AWS DevOps Engineer

Purple Drive AWS DevOps Engineer

Location: Phoenix, AZ - Onsite

Experience: 6–10 Years

Job Summary We are seeking an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer to join our growing technology team in Phoenix, AZ. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in building and managing cloud infrastructure, automation pipelines, and containerized deployments. You will work closely with development, QA, and operations teams to ensure secure, scalable, and reliable solutions in AWS.

Key Responsibilities Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines to support application development and deployment.

Build, configure, and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation, Lambda, etc.).

Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.

Manage containerization and orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS).

Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK stack.

Collaborate with development and QA teams to improve deployment workflows and system reliability.

Ensure infrastructure security and compliance with best practices.

Troubleshoot complex system and deployment issues across environments.

Required Skills & Experience 6–10 years of IT experience with at least 4+ years in AWS DevOps/Cloud Engineering.

Strong expertise with AWS services (EC2, S3, IAM, Lambda, CloudFormation, VPC, Route 53, RDS, etc.).

Proficiency in CI/CD tools: Jenkins, GitLab CI, CodePipeline, or similar.

Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.

Containerization experience with Docker and orchestration using Kubernetes (EKS preferred).

Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or Shell.

Familiarity with monitoring & logging tools (CloudWatch, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana).

Good understanding of networking, security, and cloud governance.

Preferred Qualifications AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional or other AWS certifications.

Experience with DevSecOps practices (security scanning, compliance automation).

Exposure to Agile/Scrum environments.