AWS Operations Engineer

Title: AWS Operations Engineer
Location: Richfield, MN 55423 Onsite
Duration: 9 Months of Contract

Key Responsibilities:
Plan, coordinate, and execute application releases across multiple environments (Dev, QA, UAT, Prod)
Manage release schedules, versioning, and rollback strategies
Ensure zero or low-downtime deployments using blue-., canary, or rolling deployment strategies
Manage and support AWS infrastructure used for releases and deployments
Perform system monitoring and log analysis
Collaborate with developers and QA teams to resolve deployment defects
Ensure compliance with security and change management standards
Provide on-call or scheduled production release support (24X7)
Perform root cause analysis (RCA) for release and deployment failures
Create and maintain release documentation and runbooks

Must Have skills for this role:
AWS Devops(S3, EC2, ECS/EKS)
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI
Knowledge of Git or other version control systems
Understanding of release management best practices
Years of experience required for each skill? At least 2-3 years.

Nice to have skills:
Basic Unix/Linux commands
Python
Monitoring and logging tools (Splunk, ELK, Dynatrace)

Responsibilities:
Has skills to develop and maintain automation scripts using Bash/Shell
Automate build, deployment, monitoring, and cleanup tasks
Continuously improving the reliability and speed of release processes
ITIL or Change Management experience
Security and compliance awareness in release processes
Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration abilities
Ability to work under tight release deadlines and production pressure
High attention to detail and strong ownership mindset