AWS DevOps Engineer

Five Rivers IT, Inc.Fair Lawn, NJ

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Job Description

AWS DevOps EngineerLocals onlyMin experience should be 10 years

We are seeking a DevOps / SRE Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable AWS infrastructure with a strong emphasis on deployments, automation, and CI/CD. This role prioritizes enabling fast, reliable software delivery while maintaining high system availability and performance. You will work closely with development teams to streamline deployment pipelines, improve release velocity, and enforce infrastructure best practices.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and manage AWS-based Linux infrastructure for scalable application deployments
Own and optimize CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable, repeatable, and fast deployments
Manage application releases, deployments, and rollback strategies across environments
Automate infrastructure provisioning and application delivery using Infrastructure as Code
Collaborate with development teams to improve build, test, and deployment workflows
Troubleshoot deployment failures, pipeline issues, and production incidents
Implement blue/green, canary, and rolling deployment strategies
Maintain system reliability, monitoring, and alerting for production services
Optimize performance, scalability, and cost of cloud infrastructure
Enforce security best practices across infrastructure and deployment pipelines
Maintain runbooks, deployment documentation, and operational procedures
Participate in on-call rotation supporting production systems

Required Skills

5+ years of Linux system administration (RHEL, Ubuntu, Amazon Linux, Rocky/CentOS)
3+ years of AWS experience (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, EKS, ALB/NLB, CloudWatch)
Strong experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins)
Hands-on experience with application deployments in cloud environments
Proficiency in Bash and Python for automation
Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred, CloudFormation acceptable)
Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS)
Solid understanding of networking (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, firewalls)
Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, Datadog)
Experience implementing deployment strategies (blue/green, canary, rolling updates)
Strong troubleshooting skills across pipelines, infrastructure, and applications

Nice to Have

Limited exposure to Windows environments

Profile

Strong focus on automation, deployment efficiency, and developer enablement
Comfortable working in fast-paced environments with frequent releases
Collaborative mindset with strong communication across DevOps and engineering teams
Ownership-driven with a focus on continuous improvement and operational excellence

Other Details about the Job

Benefits are offered such as medical/dental/vision insurance and vacation time. 401k will be obtained as a benefit after 1 full year of service.
You will be placed at our Fair Lawn, NJ office, Please do not apply if you are not local or are not willing to relocate.
Compensation for Cloud System Admin will range from $90,000 to $120,000 based on experience, if your experience falls outside required ranges compensation may be based on other open roles.

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