AWS DevOps Engineer

An emerging company backed by VCs and industry veterans while building an app platform for Connected TVs is looking for an AWS DevOps Engineer. The developer will be helping the existing team to deploy, scale, and maintain a system that will be used by millions of users worldwide. Through innovation in streaming and AdTech, the company is on a mission to make high-quality video programs available to everyone. This is a full-time role that requires a significant overlap with the PST/EST/CST time zone. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Design cloud infrastructure that is secure, scalable, and highly available on AWS 
• Configure and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure defined as code (AWS CDK) 
• Build and maintain operational tools for deployment, monitoring, and analysis of AWS infrastructure and systems 
• Define the tools, designs, and systems used by teams across the company
• Work collaboratively with software engineering to define infrastructure and deployment requirements 
• Ensure configuration and compliance with configuration management tools 
• Perform infrastructure cost analysis and optimization 

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 6+ years of relevant experience as an AWS DevOps Engineer 
• Extensive experience working with AWS, Java, Python, and React
• At least 3 years of experience building and maintaining AWS native infrastructure (Serverless, CDK/Cloudformation, VPC, EC2, Security Groups, IAM, ECS, CloudFront, S3, Media Services) 
• Hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD and automating deployment 
• Prolific experience building and deploying JAVA, React/JS, and Python applications in mission-critical environments 
• Good understanding of how to secure AWS environments 
• Solid foundation of networking and Linux administration 
• Previous startup experience would be a huge plus
• Excellent English communication skills