Senior AWS Developer

Company: Connect Centric
Location: Alexandria
Posted on: February 1, 2025

Job Description:

At Connect Centric, we are more than just consultants-we are partners committed to our clients' success. We take a hands-on approach, working closely with our clients to transform strategies into measurable, real-world outcomes. As a strategy execution team, we take full ownership of every project from start to finish, ensuring that our clients see tangible results, not just ideas. Our work is grounded in heart, empathy, and accountability, and we recognize that each client is unique. Together, we achieve the most important goals by tailoring our approach to meet the specific needs of every organization we partner with.We are seeking a skilled Senior AWS Developer with a strong DevOps background to drive our client's cloud transformation initiatives. This role involves designing and managing scalable AWS infrastructure, implementing DevOps practices, and developing efficient CI/CD pipelines. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with AWS services, a proactive problem-solving mindset, and the ability to collaborate across teams to foster a DevOps culture. A strong focus on security, automation, and documentation is essential to streamline processes and ensure system reliability.Key Responsibilities

• AWS Infrastructure Management: Lead the design, deployment, and ongoing management of AWS infrastructure, ensuring scalability and reliability.
• DevOps Integration: Utilize DevOps principles to enhance operational efficiency across the AWS ecosystem. This includes creating automated workflows, integrating infrastructure as code (IaC), and continuously improving deployment strategies to achieve seamless application delivery.
• CI/CD Pipeline Development: Build, maintain, and refine CI/CD pipelines that ensure code quality, speed of deployment, and minimal disruption to production environments.
• Security and Compliance: Implement and uphold stringent security measures across AWS environments to safeguard data and systems.
• Collaboration: Engage closely with development, QA, and operations teams to foster a DevOps culture within the organization, streamlining cloud-based workflows and driving project success.
• Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for AWS and DevOps processes, including infrastructure configurations, deployment strategies, and troubleshooting procedures.Technical Skills
  • Advanced expertise with AWS cloud services, including core services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, and VPC.
  • Extensive experience in DevOps tools and practices, particularly infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines with tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or AWS CodePipeline.
  • Solid understanding of networking, security, and monitoring within AWS environments, including experience with security frameworks and best practices.
  • Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS) technologies, enabling scalable and reliable application deployments.
  • Exceptional problem-solving abilities with a focus on troubleshooting and improving infrastructure resilience.Qualifications
    • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
    • AWS Certification (Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer preferred), validating expertise in managing AWS environments.
    • Minimum of 7+ years of experience with AWS and DevOps practices
    • Proficiency in Agile/Scrum methodologies, contributing to an agile development environment and iterative improvement processesUS Citizenship required for this Position: Yes
      Performance Location: Remote
      Relocation Assistance: No
      Clearance Type: None
      Travel Required: Potential for travel 1 to 2x per year, company paid to client location.
      Salary: Dependent on Experience and Applicant Location ($150K - $175K)
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