Sr. AWS DevOps Engineer

Senior AWS DevOps Engineer

Clearance : Must be eligible for a US Security Clearance (US Citizenship required)

Location : Washington, DC (remote, preference to local candidates)

We are seeking a seasoned Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to lead the design, automation, and maintenance of our customer's AWS environment. This role ensures infrastructure remains robust, secure, and scalable while driving cost optimization, security best practices, and incident response strategies. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Terraform for infrastructure automation, deep expertise in AWS services, and a strong background in cloud security, cost management, and disaster recovery. Experience migrating cloud workloads to AWS is required. Additionally, this role involves mentoring engineers, improving DevOps processes, and collaborating with development teams in an Agile Scrum environment to maintain and enhance cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities :

AWS Cloud Infrastructure & Automation :

• Design, build, and maintain AWS cloud environments with a focus on automation and security.
• Automate provisioning and management of AWS resources using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) with Terraform (familiarity with AWS CloudFormation and AWS CDK a plus).
• Assist with implementing proactive security measures, including vulnerability remediation, patching, and firewall rule management.
• Maintain compliance with security standards and internal policies, supporting security audits and assessments.
• Monitor AWS cost usage and provide cost optimization recommendations, ensuring efficient resource scaling.

Disaster Recovery & Performance Optimization :

Incident & Problem Management :

CI / CD & Agile Integration :

Documentation & Compliance :

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About FINCH AI

Finch AI is a fast-growing, fast-paced software development organization; our mission is to build new ways of interacting with information. We do that by leveraging game-changing intellectual property, cloud infrastructure expertise, and a staff that is second to none. Together, we build and support products that address complex, real-time data and analytics needs in the enterprise.

Our teams are comprised of successful people that enjoy solving problems, engaging in substantive technical discussions and have passion for their work. We have very high expectations in terms of skill, motivation, self-organization and productivity. We look for people who excel working in groups, virtual and collocated, as well as those who are comfortable with fast paced agile development.

Finch AI is an equal opportunity employer.