Equivalent strong experience in another major CI/CD tool (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins) is acceptable if Azure DevOps can be picked up quickly Solid Docker skills - multi-stage builds, image hardening, ECR Infrastructure-as-Code in production: Terraform (preferred) or CloudFormation/CDK Database familiarity - comfortable working with DBA teams on RDS (SQL Server and PostgreSQL), connection strings, Products rotation, and migration cutover Linux administration (RHEL/Amazon Linux/Ubuntu) and Client scripting (bash) Source control with Git - branching strategies, pull requests, code review discipline Strong written communication - must produce clear runbooks, architecture diagrams, and PR descriptions Preferred Qualifications: AWS certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional or DevOps Engineer - Professional CKA / CKAD (Certified Kubernetes Administrator/Developer) Experience migrating .NET and Java applications from on-premises to AWS Experience operating COTS products in containerized or cloud environments Experience with service mesh (Istio, App Mesh) or API gateways Exposure to HashiCorp Vault, Products rotation, and certificate management Familiarity with DataDog, New Relic, or Splunk in addition to native AWS observability Experience with blue/green and canary deployment patterns The contractor will own the technical configuration of AWS services for each migration pattern, design and build Azure DevOps (ADO) pipelines that integrate with ArgClient or Flux for GitOps-driven deployments to EKS, and partner closely with application teams, the AWS Infrastructure Team, and the DBA team to deliver production-ready environments sprint by sprint.