AWS DevOps Engineer

AWS DevOps Engineer

Lead II - DevOps Engineering

Who We Are:

Born digital, UST transforms lives through the power of technology. We walk alongside our clients and partners, embedding innovation and agility into everything they do. We help them create transformative experiences and human-centered solutions for a better world.

UST is a mission-driven group of 29,000+ practical problem solvers and creative thinkers in more than 30 countries. Our entrepreneurial teams are empowered to innovate, act nimbly, and create a lasting and sustainable impact for our clients, their customers, and the communities in which we live.

With us, you'll create a boundless impact that transforms your career-and the lives of people across the world.

Visit us at UST.com.

You Are:

UST is seeking an AWS DevOps Engineer, this role focuses on building, operating, and improving CI/CD pipelines in AWS, automating infrastructure and deployments, and ensuring secure, reliable, observable cloud environments.

The opportunity:

• Build, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines on AWS to support consistent, repeatable application delivery across environments.
• Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to provision and update AWS resources safely, consistently, and with proper version control.
• Partner with development teams to standardize build, test, and deployment automation, improving release frequency and reducing deployment risk.
• Establish and maintain monitoring, logging, ing, and dashboards to improve system observability and accelerate incident detection and troubleshooting.
• Apply AWS security best practices (least privilege IAM, secrets management, encryption, secure networking) and support compliance requirements relevant to client environments.
• Support incident response and root cause analysis (RCA), implement corrective/preventive actions, and continuously improve reliability and operational processes.
• Optimize AWS workloads for performance, scalability, and cost, partnering with stakeholders to identify and implement improvements.
• Maintain clear documentation for pipelines, runbooks, deployment patterns, and operational procedures; contribute to knowledge-sharing across the team.
• Work within an Agile/Scrum delivery model, collaborating closely with engineers and stakeholders to meet sprint and release goals.

This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required.

What you need:

* 3-5 years of experience in AWS cloud infrastructure, DevOps roles.

* Hands-on experience implementing AWS-based CI/CD pipelines using a modern toolchain (e.g., AWS CodePipeline or Git-based CI such as GitHub Actions).

* Infrastructure as Code experience with AWS CDK and/or Terraform/CloudFormation (ability to build reusable modules/stacks and manage change safely).

* Experience with major AWS services - S3, IAM, EC2, VPC, KMS, Secrets, Security Groups, Glue, OpenSearch

* In-Depth understanding of IAM roles and policies in AWS

* In-depth knowledge of current Cloud best practices and tool chains including Software Engineering, DevSecOps and CI/CD

* Must Have: AWS -S3, IAM, EC2, VPC, KMS, Secrets, Security Groups, Glue, Codepipeline, OpenSearch, IAC (CloudFormation, Terraform or CDK (Preferred) )

* Nice to have:

* Experience with GitHub Actions

* Scripting skills in Bash/SH and Python.

* Security-minded approach with knowledge of cloud security best practices.

Compensation can differ depending on factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, education, and level of experience. UST provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in various U.S. markets as set forth below.

Role Location: Remote

Compensation Range : $90,000-$135,000

Benefits

Full-time, regular employees accrue a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year, receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year), 10 paid holidays, and are eligible for paid bereavement leave and jury duty. They are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as the following Company-paid Employee Only benefits: basic life insurance, accidental death and disability insurance, and short- and long-term disability benefits. Regular employees may purchase additional voluntary short-term disability benefits, and participate in a Health Savings Account (HSA) as well as a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for healthcare, dependent child care, and/or commuting expenses as allowable under IRS guidelines. Benefits offerings vary in Puerto Rico.

Part-time employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year) and are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching.

Full-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year) and are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) program with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance.

Part-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year).

All US employees who work in a state or locality with more generous paid sick leave benefits than specified here will receive the benefit of those sick leave laws.

What we believe:

We proudly embrace the values that have shaped UST since day one. We build our culture of Humility, Humanity, and Integrity. These values inspire us to nurture a people-first, human centric culture that fosters diversity, prioritizes sustainable solutions, and keeps our people and clients at the forefront of all decisions.

Humility:

We will listen, learn, be empathetic and help selflessly in our interactions with everyone.

Humanity:

Through business, we will better the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves.

Integrity:

We honor our commitments and act with responsibility in all our relationships.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

UST is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with state and local laws and "fair chance" ordinances.

UST reserves the right to periodically redefine your roles and responsibilities based on the requirements of the organization and/or your performance.

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