DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer - AWS architecture / cloud networking and security

9-12 months FTC

Amsterdam

Fractal is a strategic AI partner to Fortune 500 companies with a vision to power every human decision in the enterprise. Fractal is building a world where individual choices, freedom, and diversity are the greatest assets. An ecosystem where human imagination is at the heart of every decision. Where no possibility is written off, only challenged to get better. We believe that a true Fractalite is the one who empowers imagination with intelligence. Fractal has been featured as a Great Place to Work by The Economic Times in partnership with the Great Place to Work® Institute and recognized as a ‘Cool Vendor’ and a ‘Vendor to Watch’ by Gartner.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and manage AWS infrastructure components including VPCs, subnets, route tables, NAT gateways, Security Groups, IAM roles, and NACLs.
• Design and implement cloud networking solutions using Amazon VPC, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, VPC Peering, Route 53 for DNS and routing, Elastic Load Balancing (ALB/NLB), API Gateway, CloudFront, Direct Connect, and VPN connections
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI/CD, integrating with Git-based repositories.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
• Implement monitoring and logging using CloudWatch, ELK Stack, and third-party tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog.
• Manage containerized workloads using Docker, Amazon ECS, Fargate, and EKS (Kubernetes).
• Apply DevSecOps principles to enforce security best practices across infrastructure and pipelines, including IAM, WAF, and Security Groups.
• Support incident response and troubleshoot infrastructure and networking issues across distributed environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and maintain distributed platforms handling high volumes of data.

Desired/Preferred Skills

• 5–7 years of experience in DevOps\SRE roles.
• Proven experience in AWS architecture and administration in production environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking and security: VPCs, Security Groups, NACLs, IAM roles.
• Expertise in CI/CD using Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, and configuration management tools like Ansible, Chef, or AWS Systems Manager.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash) and Git-based workflows.
• Solid understanding of Linux/Unix systems, shell scripting, and core networking protocols (DNS, TCP/IP, HTTP).
• Experience in building and maintaining distributed platforms and data infrastructure.
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture patterns and best practices for data engineering and data science at scale.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services including S3, Athena, EC2, RDS, EKS, ECS, Fargate, and Load Balancers.
• Experience with AWS monitoring and management services like CloudWatch, X-Ray, Systems Manager.
• Strong troubleshooting and platform-level design skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Certifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect / SysOps Administrator
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional