AWS DevOps specialist - Full remote - Contractor in USD

This is a remote position.

For an international organization in New York, we are urgently looking for a REMOTE AWS DevOps specialist with a history of working in an agile environment. Ideally, the applicant should have AWS experience in the Build, Release processes, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery/Deployment (CD) for the  automated deployment of Microservices components using Docker Containers, AWS services and technologies (Cognito, IAM, ECS, KMS, Secret Manager, Lambda, ElasticSearch, SES, SNS, SQS, EC2, S3 and X-Ray ) and GitLab for version control to implement infrastructure as a code for e-deleGATE suite of applications.

Candidates need to be able to work 6 hours per day in the normal office hours of New York, US. Example 9AM NY time equals 7:30PM.

Tasks and responsibilities:

• Work with an agile team to implement process automation for MEAN platform apps;
  
• Implement the CI/CD pipelines using GitLab and AWS services;
  
• Automation of code builds and deployments incorporating automated QA gates;
  
• Implement process tracking and monitoring application performance in AWS cloud environment;
  
• DEV, QA and PROD automated deployment pipelines to match industry standards;
  
• Continuously monitor and record configuration changes of AWS resources;
  
  

Profile:

• Bachelor or Master degree;
  
• +3 years of hands-on experience supporting application build and deployment in a AWS Cloud environment;
  
• Experience and deep understanding of core DevOps practices (Configuration Management, Continuous Integration, Infrastructure as Code, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Deployment, Continuous Monitoring);
  
• Experience and deep understanding of DevOps integration with automated testing and/or automation deployment verification;
  
• Experience and expertise in any of scripting languages and databases: Python, Terraform and MongoDB, Redis;
  
• Knowledge/experience with AWS services – EC2, ECS, ELB/ALB, Security Groups, Route53, IAM, KMS, Cognito, Secrets Manager, Parameter Store, Lambda, SES, SNS, SQS;
  
• Familiar with various Branching strategies, pull request concept and GIT commands and Bash;
  
• Knowledge/experience of Microservices architecture, Docker container implementation;
  
• Certification is an advantage;
  
• English language proficiency (oral and written);
  

Offered:
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• A challenging role for an international organization;
  
• Attractive salary package or contractor rate;
  

Interested: Please send your resume to resume@jobs4java.eu