AWS DevOps Engineer

Summary

Join Newrich Network, a new platform designed to inspire and guide people toward a Newrich Lifestyle, as a part-time DevOps Engineer (with the option to go full-time). This role focuses on driving the deployment of our MVP, including in-house CRM and billing systems. We prioritize work-life balance and employee well-being. You will manage cloud resources, security operations, networking, user identity, backups, disaster recovery, compliance, and documentation. The position offers competitive compensation, remote flexibility, and a collaborative team environment.

Requirements

• Proven experience with AWS services (EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, RDS, etc.)
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
• Strong knowledge of cloud security best practices and AWS security tools
• Solid understanding of VPC, routing, subnets, DNS, and load balancing
• Familiarity with identity and access management in multi-account AWS environments
• Experience designing and testing disaster recovery strategies in AWS
• Knowledge of compliance requirements and logging best practices
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational, time-management, and prioritization abilities
• Self-motivated, able to work independently and drive initiatives forward

Responsibilities

• Provision, monitor, and scale EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, CloudFront, etc
• Maintain uptime using CloudWatch alarms, Auto Scaling Groups, and Health Checks
• Use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) to version and deploy infrastructure
• Manage IAM roles, policies, and SCPs (via AWS Organizations)
• Implement security best practices
• MFA for admin users
• Principle of least privilege
• Secrets management (AWS Secrets Manager, Parameter Store)
• Set up and monitor AWS WAF, Shield, GuardDuty, and Macie
• Coordinate regular penetration testing and vulnerability patching
• Configure VPC subnets, peering, routing, NAT gateways, and internet gateways
• Monitor latency and optimize routing using Route 53 geolocation and failover strategies
• Set up private/public subnets for proper service exposure
• Troubleshoot and maintain ALB/NLB load balancers
• Maintain AWS IAM Identity Center
• Set up cross-account role assumptions for developers and admins
• Configure and automate backups for RDS, DynamoDB, and S3 (including versioning and replication)
• Ensure and test disaster recovery plans, including regional failover
• Document and maintain RPO (Recovery Point Objective) and RTO (Recovery Time Objective) metrics
• Maintain audit logs via CloudTrail, AWS Config, and centralized logging systems
• Coordinate with engineering teams on PII tagging, data encryption (at rest and in transit), and retention policies
• Maintain architecture diagrams and infrastructure documentation
• Create and update runbooks for incident response, scaling events, failovers, and security breaches

Preferred Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science or related field
• AWS Solutions Architect Certification

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation : Includes base salary and profit-sharing pool
• Remote Flexibility : Fully remote work, flexible hours, generous PTO and sick leave
• Startup Impact : Small, agile team where your voice matters and you can shape the product and architecture
• Growth & Innovation : Work with a modern tech stack, fast career growth opportunities, and no micromanagement
• Team Culture : Annual company retreat, collaborative and supportive environment