution (AWS IAM roles)

Infrastructure As Code (IaC)
Author, modularize, and maintain IaC using :

• Terraform (preferred) or AWS CloudFormation
• Manage remote state, workspaces, environment-specific variables.
• Ensure resources follow Well-Architected Framework, cost tagging, and naming standards.

Security, Compliance & Best Practices

• Implement enterprise-grade AWS security controls with Zero Trust, least privilege, and shift-left security.

Enforce IAM Best Practices

• No long-lived credentials
• Role-based access ONLY
• Cross-account IAM roles where required
• Harden VPC, SGs, NACLs, encryption policies.

Enforce Private Access Patterns

• VPC Endpoints for S3, DynamoDB, Secrets Manager
• No public internet exposure unless required
• Set up AWS WAF & Shield protections.
• Enable CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Security Hub.
• Implement KMS encryption across services.
• Apply CIS benchmarks for EC2, EKS, IAM, RDS.
• Automate vulnerability scanning with Amazon Inspector or third-party tools.

Observability, Logging & Reliability

• Set up CloudWatch metrics, logs, alarms, dashboards.
• Implement structured logging (JSON-based) for microservices.
• Configure distributed tracing (X-Ray).
• Define SLIs/SLOs and error budget monitoring.
• Implement auto-scaling for ECS/EKS/EC2 based on usage patterns.

Containers & Microservices
Architect and maintain workloads on : ECS (Fargate/EC2), EKS (Kubernetes)

• Optimize Docker images (multi-stage builds, caching).
• Implement service mesh (App Mesh, Istio on EKS) preferred but optional.
• Utilize AWS App Mesh, Parameter Store, or Secret Manager for secure config injection.

Collaboration & Delivery

• Work closely with architects, developers, and project managers.
• Participate in design reviews and ensure infra aligns with AWS best practices.
• Support production releases, DR drills, capacity planning, and RCAs.
• Mentor junior DevOps engineers in the Kochi team.

Core Skills
Required Skills & Experience :
6 to 8 years hands-on AWS DevOps experience.

Strong Expertise In

• Terraform (mandatory)
• EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda
• API Gateway, ALB/NLB
• VPC, Route 53, IAM, WAF
• RDS, DynamoDB, ElastiCache
• GitHub Actions or AWS CodePipeline
• ECR, Docker, container deployment patterns

Security Skills
Deep understanding of :

• IAM role-based access
• Encryption at rest/in transit
• PrivateLink & VPC Endpoints
• WAF, GuardDuty, Security Hub
• KMS, Secrets Manager
• AWS Organizations & SCPs (nice to have)

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving & debugging skills.
• Excellent communication with global teams.
• Ability to manage simultaneous projects.
• Strong documentation and ownership mindset.

Nice-to-Have Skills
Experience with :

• EKS service mesh
• GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux)
• AWS Step Functions
• EventBridge patterns
• AWS SQS/SNS/Kinesis
• Serverless Framework
• FinOps & cost optimization strategies
• AI integrations (Bedrock, Sagemaker)

Certifications

• AWS Solutions Architect Associate/Professional
• AWS DevOps Engineer Professional

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