JOb ID 740821
Job Title : DevOps Engineer
Location : Remote Des Moines IA
Duration : 08 Months
Client: State of IA DOM IWD
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Department of Management Division of IT is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our talented software team working on missioncritical applications using Agile methodologies
Department of Management Division of IT is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our talented software team working on missioncritical applications using Agile methodologies. The project aims to modernize IWDs UI Tax system by rearchitecting its components to industryleading architecture and frameworks providing better service to both agency staff and endusers while positioning the agency for future technological improvements.
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical leadership in implementing and operationalizing AWS cloud infrastructure.
- Act as a developer advocate for Cloud capabilities influencing and working across diverse teams to design and implement easytouse hybrid cloud environments.
- Design build and maintain efficient reusable and reliable AWS infrastructure using AWS CDK.
- Manage and configure AWS services such as EC2 EKS ECR Cognito Lambda RDS S3 IAM CloudWatch etc.
- Design build and maintain service mesh like Istio in EKS cluster.
- Create unit and integration tests for IaC test coverage.
- Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment of infrastructure and applications.
- Collect telemetry and build dashboards alerts and notifications for accurate insight into the cloud operations and application performance.
- Monitor and troubleshoot performance issues ensuring high availability and optimal performance of infrastructure and services.
- Collaborate with software engineers to optimize application performance and reliability in AWS environments.
- Implement and maintain security best practices and compliance controls in AWS.
Preferred Qualifications:
- AWS certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect AWS Certified DevOps Engineer etc.
- AWS CDK development experience.
- Experience with containerization technologies (Docker Kubernetes).
- Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Prometheus Grafana ELK Stack Dynatrace etc.
- Ability to build quick POCs to demonstrate cloud capabilities and design easytouse hybrid cloud environments.
Skill | Required / Desired | Amount | of Experience |
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field or equivalent work experience. | Required | | |
Extensive experience in developing various AWS services like EKS ECR S3 Lambda and service mesh technology like Istio with adequate test coverage. | Required | 8 | Years |
Handson development experience with IaC tools like Terraform or AWS CDK. | Required | 8 | Years |
Strong understanding of AWS WellArchitected Frameworks. | Required | 5 | Years |
Proficiency in scripting languages such as Typescript or Python. | Required | 8 | Years |
Experience building pipelines using CI/CD tools like Jenkins GitHub GitHub Actions etc. | Required | 8 | Years |
Strong understanding of networking concepts and protocols (TCP/IP DNS HTTP SSL/TLS etc.). | Required | 8 | Years |
Solid understanding of security best practices in AWS environments. | Required | 8 | Years |
Experience with configuration management and orchestration tooling to ensure cloud environments meet operational and security standards | Required | 8 | Years |
Strong networking experience including knowledge of AWS networking services (e.g. VPC Subnets Route 53). | Required | 8 | Years |
Ability to work independently and as part of a team with strong problemsolving skills. | Required | 8 | Years |
Experience working in Agile methodology. | Required | 8 | Years |