Senior DevOps Engineer - AWS

About This Role

Job Purpose

The Senior AWS DevOps Engineer is responsible for developing, deploying, migrating, and maintaining the infrastructure and tools needed to automate the deployment, operation, and monitoring of systems within AWS and other cloud platforms. Additionally, the role includes mentoring junior DevOps Associates

Job Description

Bespineers Conduct

• Adhere to company policies and procedures, as well as applicable laws and regulations.
• Handle conflicts in a professional and constructive manner.
• Aim for high-quality work and continuously look for ways to improve.
• Maintain a positive and cooperative attitude, such as accepting feedback politely and remaining calm and professional when faced with challenges, to contribute to a more productive and pleasant work environment.
• Work as part of a team, be willing to help others, communicate effectively and be willing to adapt to reach team goals
• Act as role models, demonstrating Bespin Motto, behaviors, and ethics that Bespin aspires to uphold.

Deployment and Infrastructure Management

• Develop, deploy, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure to support software systems, applying DevOps methodologies and using a variety of tools and technologies.
• Create, manage, and optimize continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for deploying applications.
• Automate and manage the infrastructure in AWS using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like CloudFormation or Terraform.
• Ensure that the infrastructure aligns with the clients requirements for scalability, reliability, performance, and security.
• Stay up to date on relevant technologies, understand trends and opportunities to ensure we are using the best possible techniques and tools.
• Utilize containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration services like Kubernetes to automate the deployment and scaling of applications.
• Perform root cause analysis for production errors and provide solutions to prevent recurrence.

Deployment and Infrastructure Management

• Maintain knowledge of security best practices that needs to be applied to infrastructure.
• Play a critical role in ensuring the successful execution of various migration projects.
• Create, manage, and deliver all project-related documents, including business cases and success criteria
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, project managers, and stakeholders to gather information and requirements for migration projects.
• Create comprehensive and well-structured project documentation, including business cases, project plans, migration strategies, risk assessments, and success criteria.
• Collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure the smooth delivery of the project.
• Participate in project meetings and discussions to capture key decisions, action items, and project progress, and translate these into relevant documentation.
• Collaborate with external partners and vendors to collect necessary technical knowledge and integrate it into the project repository

Job Specification

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, or any related field

Professional Certifications

• AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate or AWS Certified Developer Associate (Must)
• Hashicorp: Terraform Associate (Must)
• AWS Certified DevOps – Professional (Preferred)
• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator (Optional)
• Google: Associate Cloud Engineer (Preferred)

Job Specification

Knowledge

• CI/CD pipeline running on GitHub, Gitlab, AWS Developer Tools, Azure DevOps or similar services.
• Docker containerization and Kubernetes orchestration
• Strong proficiency in at least one major programming language (e.g., Python, JavaScript, or Go), with the ability to understand complex software systems, troubleshoot application issues, and write code for automation tasks.
• Proficient in working with cloud providers, including AWS and GCP, with a strong understanding of their compute, storage, networking, and security services.
• Infrastructure as Code tools such as CloudFormation and Terraform
• Experience with progressive delivery strategies (e.g., blue-green, canary deployments)
• Familiarity with modern architecture patterns such as serverless, microservices, event-driven architecture, containerized applications, and service mesh, along with their integration into DevOps workflows.
• Strong proficiency in Linux system administration, including shell scripting, process management, file systems, and permissions.
• Hands-on experience in infrastructure and application migration projects, including cloud migrations, on-prem to cloud transitions, and legacy system modernization.