Senior DevOps - AWS - Social good market
5+ years
Short-term (40h)
Social good
Full Remote
AWS
Docker
Amazon Elastic Container Service
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service
Requirements
Must-haves
- 5+ years of DevOps experience
- Experience with AWS security and cloud infrastructure management
- Experience with AWS IAM, role-based access control (RBAC), and identity federation (e.g. AWS Cognito, SSO)
- Experience with security tools (e.g. AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, Macie, Inspector)
- Experience with container security for Docker, ECS (Fargate), and Kubernetes
- Proficiency in cloud security and compliance frameworks
- Proficiency in SIEM logging and alerting using AWS CloudTrail, CloudWatch, and third-party solutions
- Familiarity with incident response plans, forensic analysis, and disaster recovery in AWS
- Strong communication skills in both spoken and written English
Nice-to-haves
- Startup experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent
What you will work on
- This is a part-time role (40 hours/week) for a 1-month contract
- Lead AWS security implementation and cloud infrastructure improvements for compliance
- Design and implement secure AWS infrastructure aligned with compliance frameworks
- Configure IAM roles, least-privilege policies, MFA enforcement, and access controls
- Implement automated security monitoring (e.g. AWS GuardDuty, CloudWatch, Security Hub, Config)
- Harden AWS services (e.g. RDS, S3, EC2) using encryption, private networking, and controlled access
- Apply VPC security best practices, ensuring traffic segmentation and monitoring for exfiltration attempts
- Set up automated logging and alerting for unauthorized access, misconfigurations, and security breaches
- Collaborate with developers to integrate secure authentication and API security measures
- Assist with security audits, penetration testing coordination, and vulnerability remediation
- Support disaster recovery planning, backups, and incident response policies