AWS Cloud Engineer

The AWS Cloud Engineer will be responsible for maintaining scalable, secure, and reliable AWS cloud infrastructure. This is a hands-on engineering role requiring deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, cloud networking, and security. The ideal candidate should have strong AWS knowledge and be capable of writing and maintaining Terraform, CloudFormation, and CI/CD pipelines to streamline cloud deployments.

• Implement, and manage highly available AWS cloud environments.
• Maintain VPCs, Subnets, Security Groups, and IAM policies to enforce security best practices.
• Optimize AWS costs using reserved instances, savings plans, and auto-scaling.

• Maintain, and enhance Terraform & CloudFormation templates for cloud provisioning.
• Automate deployment, scaling, and monitoring using AWS-native tools & scripting.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments.

• Enforce best practices in IAM, encryption, and network security.
• Ensure compliance with SOC2, ISO27001, and NIST standards.
• Implement AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, and WAF for threat detection and response.

• Set up AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and logging solutions for proactive monitoring.
• Implement autoscaling, load balancing, and caching strategies for performance optimization.
• Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure issues and conduct root cause analysis.

• Work closely with software engineers, SREs, and DevOps teams to support deployments.
• Maintain GitOps standard processes for cloud infrastructure versioning.
• Support on-call rotation for high-priority cloud incidents.

Basic Qualifications:

• Masters degree and 1 to 3 years of computer science, IT, or related field experience OR
• Bachelors degree and 3 to 5 years of computer science, IT, or related field experience OR
• Diploma and 7 to 9 years of computer science, IT, or related field experience
• Hands-on experience with AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, etc.).
• Expertise in Terraform & CloudFormation for AWS infrastructure automation.
• Strong knowledge of AWS networking (VPC, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, VPN, Route 53).
• Experience with Linux administration, scripting (Python, Bash), and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, etc.).
• Troubleshooting and debugging skills in cloud networking, storage, and security.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and service mesh architectures.
• Knowledge of AWS Lambda and event-driven architectures.
• Familiarity with AWS CDK, Ansible, or Packer for cloud automation.
• Exposure to multi-cloud environments (Azure, GCP).
• Familiarity with HPC, DGX Cloud.

Professional Certifications (preferred):

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or Professional
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional

Soft Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams
• Effective communication and collaboration with multi-functional teams.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, cloud-first environment.

Shift Information: This position is required to be onsite and participate in 24/5 and weekend on call in rotation fashion and may require you to work a later shift. Candidates must be willing and able to work off hours, as required based on business requirements.