W2 AWS DevOps Engineer

Job Description: AWS DevOps Developer

Location: Reston VA

Rate: W2

We need a Experience to GitOps tools and practices to support applications by enabling secure reliable and scalable software delivery in a highly regulated financial environment. This role focuses on CI/CD engineering cloud infrastructure automation and production reliability with an emphasis on standardization security compliance and software engineer skill.
Key Responsibilities
Design build and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines using enterprise tools (e.g. GitLab Jenkins Terraform Enterprise)
Troubleshoot pipeline failures and continuously optimize performance reliability and execution efficiency
Develop and standardize reusable CI/CD templates and promote best practices across teams
Support migration from legacy CI/CD tools to modern platforms and GitOps-based workflows
Provision and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform CloudFormation)
Ensure consistency stability and scalability across development test and production environments
Support AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms and containerized applications (Docker Kubernetes)
Plan and execute application deployments with minimal downtime and risk
Monitor systems and pipelines investigate incidents and perform root cause analysis (RCA)
Integrate security controls and compliance checks into CI/CD pipelines (DevSecOps)
Manage secrets credentials and access controls in alignment with enterprise security standards
Collaborate with engineering SRE and security teams to improve system reliability and delivery processes
Leverage AI/ML-driven tools and automation to improve pipeline efficiency anomaly detection incident response and operational insights

Required Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent experience
8 years of experience in DevOps Cloud Engineering or related roles
Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (GitLab Jenkins GitHub Actions or similar)
Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
Experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms
Experience with containerization technologies (Docker)
Strong programming skills in at least one language (Python or Java preferred) with a developer mindset including the ability to write debug and optimize code for automation and platform engineering
Proficiency in scripting (Python Bash or similar) for automation
Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Splunk Prometheus Grafana CloudWatch)
Strong understanding of system reliability deployment processes and troubleshooting

Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Kubernetes (EKS AKS or similar orchestration platforms)
Experience in financial services or other regulated environments
Familiarity with compliance frameworks (SOC2 NIST etc.)
Knowledge of modern deployment strategies (blue/green canary)
Experience with DevSecOps practices and security tools
Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery models
Experience to GitOps tools and practices