DevOps Automation Engineer (AWS, Docker/Kubernetes) US Client

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable monitoring and automation solutions on AWS.

• Continuously improve the existing DevOps platform through collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

• Build capabilities around emerging DevOps tools and technologies aligned with business needs.

• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to engineering teams.

• Advise stakeholders and customers on modern DevOps practices, tools, and automation strategies.

• Define and enforce DevOps processes, standards, and best practices.

• Ensure compliance with security policies and implement DevSecOps practices.

• Lead technical discussions, solution design, and delivery execution.

Jira & Confluence Administration

• Administer and manage Jira and Confluence environments ensuring high availability and performance.

• Customize workflows, permissions, dashboards, and reports.

• Configure and manage plugins, integrations, APIs, and webhooks.

• Provide user support, training, and documentation (runbooks, workflows).

• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into tool configurations.

Required Skills & Experience

Core Technical Skills

•            Strong experience with AWS Cloud (Public & Private) services:

o            Lambda, S3, EC2, ECS, EKS, Fargate

o            Route53, ELB/NLB

o            CloudWatch, IAM, VPC

o            Auto Scaling, AWS CLI, CloudFormation

• Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration:

o            Docker, Kubernetes (EKS, Kops)

• Expertise in monitoring & observability tools:

o            Grafana, Prometheus, Fluentd

• Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines:

o            Jenkins (master/slave configuration)

• Proficiency in DevOps tools:

o            GitHub, Jenkins, Jira, Confluence, Artifactory, Kibana

• Strong scripting skills:

o            Groovy, Python, Ruby, Go

Infrastructure & Automation

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code:

o            CloudFormation (required), Terraform (preferred)

• Configuration management tools:

o            Ansible (preferred)

• Experience with auto-scaling and cloud architecture design principles

• Knowledge of configuration-as-code and documentation-as-code

Systems & Networking

• Solid understanding of:

o            AWS networking and security

o            DevSecOps principles

o            Reverse proxy servers (NGINX)

• Hands-on experience in Unix/Linux administration

• Understanding of AWS billing and cost optimization

Experience Requirements

•            10–12 years of overall IT experience

•            Minimum 4 years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerization

•            Proven experience building Docker containers across multiple technologies

•            Strong experience working in Agile environments

Preferred / Good-to-Have Skills

• Advanced Kubernetes administration (cluster upgrades, scaling, best practices)

• Experience with Terraform and Ansible

• Strong background in AWS networking and security architectures

Soft Skills

• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

• Leadership mindset with mentoring capabilities

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment