Senior AWS Automation Engineer

Work currently can be performed remote with the potential for onsite at the Client/manager’s discretion in Raleigh, NC

Our client has an opening for a Senior AWS Automation Engineer 734136. This position is up to 12 months, with the option of an extension, and the client is in Raleigh, NC.

Please send your rate and resume.

• Experience with automating OS and software patches and upgrades across multiple environments using automation tools like Ansible (Required 7 Years).
• Hands on Experience (like branching, merging, configuring, and administering) with Bit Bucket or GIT Source Code Management tool (Required 3 Years).
• Hands on experience in Automating build/deploy process including changes to database using tools like Ansible (Required 7 Years).
• Knowledge and experience in J2EE-specific application hosting, application tracing/debugging, and application deployment (Required 7 Years).
• Experience with build and release activities for large number of teams (Required 2 Years).
• Hands on experience developing and managing CI/CD (Dev Ops) pipeline using tools like Teamcity, Jenkins, Ansible (Highly desired 2 Years).
• Thorough knowledge/experience with Agile SDLC processes (Scrum, Kanban) (Highly desired 2 Years).
• Strong knowledge and understanding of Amazon web Services and infrastructure (Highly desired 1 Years).
• Lead Automation effort of infrastructure provisioning, build and deploy activities for NC FAST applications. This position must demonstrate a solid understanding of AWS infrastructure and software release life cycle.

• This position will be responsible for automating and performing tasks associated with the build and deploy processes for the NCFAST application by preparing and executing build scripts using Ansible, cloud formation etc. This position will provide hands‑on Automation support to the release and Application development teams for the entire release management lifecycle across multiple applications as well as recommend process improvements keeping Agile and Dev Ops culture and practices in mind.
• This position will also be responsible for supporting tasks and activities for the release/build team in the Architecture and Infrastructure Unit of the NCFAST program.
• The position will work with IT management to improve the software engineering processes and practices associated with continuous integration and Continuous deployment (CI/CD) of application changes. This position will interact with the architects, developers, deployment Team, and Database Administrators to ensure automation of various tasks.

This position is required to be on call for evenings and weekends as required to meet business needs.