Cloud Specialist

Job Description – Cloud Lead

Role: Cloud Lead

Location: Noida, India

Type: Full-time

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Conduct POC and prototyping of Cloud solutions
• Define Integration Design and Security Design for the Web Services and Enterprise component development
• Work on networking and security topics as an AWS cloud administrator
• Work with storage management like AWS-Storage
• Work extensively on AWS-EKS
• Create and manage Docker images
• Perform cloud cost analysis, estimations, and apply best practices
• Manage Kubernetes (k8s) system services and worker nodes
• Work with Database Administration and DBMS
• Create documentation and design documents
• Provide estimates for the requirements
• Engage with the senior architecture group, collaborate with internal technology teams, and contribute to internal initiatives
• Good understanding of Kubernetes API and client libraries (Postgres, Redis, Prometheus, etc.)
• Proficient in Infrastructure as Code concepts

Skills & Experience Required:

• Minimum of 7+ years of relevant experience with hands-on coding and ability to program independently
• Must have AWS Cloud certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional)
• Strong Linux/UNIX experience
• Hands-on experience in Terraform
• Experience in AWS Cloud platforms across a wide range of services
• Experience in implementing AWS Cloud Security
• Experience using Postgres databases (preferred)
• Knowledge of Load Balancing, Auto-Scaling, and Route 53 for traffic management
• Experience with Network Access Control List, VPC peering, AWS CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail
• Ability to design Highly Available and/or Fault-Tolerant Architectures
• Experience with open-source technologies and tools
• Experience designing, developing, and deploying high-scale solutions in Kubernetes
• Understanding of optimized coding for memory consumption, performance, scalability, security, caching, etc.
• Experience with Docker, HELM, and Kubernetes (mandatory)
• Experience working with scripting languages (YAML)
• Experience with stateless/stateful applications deployed on Kubernetes in production environments
• Working experience with AWS and Kubernetes API
• Experience with reporting and analysis tools for cloud platforms
• Experience in developing CI/CD pipelines from scratch

Good to Have:

• Background in Java for API development

Specific Requirements:

• Strong development skills for Kubernetes SaaS applications
• Kubernetes deployment, networking, and persistent storage
• Kubernetes Role-based access control (RBAC), UNIX RBAC, OpenID Connectors, RSA SSL keys, JWT, certificate management
• Node, Pod, and Container runtime hardening
• Knowledge of cloud design patterns for timeouts, delays, transient faults, cascading failures, and SaaS service overload
• Experience with Load Balancing, DNS, and data caching techniques
• Ability to instrument distributed applications for monitoring and troubleshooting
• Manage environments using Terraform – write Terraform code to maintain environment states

Professional Skills:

• Familiar with Agile delivery methodology (backlogs and sprints)
• Proven success in contributing to a team-oriented environment
• Creative and analytical problem-solving ability
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills