Cloud Engineer I

Location:

Pune

Experience:

3+ Years

Employment Type:

Full-time

About The Role

We are seeking a skilled

Cloud Engineer I

with hands-on experience in AWS services and cloud infrastructure management. The ideal candidate will have practical exposure to compute, networking, storage, database, monitoring, and security components within AWS, along with a strong understanding of cloud best practices and troubleshooting methodologies.

Key Responsibilities

EC2 Management:

Provision, configure, and maintain EC2 instances; optimize performance and cost.

Load Balancer Setup:

Configure and manage Application/Network Load Balancers for scalable and resilient architectures.

Networking:

Implement and troubleshoot cross-account VPC connectivity, security groups, NACLs, Transit Gateway, and routing.

Redis:

Deploy and maintain Redis clusters (Elasticache), ensuring high availability and performance.

RDS:

Manage RDS instances for backup, performance tuning, security, and maintenance.

S3:

Configure storage buckets, lifecycle policies, versioning, replication, and security controls.

CloudWatch:

Develop monitoring dashboards, alarms, log groups, and event-based triggers.

SFTP:

Configure and maintain AWS Transfer Family for SFTP usage, user access, and automation.

Alerts & Automation:

Create automated alerting solutions using CloudWatch, Lambda, SNS, and EventBridge.

Savings Plan Evaluation:

Analyze usage patterns and provide recommendations for cost-efficient AWS Savings Plans.

AWS EKS:

Support EKS cluster operations, perform basic troubleshooting, and manage deployments.

VPC & Subnet Configuration:

Design and configure VPCs, subnets (public/private), NAT gateways, and peering.

WAF Implementation:

Configure AWS WAF rules for application security, bot control, and threat prevention.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Minimum

3 years of hands-on experience

in AWS cloud services.Strong understanding of cloud networking concepts and cross-account architectures.Practical experience with infrastructure monitoring, cost optimization, and automation.Familiarity with container orchestration (EKS) and Kubernetes basics.Ability to troubleshoot distributed systems, network connectivity, and performance issues.Good scripting skills (Bash/Python) — added advantage.AWS certification (e.g.,

AWS Solutions Architect Associate

,

Developer Associate

) is a plus.

Soft Skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.Good communication and documentation skills.Proactive, detail-oriented, and eager to learn emerging cloud technologies.