Cloud Engineer- DevOps

Overview

Innovative Solutions is an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner with AWS Competencies in Generative AI, Migrations, Dev Ops, and Networking
. We specialize in helping businesses transform their IT infrastructure through AWS cloud migrations, managed services, application modernization, and cloud operations. Our mission is to help organizations transition IT spend from merely supporting their business to strategic investments that acquire new clients, retain existing customers, and drive profitability year over year.

The Role

We are seeking a talented Dev Ops Engineer to join our professional services engineering team. You ll work directly with mid-sized clients to design, implement, and optimize AWS infrastructure solutions across multiple concurrent projects. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, project execution skills, and client-facing communication abilities as you help our clients leverage the power of the cloud to drive business growth.

* This role has quarterly travel to our Rochester, NY Headquarters

• Design and implement scalable, secure AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices across multiple client engagements simultaneously.
• Build CI/CD pipelines, automate deployment processes, and establish monitoring and observability solutions that enable clients to operate efficiently in the cloud.
• Work closely with solutions architects and project managers to translate client requirements into technical solutions while maintaining high standards for security, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with client technical teams to implement Dev Ops best practices, troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues, and provide knowledge transfer to ensure long-term success.
• Balance multiple project priorities, adapt to varying client environments, and contribute to internal tooling and methodology improvements.
• Your work will directly support our AWS Dev Ops Competency and help clients achieve their digital transformation objectives.

• AWS Platform Expertise
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with core AWS services including EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, VPC, IAM, Cloud Watch, and Systems Manager
• Strong understanding of AWS networking, security groups, NACLs, and connectivity patterns
• Experience designing highly available, fault-tolerant architectures aligned with AWS Well-Architected Framework principles
• Knowledge of AWS security best practices and compliance frameworks (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS)
• Infrastructure as Code
• Proficiency with Terraform or Cloud Formation for infrastructure provisioning and management
• Version control expertise with Git and branching strategies
• Experience with workload migrations in AWS
• Experience in modernization of legacy applications to natively run on AWS
• Ability to create reusable, modular infrastructure code
• CI/CD & Automation
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, Git Lab CI, Git Hub Actions, AWS Code Pipeline, or CircleCI
• Strong scripting abilities in Python
  , Bash
  , or Power Shell
• Experience with build tools and artifact management
• Understanding of deployment strategies (blue/green, canary, rolling updates)
• Working knowledge of Docker containerization
• Experience with container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes/EKS, ECS)
• Understanding of service mesh and microservices patterns
• Familiarity with container security and image management
• Monitoring & Observability
• Experience implementing monitoring solutions using Cloud Watch, Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog
• Log aggregation and analysis using tools like ELK stack or Cloud Watch Logs Insights
• Ability to establish SLIs, SLOs, and alerting strategies
• Experience with distributed tracing and application performance monitoring
• Professional Services Experience
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple client projects simultaneously
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience documenting technical solutions, runbooks, and operational procedures
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, dynamic environments with shifting priorities
• Client-facing experience with ability to build…