Sr. AWS DevOps Engineer

Sr. AWS Dev Ops Engineer

Location:

Washington, DC (remote, preference local candidates)

Security Clearance:
Must be eligible for a US Security Clearance (US Citizenship required)

• Design, build, and maintain AWS cloud environments with focus on automation and security.
• Automate provisioning and management of AWS resources using Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform (familiarity with AWS Cloud Formation and AWS CDK a plus).
• Assist with implementing proactive security measures, including vulnerability remediation, patching, and firewall rule management.
• Maintain compliance with security standards and internal policies, supporting security audits and assessments.
• Monitor AWS cost usage and provide cost optimization recommendations, ensuring efficient resource scaling.

• Maintain and test backup and disaster recovery procedures to ensure business continuity.
• Support and participate in SES IT Service Continuity drills and report on system resilience.
• Implement performance monitoring and alerting using tools like Datadog, AWS Cloud Watch, and Splunk.
• Tune AWS resources for optimal performance, ensuring reliability and scalability of cloud services.

• Respond to Severity 1 & 2 incidents according to predefined SLAs and ensure rapid resolution.
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and document mitigation strategies for major incidents.
• Improve system reliability by analyzing and addressing infrastructure bottlenecks.

• Manage CI/CD pipelines to automate software deployment and infrastructure updates.
• Collaborate in an Agile Scrum environment, participating in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives.
• Work closely with developers to integrate infrastructure automation into the software development life cycle.

• Maintain comprehensive AWS infrastructure documentation, including architectural diagrams and firewall configurations.
• Securely manage access credentials and account privileges, ensuring adherence to security best practices.
• Ensure all changes follow compliance frameworks and are properly documented in Git and JIRA.

• Deep experience with AWS infrastructure and services such as EC2, VPC, ALB, Lambda, SSM, EKS, ECS, CF, etc.
• Virtualization and containerization using Docker, AWS ECS, Kubernetes, AWS EKS, and Fargate.

• 8+ years of AWS cloud engineering experience, with a strong background in Dev Ops & infrastructure automation.
• Hands‑on experience and fluency with Terraform.
• Extensive experience with containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Docker file, AWS ECS, Fargate) and with building secure containers and sidecars.
• Expertise in AWS security, including IAM, firewall management, vulnerability scanning, and compliance.
• Experience in cost monitoring and optimization of AWS resources.
• Strong knowledge of disaster recovery strategies, backup management, and system resilience planning.
• Experience with creating CI/CD pipelines and automation tools like Jenkins, or Code Pipeline.
• Proficiency in Linux administration (Amazon Linux, Red Hat, Rocky, Ubuntu).
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as Datadog, Splunk, Cloud Watch, and AWS Config.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and experience with incident response & RCA.

• AWS certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Certified Dev Ops Engineer.
• Experience working in a customer‑facing role or a managed services environment.
• Prior experience migrating cloud workloads from on‑premises or legacy systems to AWS.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years’s experience in a specifically‑Dev Ops role supporting software development and distributed applications.

• AWS Certifications such as AWS Certified Dev Ops Engineer or AWS Certified Solutions Architect.

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Health, dental, vision, long and short‑term disability, 401k matching, basic and supplemental life insurance, employee assistance program.
• Opportunities for professional…