AWS DevOps Engineer

at Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc.
Published March 3, 2023
Location Princeton, NJ
Category Default  
Job Type Full-time  

Description

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for an AWS DevOps Engineer for a contract-to-hireassignment with one of our premier Technology Services clients in Princeton, NJ. Client cannot sponsor Visas now or in the future C2C is not permitted Someone coming from a start-up will excel in this environment Responsibilities : Design and build infrastructure for deploying cloud platforms and products. Maintain, plan, and upgrade infrastructure to remediate and monitor any vulnerabilities. Work with vendors, ITS, and development partners to establish and project roadmap of DevOps initiatives for portfolio of product offerings. Automate deployment such that we can achieve limited downtime for platforms used globally. Troubleshoot deployment and configuration issues in infrastructure. Work with internal teams and external development partners to ensure proper IaC is developed and patterns are repeatable for current platform offerings. The patterns should scale for future portfolio offerings as well. Create and manage an automated DevOps release management pipeline for an expanding product platform. Lead the establishment of the right tooling and processes that result in a fully automated release management pipeline. The pipeline will include: the automated build process, environment setups, testing scripts, deployments, and production operational metrics/debugging information. Contribute to the advancement of existing systems as well as the ability to contribute to new portofilio offerings all with focus, growth, and adoption of DevOps best practices. Required Skills: Minimum 4-5 years of experience with AWS DevOps. Experience utilizing automation and productivity tools to streamline and scale applications in various environments. Strong understanding of infrastructure components and how they are architected in AWS. Adhere to process and security standards when building application infrastructure in AWS with focus on IaC, SLAs, ATOs, and corporate Infosec guidelines/best practices. Experience with AWS Infrastructure. Authentication: IAM, Cognito. Compute/Containers: EC2, Lambda, Docker, Kubernetes. Storage/Database/Query: S3, Postgres, Athena. Tools: AWS CLI, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, CloudFormation, CodeCommit Experience with GitHub, Jira, Slack, Linux, Azure SSO. Knowledge in the instrumentation of APM and Infosec tools such as New Relic, Palo Alto Prisma Cloud, and Veracode. Understanding of application code and build scripts with the ability to dive deep into the software stack to troubleshoot as needed. Understanding of QA testing frameworks (Selenium, Zephyr, LambdaTest, BrowserStack) so that builds can automatically execute test suites. Must be able to effectively troubleshoot AWS deployments and quicklyidentify and solution for any issues with the goal of minimal downtime for the users. Must have experience with Configuration Management and use within an AWS environment. Experienced DevOps professional who enjoys working on building and deployment infrastructure, employs Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Has a command of scripting languages (YAML, Bash, Python). Preferred Skills: Skills in AWS Data Lake, AWS RedShift, Snowflake, ETL/ELT tools, JuypterHub, and CKAN. SGA is a Certified Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) celebrating over thirty years of service to our national client base for both permanent placement and consulting opportunities. For consulting positions, we offer a variety of benefit options including but not limited to health & dental insurance, paid vacation, timely payment via direct deposit. SGA accepts transfers of H1 sponsorship for most contracting roles. We are unable to sponsor for Right-to-Hire, Fulltime, or Government roles. All parties authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply for all roles. Only those authorized to work for government entities will be considered for government roles. Please inquire about our referral program if you would like to submit a candidate for any of our open or future job opportunities. SGA is an EEO employer. We encourage Veterans to apply. To view all of our available job postings and/or to learn more about SGA please visit us online at www.sgainc.com .