What are the responsibilities and job description for the AWS DevOps Engineer position at Ninth Wave?
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced, dedicated, and hands-on AWS DevOps Engineer to join our growing Fintech software company. The successful candidate will possess strong technical and ethical qualities, ensuring the utmost reliability and security of our software solutions. Reporting directly to the Head of Infrastructure, the AWS DevOps Engineer will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing our infrastructure, automating processes, and working collaboratively with cross-functional teams. Excellent communication skills and a customer-focused mindset are essential for this role, as the AWS DevOps Engineer will work closely with both internal and external stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
🌩️ Cloud Infrastructure & Automation
- Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, and cost-effective AWS infrastructure.
- Automate deployment, monitoring, and management processes to minimize manual interventions.
- Develop and manage Infrastructure-as-Code using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
🔁 CI/CD & Collaboration
- Work closely with software engineering teams to streamline CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.).
- Ensure seamless integration of infrastructure and application code through DevOps best practices.
- Support build and deployment automation for Java-based microservices
- Develop and maintain documentation for architecture, processes, and runbooks
🌐 Networking & Certificate Management
- Spin up and manage VPCs, subnets, route tables, NAT gateways, and security groups.
- Configure and manage ALBs/NLBs, Route 53, and DNS routing.
- Automate provisioning and renewal of TLS/SSL certificates (ACM, Let’s Encrypt, certbot)
- Maintain firewall rules, bastion hosts, and VPN/Direct Connect configurations.
- Monitor and troubleshoot network latency and bottlenecks using CloudWatch, VPC Flow Logs, etc.
🔐 Security, Identity & Secrets Management
- Implement secure handling of secrets, keys, and certificates using AWS Secrets Manager, SSM, or Vault.
- Configure mutual TLS (mTLS) and secure service communication.
- Support integration with identity management platforms such as AWS Cognito, Keycloak, Okta, or Auth0
-Ensure cloud infrastructure complies with security standards (SOC2, PCI).
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 3 years of experience in DevOps, CloudOps, or Site Reliability roles, with a focus on AWS.
- Experience supporting and optimizing Java-based application workloads in cloud environments
- Deep expertise in AWS services: EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, VPC, CloudFormation.
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Shell
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), and containers (Docker)
- Solid foundation in networking and Linux system administration.
Preferred Qualifications:
- AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, Solutions Architect – Associate)
- Experience with container orchestration tools (e.g., ECS, EKS, Kubernetes)
- Hands-on experience with identity and access management solutions like Cognito, Keycloak, Okta, or Auth0
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and a collaborative approach to problem-solving
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to identify and implement creative solutions
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to communicate complex
technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Strong teamwork and collaboration skills, including experience working with cross-functional teams and remote colleagues
Company Overview
Ninth Wave is a permission-based SaaS platform that delivers secure data connectivity to financial institutions, offering configurable controls, visibility, and insights into all connections between aggregators, third-party apps, and internal applications. Ninth Wave empowers financial institutions, enabling secure data exchange in a holistic and scalable open finance ecosystem.
Location: New York City
