Middle DevOps Engineer (AWS)

Job description

### Why Join Exadel We’re an AI-first global tech company with 25+ years of engineering leadership, 2,000+ team members, and 500+ active projects powering Fortune 500 clients, including HBO, Microsoft, Google, and Starbucks. From AI platforms to digital transformation, we partner with enterprise leaders to build what’s next. What powers it all? Our people are ambitious, collaborative, and constantly evolving. ### About the Client The leading provider of vehicle lifecycle solutions, with headquarters in Chicago, enables the companies that build, insure, and replace vehicles to power the next generation of transportation. Its platform delivers advanced mobile, artificial intelligence, and car technologies. It connects a network of 350+ insurance companies, 24,000+ repair facilities, hundreds of parts suppliers, and dozens of third-party data and service providers. The customer's collective solutions enhance productivity and help clients deliver better experiences for end consumers. ### What You’ll Do - Design, deploy, and maintain AWS serverless infrastructure including Lambda, API Gateway, ECS, CloudFront, S3, and load balancers - Write and maintain infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, Terragrunt, and CloudFormation across multiple environments - Build and manage CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions — from container builds to multi-stage deployments - Troubleshoot and resolve pipeline failures, deployment issues, and release blockers across environments - Create and maintain Docker images and Python packages with a focus on security, reproducibility, and minimal footprint - Own WAF rules, security group policies, and IAM posture across AWS accounts - Instrument and monitor production workloads using Datadog — dashboards, APM, log pipelines, and alerting - Troubleshoot and diagnose infrastructure, deployment, and application issues across the full stack — from misconfigured IAM policies to Lambda cold starts to network routing problems - Proactively identify risks, misconfigurations, and performance bottlenecks before they become incidents - Partner with engineering teams to improve deployment workflows, observability, and incident response - Occasionally support Azure workloads and cross-cloud integration ### What You Bring - Proven experience in DevOps/Platform/Cloud engineering - Deep, production-hardened AWS experience: Lambda, ECS, CloudFront, S3, API Gateway, ALB/NLB, WAF - Terraform and Terragrunt: you've managed real multi-account, multi-environment state - CloudFormation: reading, writing, and debugging stacks and nested templates - GitHub Actions: building workflows from scratch, not just editing existing ones; diagnosing failed runs and flaky steps - Proficiency in Python and Node.js at the scripting/tooling level - Jinja templating: config generation, dynamic template rendering in Python tooling or pipelines - Docker: building optimized images, publishing packages, writing multi-stage Dockerfiles - Security mindset: IAM least-privilege, WAF configuration, secrets management (SSM/Secrets Manager) ### Nice to have - Datadog: APM, log management, custom monitors, dashboards, and infrastructure alerting - MongoDB Atlas: cluster management, network peering, backup policies, or Atlas CLI/Terraform provider - Azure familiarity (networking, compute, or identity) - Experience with serverless frameworks (AWS SAM, Serverless Framework, or CDK) - Cost optimization experience in AWS ### English Language Upper-Intermediate ### Legal & Hiring Information - Exadel is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to inclusion across minority, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, and more. - Reasonable accommodations are available to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. - Please note: this job description is not exhaustive. Duties and responsibilities may evolve based on business needs. - Compensation details are shared with candidates at the early stage of the recruitment process. - The offer is not binding until a signed contract is in place. ### Your Benefits at Exadel Exadel benefits vary by location and contract type. Your recruiter will fill you in on the details. - International projects - In-office, hybrid, or remote flexibility - Medical healthcare - Recognition program - Ongoing learning & reimbursement - Well-being program - Team events & local benefits - Sports compensation - Referral bonuses - Top-tier equipment provision ### Exadel Culture We lead with trust, respect, and purpose. We believe in open dialogue, creative freedom, and mentorship that helps you grow, lead, and make a real difference. Ours is a culture where ideas are challenged, voices are heard, and your impact matters.