Mid-Level AWS DevOps Engineer (Contract, Home based)

We are seeking experienced AWS DevOps engineers to join our team of professionals in assessing, planning and implementing cloud infrastructure requirements for a number of applications. Responsibilities: • Work with the CTO to assess, plan and implement cloud infrastructure projects • Supervision of infrastructure, including cloud services and application servers • Responsible for service uptime, infosec and continuity, including monitoring and backups • Create backend tools and scripts for management, reporting, monitoring and automation of tasks • Being instrumental in working with developers on projects, rollouts and managing scalability • Automate the build and deployment process • Recommend DevOps and AWS best practices for security, performance, and cost optimizations • Self-motivated and able to work in a small team with minimal supervision • Meet deadlines Requirements: • Professional experience with the following AWS services: EC2, RDS, Elasticache, EFS, Route 53, ELB or ALB, ECS, Redshift • AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or SysOps Administrator Associate a bonus • Strong scripting experience with proficiency in Python, Bash and Ruby • Linux system administration experience • Experience working with DevOps and CI/CD tools (GitLabCI, Ansible, Terraform, Docker/Compose, Kubernetes) • Experience using consolidated logging and monitoring tools (CloudWatch, New Relic, Kibana, Graylog) • Experience using standard IT security practices such as encryption and certificates • Experience using Git repositories • Good communication skills