AWS DevOps Engineer

Position: AWS DevOps Engineer

Location: Onsite/ Hybrid – Islamabad

Job Type: Full-time

About Us:

31G are digital transformation experts. We are founded by a group of individuals who have deep experience, fierce ambition, and a proven track record in developing solutions to solve real-world problems. Our services include digital transformation, systems integration, resource augmentation, software development, professional and managed services, and digital consultancy.  

Our customer base is diverse – spanning fintech, health tech, edtech and ecommerce, and spread across the globe. We deeply understand all our customers’ businesses, to develop person-centred solutions.  

Our values are high-quality, integrity, innovation, and compassion. We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, and are proud of our open culture – as such we operate a values-based recruitment process.  

Role:

We are looking for a DevOps engineer to join our Core development team. As a DevOps engineer, you will be part of a tremendously hardworking and diverse software development team responsible for building and maintaining multiple environments. You will bring cloud management and sysadmin skills for application deployment and management while assisting in build engineering activities and looking for ways to automate the end-to-end deployment process. You have a passion for technology tempered by a level-headed approach to problem solving, and experience with build and deployment software. You will bring a hunger for problem solving and desire to understand and play with newer technologies and software methodologies.

Responsibilities:

• Configures and maintains our AWS infrastructure
• Builds and optimizes CI/CD pipelines
• Crafts innovative technical solutions using DevOps practices
• Writes code and scripting to solve problems with custom workflows
• Participates in architecture and software development activities
• Translates loosely defined requirements into solutions
• Uses open-source technologies and tools to accomplish specific use cases encountered within the project
• Collaborates with others on the project to brainstorm about the best way to tackle a complex technological infrastructure, security, or development problem
• Performs incremental testing actions on code, processes, and deployments to identify ways to streamline execution and minimize errors encountered
• Monitors environments and performs upgrades to maintain stability

Qualification & Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
• Prior experience (5 + years) in a Production Engineering or related position
• Experience with AWS
• Proficiency in at least one scripting languages (e.g. Python, Go-Lang, Bash.) to build custom tools for automating processes as needed
• Experience working on open-source platforms
• Experience with performing infrastructure automation and development using configuration management and containerization technologies like Kubernetes, Ansible, and Docker for multi-tier Web applications
• Knowledge of virtualization environments
• Knowledge of distributed version control systems, preferably Git
• Experience with databases both SQL and NoSQL, preferably Elastic Search and Cassandra
• Comfortable working collaboratively in an Agile environment with engineers and product teams to anticipate operational needs
• Strong knowledge of security and recovery from a DevOps perspective

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to work with a dynamic and innovative team.
• Chance to make a significant impact on the growth and success of our company.
• Private Medical Insurance cover, for you and your family
• Hybrid working and an excellent office location and environment
• People oriented culture - wellbeing is a priority, as is being a nice person
• Flexible working hours
• Transparent and open culture - you will be listened to and heard.

How to Apply:

If you are an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer role and a passion for driving growth, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and a cover letter detailing your relevant experience and achievements (with examples) to hr@31g.co.uk.