Job Title: AWS DevOps Automation Engineer with PostgreSQL
Location: Lakewood, CO (suburb of Denver)
Position Type: long term Contract (Only W2)
Industry Focus: Financial technology
Job Description:
Specific Skills:
DevOps experience with AWS Cloud services w/ strong familiarity with automating cloud databases like AWS RDS PostgreSQL and AWS Aurora
PostgreSQL.
Ability to write scripts (e.g. in Python) to to create snapshots of specific databases within an RDS instance and for rehydrating those
snapshots in other DB instances.
Candidate will create mechanisms and workflows for doing granular backups of specific databases within an RDS
/AURORA instance and allow for rehydrating those backups.
Candidate should have ability to work in GitOps pipelines and develop automation
approaches.
Candidate will be willing to propose solutions that leverage AWS serverless solutions as well as help design database solution that optimize availability,
cost, performance dimensions.
Core Skills:
Experience with Automation
Git
Gitlab / GitOps
AWS and services
Terraform
Cloud Security
Cloud Networking
Cloud Monitoring Tools
Containers
Kubernetes
Core Professional Skills that are important across roles -
Ability to work collaboratively on teams
Ability to communicate thoughts, concerns, and ideas professionally
Ability to be flexible to changing priorities
Willingness to work with stakeholders to help clarify requirements and to positively influence technical direction through technical designs