Lead Cloud Engineer

6 years

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Job Description

Role Overview:

We are seeking an experienced AWS Technical Lead to spearhead the design, implementation, and modernization of cloud-native and hybrid solutions as part of a strategic Cloud Transformation Program. The ideal candidate will possess deep

expertise in Amazon Web Services, cloud architecture, automation, and DevOps practices. This role will serve as the technical anchor for project delivery and client success.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the technical design and architecture of cloud-native and hybrid solutions on AWS.
  • Drive end-to-end cloud migration or modernization of applications and services from on-premor other cloud platforms to AWS.
  • Collaborate with cloud architects, developers, infrastructure teams, and

business stakeholders to define AWS adoption and transformation strategies.

  • Provide hands-on leadership in provisioning AWS infrastructure services, including compute, networking, storage, security, and identity.
  • Define and implement best practices for scalability, resiliency, performance tuning, security hardening, and cost optimization on AWS.
  • Design and implement AI/ML-driven applications using AWSAI/ML services, including Amazon SageMaker (ML model development and deployment), Amazon Rekognition, Polly, Lex, Comprehend (for vision, speech, and NLP workloads), Amazon Textract(document text extraction), Bedrock and Titan (for generative AI and foundation models)
  • Collaborate with data scientists and ML engineers to enable intelligent transformation initiatives.
  • Guide CI/CD pipeline setup, infrastructure as code using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or CDK, and implement DevSecOps practices.
  • Lead design/code reviews and provide mentoring to engineers and developers across the cloud team.
  • Ensure AWS solutions comply with enterprise policies, regulatory requirements, and security frameworks (CIS, NIST, etc.).
  • Support UAT, cutover, and go-live activities in collaboration with delivery and operations teams.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across cloud workloads and integrated systems.

Required Skills s Qualifications:

  • 6+ years of overall IT experience, with at least 3–5 years in AWS cloud platform leadership roles.
  • Proven experience in leading cloud transformation or migration programs on AWS.
  • Strong expertise in
  • AWS Compute(EC2, Lambda, ECS,EKS)
  • AWS Storage (S3, EBS, EFS, Glacier)
  • AWS Networking (VPC, Transit Gateway, Route 53, Load Balancers, VPN, WAF, Firewall)
  • AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Secrets Manager, AWS Organizations
  • AWS CloudWatch, CloudTrail, AWS Config, and AWS Backup
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or CDK
  • CI/CD pipeline experience with AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins
  • Lift and shift Migration Tool experience on AWS Application Discovery Service (ADS), AWS MGN (Application Migration Service), and AWS DMS (Database Migration Service)
  • Integrate security controls such as SAST/DAST tools, dependency scanning, and secrets detection into the CI/CD lifecycle.
  • Scripting knowledge in Python, Bash, or PowerShell
  • Familiarity with modern application architectures (microservices, containers, serverless)
  • Understanding of ITIL processes and Agile/Scrum methodologies

Preferred Certifications:

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
  • AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty
  • AWS Certified Security – Specialty

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