Engineer I - DevOps

You Lead the Way. We ve Got Your Back.

At American Express, you ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company s success. Together, we ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world s best customer experience every day. And we ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and lets lead the way together.

We are looking for a skilled DevOps Engineer to help us build, maintain, and streamline our development and production operations. You will play a key role in bridging the gap between development and IT operations by implementing best practices, automating workflows, and ensuring seamless deployments.

Responsibilities
Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable cloud or on-premises infrastructure.
Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automating build, test, and deployment processes.
Monitoring: Implement and manage monitoring, logging, and alerting tools to ensure system reliability and performance.
Collaboration: Work closely with development, QA, and operations teams to align goals and optimize workflows.
Use tools like Ansible, Terraform, or Chef to manage infrastructure as code (IaC).
Ensure infrastructure and applications adhere to security best practices, including vulnerability management.
Diagnose and resolve system and application issues in real time.
Monitor and optimize resource usage to ensure cost efficiency and high availability.
Maintain detailed documentation for processes, tools, and workflows.

Qualifications
Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
Proven experience in DevOps or a related role.
3-5 years of Working proficiency with AWS Cloud
Experience with creating and setting up Github Actions
3 years plus experience working on Kubernetes based Containers Orchestration Platforms - Openshift preferred
2 years plus experience working with Infrastructure as Code Terraform
Working proficiency with programming languages - Node. js, golang preferred
Experience setting up or integration with Observability tools (Includes Monitoring, Logging, Synthetic Tests) like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or Splunk. Datadog preferred
Experience with troubleshooting on public cloud infrastructure ( AWS preferred)
Working Knowledge of Postgresql Databases and Cache Engines
3 years plus Experience with Traffic management and routing - F5 setup experience or working proficiency desired

Preferred Qualifications:
Certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Azure DevOps Engineer, or Kubernetes certifications (CKA/CKAD)
Knowledge of Istio Service mesh is a plus
Experience with microservices architecture.
Strong knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, or PowerShell).
Strong understanding of Linux/Unix systems and networking.
Familiarity with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or Splunk.

Benefits include:

• Competitive base salaries
• Bonus incentives
• Support for financial-well-being and retirement
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
• Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
• Career development and training opportunities