Senior Aws Devops Engineer

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior L3 AWS Engineer with over six years of experience in managing production environments and implementing creative, automated solutions to improve system reliability and scalability. This role requires a proactive problem-solver who prefers to automate recurring issues rather than manually resolve themsomeone who thrives on innovation, efficiency, and operational excellence.

As a senior team member, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining robust AWS infrastructure, leading automation initiatives, and mentoring other engineers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and guide a team of Site Reliability Engineers (SREs), promoting a culture of reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.
• Design, implement, and manage secure, scalable, and resilient AWS infrastructure leveraging services like EC2, S3, CloudFormation, Lambda, RDS, and CloudWatch.
• Develop and maintain automation frameworks to handle deployment, monitoring, incident management, and recovery processes.
• Write scripts (Python, Shell, Bash, or Perl) to automate repetitive operational tasks and production issue resolutions.
• Manage Kubernetes clusters and container orchestration systems for high availability and scalability.
• Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, and CloudFormation.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or AWS Code Pipeline to ensure smooth, reliable deployments.
• Establish and enforce SRE best practices — focusing on automation, observability, and proactive issue prevention.
• Monitor system performance, availability, and reliability using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK stack, Datadog, or CloudWatch.
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement preventive measures for recurring issues.
• Collaborate with DevOps, Development, and Security teams to enhance infrastructure performance and security posture.
• Drive cost optimization and capacity planning initiatives for AWS resources.
• Manage infrastructure upgrades, patching, and version control for production systems.
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident management as a senior escalation point.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• AWS Expertise: Deep hands-on experience with EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation, IAM, CloudWatch, and VPC configurations.
• Automation & IaC: Strong experience with Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or similar tools.
• Containerization: Proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS preferred).
• Scripting & Programming: Skilled in Python, Shell, Bash, or Perl for automation and operational tasks.
• CI/CD & DevOps: Solid understanding of Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or AWS Code Pipeline.
• Monitoring & Observability: Familiarity with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk, or Datadog.
• Version Control: Experience with Git/GitHub/GitLab for managing source and configuration code.
• Security & Compliance: Knowledge of cloud security best practices and compliance standards.
• Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading teams, mentoring peers, and managing technical projects.
• Soft Skills: Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving abilities; capable of working independently in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional) or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer.
• Experience in designing self-healing and auto-remediation systems.
• Familiarity with serverless architectures and event-driven workflows.
• Exposure to hybrid or multi-cloud environments (Azure, GCP).
• Prior experience in an SRE or DevOps leadership role.

Why Join Us:

• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge cloud and automation technologies.
• Collaborative environment that values innovation and proactive problem-solving.
• Ownership of high-impact projects with autonomy and leadership opportunities.
• Competitive compensation and professional growth potential.