DevOps Specialist

DevOps Specialist is an individual contributor role primarily focused on AWS and cloud infrastructure. Role and responsibility are primarily setting up cloud infrastructure on AWS, troubleshooting existing infrastructure, working with infrastructure as code tooling (Terraform) and automation. Experience with AWS, Terraform, and scripting via bash, python, or shell preferred.

Technical Knowledge

• Proficient with one or more cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP etc.)
• Proficient with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) tooling via Terraform
• Able to troubleshoot, and deploy cloud infrastructure on AWS based on project specifications
• Proficient with the Linux command-line, bash, and other scripting languages
• Able to make recommendations and implement improvements to cloud infrastructure and account security

Culture and Leadership

• Seeks input from teammates and their team lead on technical challenges
• Collaborates well with their team lead, teammates, and other teams
• Responds to support requests and incidents in a proactive, timely fashion
• Cultivates a shared responsibility, success, and improvement mentality within the team

Attributes

• Is able to set and meet measurable goals
• Ability to work in a self-sufficient manner, but not afraid to reach out for help when stuck or blocked
• Holds themselves accountable, and takes operational responsibility
• Able to provide status updates, attend meetings when scheduled, and manage tasks on a taskboard (Salesforce, and Github)
• Effective at breaking down large tasks into smaller, more manageable tasks