AWS DevOps Engineer

Project Description:Luxoft provide end-to-end project services and have delivered cloud transformation projects across the capital markets industry.
Whether you possess a background in finance, technology, or engineering, your experience or interest in the capital markets industry or commodities industry would be of high interest to us.

The project involves cloud infrastructure modernization and DevOps automation for a Commodity Trading and Position platform.

You will be part of a Top Initiative for this commodity client. This is a brilliant opportunity to work on cloud infrastructure supporting several types of commodity products and gain hands-on experience with AWS services, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation.
The technology stack includes:
. AWS (EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, S3, Lambda, CloudFormation)
. Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation
. CI/CD: Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions
. Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes
. Databases: Microsoft SQL, PostgreSQL
. Monitoring & Logging: CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana

You will be part of the DevOps and Cloud Engineering team responsible for the migration and modernization of the trading platform infrastructure.

You will act as an AWS DevOps Engineer, working on automation, deployment pipelines, and cloud infrastructure. This is a brilliant opportunity to work on cutting-edge cloud platforms supporting critical financial systems.

You will join our Cloud & DevOps Practice and become a member of our open-minded, progressive, and professional team. You will have a chance to grow your technical and soft skills and build thorough expertise in the capital markets industry.

Responsibilities:
. Design, provision, and maintain AWS infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, leveraging Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and orchestration tools to ensure scalable, secure, and repeatable environments.
. Build and optimize deployment automation using Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), and container orchestration to support cloud-native applications and microservices architecture.
. Collaborate closely with developers, architects, and business stakeholders to align cloud infrastructure solutions with application requirements and trading platform workflows.
. Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting using CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana to ensure high availability, performance optimization, and proactive issue resolution.
. Establish and maintain security best practices across AWS environments, including IAM policies, network configurations, and compliance with financial industry standards.
. Implement DevOps best practices across build, test, and deployment processes, automating end-to-end delivery on AWS using CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and Infrastructure as Code.
. Manage AWS services including EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, S3, Lambda, VPC, and related networking and storage components to support banking and trading applications.
. Support database administration and migration tasks for PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL databases hosted on AWS RDS and EC2 instances.
. Participate in code reviews, infrastructure audits, and knowledge-sharing sessions to promote continuous improvement and team growth.

Mandatory Skills Description:4-5 years of relevant working experience
Cloud Infrastructure (AWS):
. Experience in designing, provisioning, and maintaining AWS environments.
. Hands-on with AWS services: EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, S3, Lambda, VPC, networking, and storage.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC):
. Expertise in Terraform and AWS CloudFormation for automated infrastructure provisioning.

CI/CD & Automation:
. Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions.
. Automating deployments and delivery processes.

Containerization & Orchestration:
. Proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS) for container orchestration.
. Experience with microservices architecture and cloud-native applications.

Monitoring & Observability:
. Implementing monitoring, logging, and alerting using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana.

DevOps Best Practices:
. End-to-end automation of build, test, and deployment processes.
. Familiarity with agile workflows and collaboration with developers and architects.

Scripting & Programming:
. Proficiency in scripting languages like Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation.

Soft Skills:
. Collaboration and communication skills.
. Ability to work with developers, architects, and business stakeholders.

Nice-to-Have Skills Description
Knowledge on Capital markets domain