AWS DevOps / CICD Engineer

We are seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to lead the design, automation, and operation of large-scale, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure on AWS.

In this role you will set the technical direction for CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, and observability, mentor junior engineers, and partner with architecture, development, and security teams to drive reliability, scalability, and cost-efficiency across mission-critical environments.

• Architect AWS infrastructure end-to-end using (AWS CDK), establishing reusable modules and standards.
• Design, build, and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or AWS CodePipeline/CodeBuild/CodeDeploy.
• Lead container strategy and orchestration with Kubernetes (EKS) or ECS, including cluster design, scaling, and upgrade management.
• Define and implement observability standards — monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting — using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, the ELK stack, or Datadog.
• Embed security and compliance into the platform: IAM governance, network segmentation (VPC), encryption, secrets management, and vulnerability remediation.
• Own cloud cost optimisation, capacity planning, and performance tuning across accounts and environments.
• Establish and champion DevOps best practices, automation standards, and GitOps workflows across teams.
• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers, and contribute to hiring and technical reviews.
• Collaborate with architecture and engineering leadership on platform roadmap and technology decisions.

• 6+ years of hands-on DevOps/cloud engineering experience, with deep expertise in AWS core services (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda, Route 53, ELB, CloudFront, EKS/ECS).
• Proven track record designing and scaling CI/CD pipelines in production
• Strong experience with Docker and container orchestration at scale (Kubernetes/EKS or ECS).
• Advanced scripting/automation skills in Python and Bash.
• Deep understanding of networking, Linux system administration, and cloud security architecture.
• Demonstrated experience with monitoring/observability tooling

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, or AWS Solutions Architect – Professional.
• Exposure to compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, HIPAA) and regulated/enterprise-scale environments.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science , Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.