AWS DevOps Engineer

As a Development-focused member of the Cloud & Platform Services team based in Houston, TX, your responsibilities will include:

• Playing a crucial role in a global team responsible for maintaining and operating shared platform and supporting its strategic roadmap.
• Actively shaping, building and operating our CICD technical landscape.
• Working closely with our Software Development teams to assist in the creation and management of application CICD artefacts.
• Collaborating with our Cyber Security team to ensure that automation and our shared platform landscape adhere to the highest security standards.
• Partnering with Cloud Engineers to embed cloud resource creation into the app deployment processes and creating the necessary tooling.
• Influencing the development of policies, standards, and guidelines for CI/CD.

Skills and Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in building and managing CICD platforms in either .NET or Python.
• At least 3 years of experience in operating and providing support for global bespoke and/or commercial platforms.
• 2 or more years of automation experience within an AWS Cloud Hybrid environment.
• Proficiency in both Windows and Linux environments from an OS and ecosystem perspective.
• Automation experience with Jenkins, Terraform, Gitlab/Github, ECS and (preferably) Nexus.
• Practical experience with one or more of the following: Kafka, Redis, Atlassian Suite, Elastic, Datadog, ActiveBatch, or Control-M.
• Strong development skills with exposure to cloud technologies, preferably AWS.
• Scripting skills in Python, Bash, and/or PowerShell.
• Proven track record of problem resolution and ability to drive tasks to completion independently.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to interact effectively with stakeholders.
• Proactive and customer-oriented approach with a can-do attitude and a keen interest in tackling both functional and technical challenges.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience in the commodities/trading industry.
• Significant contribution to the CICD strategy in an enterprise setting.
• Background in software development, preferably in .NET or Python.
• Some experience with SecOps, particularly with platforms like Hashicorp Vault.
• Former Cloud Engineer (AWS) responsibilities.