AWS Devops Engineer with IIS

Chicago, IL (Onsite)

Job Description:

Important notes from the client:

• Looking for candidates that have some more recent Windows experience
• Must mention on the resume of how they supported it or architected with them especially IIS.
• They need to have an AWS Certificate SA or SysOp Cert (Active or pursuing) Need a copy of it.
• Scripting preference is PowerShell, then Python.
• Once converted to FTE, they will be expected to work at least 1 weekend day a month for 4-6 hours but will then get a day off during the week.
• Interview process 1st interview is with Manager and a peer will be somewhat technical; 2nd interview with entire team and will be very technical. 2nd interview may also be in person.

WHAT YOU LL NEED: Technical Requirements and Certifications

• AWS Certification (SysOps or SA) - current or in progress

Education and Experience

• 2 years of experience with AWS services including EC2, Docker / ECS, CloudWatch, ALB/ELB, S3, VPC, CodeCommit/git, Route53 DNS, RDS.
• 2 years of experience in SaaS monitoring tools (e.g., LogicMonitor, CloudWatch, New Relic, DataDog) and troubleshooting/debugging techniques.
• 2 years of experience in Windows and Linux administration.
• 2 years of experience with web servers such as IIS, Apache, Tomcat.
• 2 years of experience in Docker / Container management (Amazon Elastic Container Service, Fargate).

Preferred:

• 2 years of experience with Lambda, CloudFront, RDS, ACM, AWS Workspaces.
• 2 years of experience with Application Performance Management tools (AppDynamics, New Relic).
• Experience with Configuration Management tools (Ansible, Chef, OpsWorks, Puppet).
• Participation in backup and recovery strategies, including disaster recovery exercises.
• Familiarity with caching technologies (Redis, ElastiCache).
• Understanding of Continuous Delivery practices (CodePipeline).
• Familiarity of Database Technologies (Aurora, DynamoDB, RDS, DMS, Redshift).
• Familiarity with Jira and Confluence.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong scripting abilities (Python, PowerShell, AWS CLI) and Infrastructure as Code knowledge.
• Strong knowledge in Infrastructure as Code tools (CloudFormation, Terraform).
• Understanding of infrastructure operations best practices and IT Operations leveraging high availability strategies.
• Continuous learning mindset and adaptability to new technologies.
• Availability to support systems on-call after hours on a rotation basis.

WHAT YOU LL DO: Job Responsibilities:

• Creating and refining tools and scripts to monitor and measure application performance.
• Identifying, developing, implementing, and improving infrastructure/operations activities for automation, particularly with AWS.
• Monitoring and mitigating issues across a diverse production footprint.
• Troubleshooting and resolving issues in all environments with detailed root cause analysis.
• Implementing strategies for optimization, high availability, and recovery.
• Contributing to team efforts in maintaining processes and tools for infrastructure, monitoring, and operations.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams including Architects, Developers, and Software Engineers.
• Efficiently manage multiple work streams with clear and proactive communication of status, as both a self-starter and a team player.