Junior AWS DevOps Engineer

EZeats

About this role

We are looking for a motivated Junior AWS DevOps Engineer to join our team and help manage and scale our microservices-based application architecture. You will play a key role in deploying, maintaining, and optimizing our API services on AWS to support seamless integration with external clients.

Responsibilities

Set up and manage AWS infrastructure for microservices, including ECS (Elastic Container Service), EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service), or Fargate.

Containerize applications using Docker, ensuring lightweight, portable, and consistent deployments across environments.

Build, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters for orchestrating and scaling microservices effectively.

Automate CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or AWS CodePipeline for seamless deployments.

Monitor and maintain the performance, reliability, and scalability of Kubernetes pods, services, and deployments.

Implement infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.

Optimize API service performance, security, and cost using AWS tools like API Gateway, Lambda, and CloudFront.

Use Kubernetes features like auto-scaling, rolling updates, and namespaces for efficient resource management.

Work with the development team to troubleshoot and resolve deployment and performance issues in Docker containers and Kubernetes clusters.

Manage API integrations, monitoring, and documentation using tools like Postman, Swagger, or AWS API Gateway Developer Portal.

Ensure the security of containers and orchestration processes by implementing role-based access control (RBAC) in Kubernetes and best practices in Dockerfile creation.

Monitor container and Kubernetes performance using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or AWS CloudWatch.

Qualifications & Work Experiences

1+ year of experience in AWS cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices.

Hands-on experience with Docker, including creating Dockerfiles, building images, and managing containers.

Working knowledge of Kubernetes, including managing clusters, pods, and services.

Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline).

Knowledge of AWS services like ECS, EKS, API Gateway, S3, and Lambda.

Familiarity with Terraform or CloudFormation for IaC.

Understanding of RESTful APIs, their design principles, and tools like Swagger/OpenAPI.

Basic understanding of Kubernetes networking (e.g., services, ingress controllers) and persistent storage concepts.

Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills for containers and microservices.

Preferred Skills (Optional)

Experience configuring and managing Kubernetes Helm charts for automated deployments.

Knowledge of Kubernetes Operators and custom resource definitions (CRDs) for extending functionality.

Familiarity with service meshes (e.g., Istio, Linkerd) to manage microservice communication.

Exposure to serverless architecture using AWS Lambda.

Knowledge of API monetization strategies and billing integration using AWS API Gateway usage plans or similar tools.

Programming knowledge in Python, Node.js, or Go for scripting and API development.