Senior AWS Devops engineer

About the job

Position Description

Maes solutions is seeking a Senior AWS Devops Engineer to support a critical cloud modernization and application migration initiative within a large-scale services environment. This role will focus primarily on designing, implementing, validating, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines while supporting the migration of legacy workloads to a target-state AWS architecture.

Your future duties and responsibilities

Maes solutions is seeking a Senior AWS CI/CD & Application Developer to support a critical cloud modernization and application migration initiative within a large-scale services environment. This role will focus primarily on designing, implementing, validating, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines while supporting the migration of legacy workloads to a target-state AWS architecture.

The ideal candidate will have deep experience building CI/CD solutions using GitLab and Terraform, strong hands-on knowledge of AWS services, and a solid software development background. Working closely with business stakeholders and technical teams, the successful candidate will help accelerate a time-sensitive decommissioning project by designing scalable deployment processes, automating infrastructure, supporting cloud-native applications, and resolving complex technical issues throughout the software development lifecycle.

This position requires a highly independent and experienced professional who can quickly understand application workflows, recommend technical solutions, and drive project deliverables with minimal oversight.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of overall IT and software development experience
• Experience developing and supporting enterprise applications
• Prior experience in cloud-based development and CI/CD implementation projects preferred
• Strong experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitLab and Terraform
• Advanced knowledge of AWS cloud services, including services such as: Lambda ECS Fargate EMR SNS SQS AWS Batch EventBridge CloudWatch
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and cloud automation
• Solid understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies and best practices
• Ability to analyze application workflows and design deployment strategies for cloud-based environments
• Strong software development background with experience supporting enterprise-scale applications
• Experience troubleshooting and resolving issues across development, testing, and deployment environments
• Proficiency with source control, branching strategies, and release management processes
• Working knowledge of Python development and scripting
• Experience collaborating directly with business stakeholders and cross-functional technical teams
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently on complex initiatives
• Familiarity with cloud migration or legacy application modernization projects

Desired Skillset:

• SAS or SAS Grid experience
• Jupyter Notebook and/or AWS SageMaker experience
• Financial Services industry experience
• Experience supporting large-scale application decommissioning or migration programs

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.