AWS DevOps Engineer

Position Name – AWS DevOps Engineer

Type of hiring – Subcon/Fulltime

Location – Calgary, AB (Onsite Day 1 – need to visit 3 days onsite)

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Support and troubleshoot various web applications in Digital portfolio.
• Deploy, administer, and support cloud services (primarily AWS) for internal and customer-facing applications.
• Collaborate with other support teams to resolve application and server issues.
• Participate in project delivery, deployment, and operational readiness for new and enhanced applications, following change management procedures.
• Identify inefficiencies and propose process improvements and automation opportunities.
• Manage software patching and vulnerability remediation.
• Build automation and self-healing mechanisms for service recovery.
• Develop and maintain scripts and tools for application support and troubleshooting.
• Create and maintain technical support documentation.
• Monitor digital applications, build dashboards for uptime and availability, and set up alerts for critical business functions.
• Learn and understand the functionality and technology stack of each supported application.
• Provide after-hours on-call support.

Requirements:

Experience:

• 5-7 Years in an Application Support role within a Digital or IT environment.
• 2+ Years in managing infrastructure and applications hosted in AWS.

Education & Certifications:

• Degree or Diploma in Computer Science or a related field.
• Relevant certifications (AWS, Microsoft, ITIL).

Technical Skills:

• Experience with Unix, Windows, Java, C#, .NET, HTML, ASP, IIS, Apache, Tomcat, PM2, LDAP.
• Scripting/programming with PowerShell or Python.
• Familiarity with monitoring/logging tools: Dynatrace, Splunk, CloudWatch.
• Understanding of SOAP and RESTful web services.
• Working knowledge of PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and Oracle databases.
• Networking concepts: Subnets, ACLs, NAT, Load Balancers.
• DevOps and infrastructure automation experience.

Soft Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent verbal, written, and technical communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership qualities.