DevOps Engineer - AWS

Worker Type: Employee This is an exciting opportunity to join a friendly team working on some of the hottest AWS technologies. This team is primarily focused on the deployment, automation and support of mission-critical client solutions in AWS. You will be working on a variety of projects and environments for household names using the latest technology including AWS, Terraform, Ansible, Powershell, Datadog, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Jira, Containers etc. Learning, collaborating, training and certification are strongly encouraged, and opportunities to do so will be provided. The successful candidate will be someone who can demonstrate a genuine desire and passion for AWS, client service and automation. Key Responsibilities Act as the lead engineer on small to medium client deploy projects Provide AWS subject matter expertise advice and assistance to pre-sales architects Installation, configuration, and ongoing management of O/S and AWS services. Implementing and maintaining custom client machine images and centralised configuration management to enable quick repeatable builds and auto-scaling. Maintaining high availability through proactive measures. Troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues. Ensuring clients & partners are updated on current status of work and issues. Raise, investigate and resolve problems and known errors in line with the problem management process. Ability and willingness to proactively improve ways of working, automation and processes via our continual improvement Kanban board. Partake in an oncall rotation to provide 24x7 4th line support for Ensono’s AWS clients. Proactively keep up to date on AWS services and developments. Buddy new members of the team Skills and Experience 5 years’ experience in supporting highly customer-focused mission critical environments (e.g. high profile websites or enterprise infrastructure) essential. 2 years’ experience of engineering, architecting, or supporting AWS solutions. Excellent O/S knowledge and experience in Linux or Windows with basic knowledge of the other. MCSE/RHCE or equivalent level of knowledge preferred. Experience of implementing and supporting AWS based instances and services (e.g. EC2, S3, EBS, ELB, RDS, IAM, Route53, Cloudfront, Elasticache, WAF etc.). Hold a number of current AWS Associate and Professional level Certifications Experience of building and maintaining scalable and auto-scaled environments using automation and configuration management tools (e.g. Cloudformation/Terraform and Ansible) beneficial or can be gained. Scripting ability in one or more of Python, Powershell, Bash, Perl Experience of using Git for version control useful Experience of working with or supporting containerized environments (ECS/EKS/Kubernetes/Docker) Experience of Jenkins or other CI/CD pipeline technology useful or can be gained. Good knowledge of TCP/IP. A degree in a computing-related discipline preferred or equivalent ability and knowledge. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Experience working in an ITIL environment beneficial. Desire to continually grow, develop and improve. Must be independent, self-motivated, a self-starter and possess a good working attitude Client focused and results driven Able to implement supportable solutions and make the complex simple. Primary Location City/State: Homebased - Downers Grove, IL - Finley, Illinois Additional Locations (if applicable): Ensono is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Ensono provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex, marital status, pregnancy, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, military status, or any other status protected by applicable law. Ensono helps IT leaders be the catalyst for change by harnessing the power of hybrid IT to transform their businesses. We drive digital transformation by enabling increased agility and scalability through the modernization to public cloud. Our broad services portfolio from mainframe to cloud, powered by an intelligent governance platform, is designed to help our clients operate for today and optimize for tomorrow. We are award-winning certified experts in AWS and Azure and recognized as Microsoft Datacenter Transformation Partner of the Year. Ensono has over 2,000 associates around the world and is headquartered in greater Chicago. Visit us at www.ensono.com. In June 2018, Ensono acquired the hosted data center business of Wipro. Our company and community is one that focuses on philosophy of we win together. Our job opportunities will stretch your limits and expose you to cutting edge technologies whether you’re an engineer, developer, products guru, systems and security expert, sales and consulting executive, or an intern looking to gain real experience with a company that will make your résumé — and you — stand out. If you are interested in applying for employment with Ensono and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply for a posted position, contact our recruiting department at 1-800-729-1501. We highly recommend for you to create an account to monitor your resume submissions. Click on the Sign In link above to create an account or sign up at the end of your application. Thank you!