AWS DevOps Engineer

Role Overview

• You will work across our infra stack (AWS, ECS, Fargate, RDS, S3, EC2, Lambda) contributing directly to production code while helping improve workflows, documentation, and processes.
• This is a hands-on role for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment and takes ownership of getting things done.

Requirements

• Must have a hands-on experience on setting up Kubernetes platform, deploying microservices and other web applications, and managing secure secrets.
• Knowledge and practical experience with Docker is a must
• including setting up and managing Docker registries as well as creating Dockerfiles to create custom images.
• Should have working knowledge of container orchestration using Kubernetes.
• Should have knowledge of overlay networking needed for inter-container communications from different nodes.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines with Github Actions.
• Experience automating systems deployments and configuration management using tools like Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Terraform, Saltstack.
• Working experience with source control systems like Git.
• Ability to work well with people from many different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience.
• Ability to demonstrate a clear, energetic and excited interest in automating everything (build, test, release/deploy, monitoring, reporting), which includes "Infrastructure as Code ".
• Able to build, deploy, and host a demo web app written in the code of your choice to prove minimum general IT/DevOps proficiency.
• Experience working as DevOps, SysOps, SRE or similar for at least 2 years.
• Familiarity with AWS services, including CloudTrail, AWS Organizations, EC2, ECS, EKS, Elasticache, IAM, Lambda, RDS/Aurora, Route53, and S3.
• Experienced with Docker and deploying micro services.
• Understands how to control Cloud costs.
• Proficiency in Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and automation.
• Strong working knowledge of Linux and shell scripting.
• Ability to work remotely and effectively collaborate with distributed teams.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language such as PHP, Javascript, or Python is a plus.
• Understanding of incident management processes and service level objectives (SLOs).
• Ability to perform root cause analysis in AWS environments and debug micro services using Cloudwatch or related monitoring products.
• Comfortable being part of the On-Call rotation.
• This position will be part-time/hourly to start
• with the option to go full time after 3 months.

Tech Stack

• Ansible
• AWS
• Chef
• Cloud
• Docker
• EC2
• JavaScript
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• Microservices
• PHP
• Puppet
• Python
• SaltStack
• Shell Scripting
• Terraform

Benefits

• Paid Adventure Time – Take an all-expenses-paid remote working trip for 3 weeks to a destination of your choice with one of our remote work-trip partners. On top of that, you’ll have “Me-Days” – flexible personal days you can take whenever you need a reset.
• Fast Growth, Big Upside – We’re a small, ambitious team. That means more ownership, faster learning, and a real chance to shape the future of our company (and your career).
• **Equity + Bonus
• Take some early equity and grab a piece of our future success. Bonuses paid out based on company hitting specific milestones and KPIs.**
• Unlimited Learning – You’ll get full access to every course and program on our NewRich platform. We invest in your growth because your growth fuels ours.
• **Home Office Stipend **– Your setup matters. We’ll support you with a budget to create your ideal workspace and provide you with a new MacBook to power your productivity.
• Annual Retreat – Work remote, but meet the team IRL. Every year we gather in amazing locations – next stop: Colombia.