AWS DevOps Specialist role

We are

At Synechron, we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron’s progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization, from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models, Digital Underwriting, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20+ years, our company has been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about, Synechron has a global workforce of 14,500+, and has 58 offices in 21 countries within key global markets.

Our challenge

Successful candidates will have deep and rich knowledge of AWS native DevOps tooling such as CloudFormation (CFN) in either YAML (Preference) or JSON. The ability to debug CloudFormation runtime errors, the ability to create dynamic templating using parameters and intrinsic operators such a !Ref and !Sub so that templates can be reused over multiple AWS accounts/environments. Also an understanding of how CloudFormation Nested templates work.

Skills Required:

• Excellent BaSH knowledge for shell scripting, Python is a bonus!
• A good understanding of GIT and how to manage repositories using Trunk Based Development as the standard.
• Deep knowledge of AWS VPC, Security Groups, NACLs relating to networking and security, along with other AWS security services such as CloudTrail, AWS Config,Security Hub.
• Essential AWS services for providing best practice security in the cloud.
• AWS Lambda experience
• Knowledge of TeamCity and Octopus would be advantageous.
• Github Actions is also highly desirable as client is moving away from TeamCity and Octpus for its CI/CD.