AWS DevOps Engineer

AWS Dev Ops Engineer

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Born digital, UST transforms lives through the power of technology. We walk alongside our clients and partners, embedding innovation and agility into everything they do. We help them create transformative experiences and human-centered solutions for a better world.

UST is a mission-driven group of 29,000+ practical problem solvers and creative thinkers in more than 30 countries. Our entrepreneurial teams are empowered to innovate, act nimbly, and create a lasting and sustainable impact for our clients, their customers, and the communities in which we live.

With us, you'll create a boundless impact that transforms your career—and the lives of people across the world.

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UST is seeking an AWS Dev Ops Engineer; this role focuses on building, operating, and improving CI/CD pipelines in AWS, automating infrastructure and deployments, and ensuring secure, reliable, observable cloud environments.

• Build, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines on AWS to support consistent, repeatable application delivery across environments.
• Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to provision and update AWS resources safely, consistently, and with proper version control.
• Partner with development teams to standardize build, test, and deployment automation, improving release frequency and reducing deployment risk.
• Establish and maintain monitoring, logging, and dashboards to improve system observability and accelerate incident detection and troubleshooting.
• Apply AWS security best practices (least privilege IAM, secrets management, encryption, secure networking) and support compliance requirements relevant to client environments.
• Support incident response and root cause analysis (RCA), implement corrective/preventive actions, and continuously improve reliability and operational processes.
• Optimize AWS workloads for performance, scalability, and cost, partnering with stakeholders to identify and implement improvements.
• Maintain clear documentation for pipelines, runbooks, deployment patterns, and operational procedures; contribute to knowledge-sharing across the team.
• Work within an Agile/Scrum delivery model, collaborating closely with engineers and stakeholders to meet sprint and release goals.

This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required.

• 3‑5 years of experience in AWS cloud infrastructure, Dev Ops roles.
• Hands‑on experience implementing AWS‑based CI/CD pipelines using a modern toolchain (e.g., AWS Code Pipeline or Git-based CI such as Git Hub Actions).
• Infrastructure as Code experience with AWS CDK and/or Terraform/Cloud Formation (ability to build reusable modules/stacks and manage change safely).
• Experience with major AWS services – S3, IAM, EC2, VPC, KMS, Secrets, Security Groups, Glue, Open Search.
• In‑depth understanding of IAM roles and policies in AWS.
• In‑depth knowledge of current Cloud best practices and tool chains including software engineering, Dev Sec Ops  and CI/CD.
• Must have: AWS – S3, IAM, EC2, VPC, KMS, Secrets, Security Groups, Glue, Code Pipeline, Open Search, IAC (Cloud Formation, Terraform or CDK (Preferred)).
• Nice to have:
  Experience with Git Hub Actions; scripting skills in Bash/SH and Python; security‑minded approach with knowledge of cloud security best practices.

Compensation can differ depending on factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, education, and level of experience. UST provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in various U.S. markets as set forth below.

Role

Location:

Remote

Compensation Range: $90,000–$135,000

Full‑time, regular employees accrue a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year, receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro‑rated for new hires throughout the year), 10 paid holidays, and are eligible for paid bereavement leave and jury duty. They are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the U.S. are…