Senior DevOps Engineer
WinChoice
Job description
Description:
Job Overview
WinChoice seeks a seasoned Senior DevOps Engineer to lead our cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and operational reliability initiatives. This role is pivotal in designing scalable, secure systems and guiding the engineering team towards best practices, ensuring long-term stability and efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
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Design, implement, and maintain scalable AWS cloud architectures across multiple environments, ensuring security, resilience, and compliance.
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Develop and manage infrastructure as code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK, establishing standards for maintainability and reusability.
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Create and optimize CI/CD pipelines, supporting automated testing, low-downtime deployments, and reliable rollback procedures.
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Lead incident response efforts, coordinate communication during outages, and conduct postmortem analyses to prevent recurrence.
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Establish security standards including secrets management, access controls, and patching, while monitoring system health through observability tools.
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Mentor engineering team members through code reviews, technical guidance, and establishing best practices for infrastructure and deployment processes.
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Analyze cloud costs, identify optimization opportunities, and implement strategies to improve efficiency and manage expenditures
Requirements:
Required Qualifications
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Minimum of 6 years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, or related fields with a proven track record in designing and managing production cloud environments.
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Extensive experience with AWS services, including VPC design, IAM policies, and managed AWS solutions.
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Strong expertise in infrastructure as code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK, including module development and state management.
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Proficiency with CI/CD platforms such as GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions, and experience with deployment automation.
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Demonstrated ability to lead incident response, troubleshoot complex issues, and communicate technical risks effectively.
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a focus on technical documentation and stakeholder engagement.
Preferred Qualifications
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AWS Professional or Specialty certifications.
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Experience with container orchestration tools like EKS, ECS, or Kubernetes.
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Background in supporting compliance standards such as SOC 2.
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Knowledge of database deployment, migration, and rollback automation.
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Experience with workforce identity federation, SSO, and customer identity platforms like AWS Cognito.
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Familiarity with cloud cost management and FinOps practices.
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Experience with supporting .NET applications and disaster recovery planning.