AWS Cloud Engineer _ Forsys inc

Job Summary:

Looking for a highly experienced and self-driven AWS Cloud Operations Engineer. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in AWS services, infrastructure automation, monitoring, incident response, and continuous improvement of cloud operations. This role is critical to ensuring the scalability, reliability, and security of our cloud infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
• Design and implement highly available, fault-tolerant, and secure cloud environments.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment processes.
• Monitor system health, performance, and capacity planning using AWS CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus, or other observability tools.
• Ensure proper incident and problem management including root cause analysis and remediation.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments and updates.
• Manage backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning in AWS.
• Collaborate with development, security, and DevOps teams to optimize system operations.
• Support and enforce security best practices, including IAM policies, encryption, and vulnerability management.
• Stay updated on AWS best practices and new services and recommend improvements.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in Cloud Operations with a strong focus on AWS.
• Hands-on experience with core AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudFront, and Route53.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK.
• Strong scripting skills in Bash, Python, or PowerShell.
• Deep understanding of networking concepts, security groups, NACLs, load balancers, DNS, etc.
• Experience with monitoring and alerting tools such as CloudWatch, Datadog, Grafana, or ELK Stack.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, or CircleCI.
• Solid understanding of security best practices and compliance (e.g., HIPAA, SOC2, ISO).

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS Certifications (e.g., AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, ECS, EKS, or Kubernetes).
• Experience with incident management tools like PagerDuty, OpsGenie, or ServiceNow.