- Company Name
- Pyramid Consulting, Inc
- Job Title
- DevOps Engineer
- Job Description
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**Job Title:** DevOps Engineer
**Role Summary:**
Contract DevOps Engineer responsible for building, deploying, and maintaining scalable, secure cloud infrastructure for a financial services platform. Works closely with development teams to design and implement CI/CD pipelines, automate provisioning, and ensure high‑availability of AWS services over a 6‑month engagement with potential extension.
**Expectations:**
- Deliver fully automated, repeatable deployments within agreed SLAs.
- Maintain reliable monitoring and alerting for application and infrastructure.
- Collaborate with full‑stack developers to integrate front‑end and back‑end components.
- Demonstrate adherence to security and compliance best practices for financial data.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Git, Jenkins, or CodePipeline.
- Provision and configure AWS resources (Lambda, Glue, DynamoDB, SQS, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch).
- Automate infrastructure-as-code with Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Monitor application performance, log aggregation, and alerting (e.g., CloudWatch, ELK).
- Ensure proper backup, disaster‑recovery, and data retention policies.
- Troubleshoot deployment or runtime issues with root‑cause analysis.
- Collaborate with front‑end team (Angular, JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS) to streamline integration workflows.
**Required Skills:**
- Strong experience with AWS services (Lambda, Glue, DynamoDB, SQS).
- Proficiency in scripting/automation languages: Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
- Hands‑on knowledge of CI/CD tooling and pipeline orchestration.
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (ECS/EKS/Kubernetes).
- Experience with infrastructure‑as‑code tools (Terraform/CloudFormation).
- Basic front‑end development skills (Angular, JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS) to support integrated workflows.
- Solid understanding of security best practices, IAM, and compliance in finance.
- Strong problem‑solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline (or equivalent experience).
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional or AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate preferred.
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