Lead Cloud Engineer

Requirement:

Cloud: (Mandatory):

• Proven technical experience with AWS or Azure, scripting, Migration and automation
• Hands-on knowledge of services and implementation such as Landing Zone, Centralized Networking (AWS Transit Gateway / Azure Virtual WAN), Serverless (AWS Lambda / Azure Functions), EC2 / Virtual Machines, S3 / Blob Storage, VPC / Virtual Network, IAM, SCP/Azure Policies, Monitoring (CloudWatch / Azure Monitor), SecOps, FinOps, etc.
• Experience with migration strategies and tools such as AWS MGN, Database Migration Services, Azure Migrate.
• Experience in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, Ruby, Groovy, Java, JavaScript

Automation (Mandatory):

• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code automation (IaC) and Configuration

Management tools such as:

• Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure ARM, Bicep, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet

CI/CD (Mandatory):

• Hands-on experience in setting up or developing CI/CD pipelines using any of the tools such as (Not Limited To):
• GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline

Containers & Orchestration (Good to have):

• Hands-on experience in provisioning and managing containers and orchestration solutions such as:• Docker & Docker Swarm
• Kubernetes (Private\Public Cloud platforms)
• OpenShift
• Helm Charts

Certification Expectations

1. Cloud: Certification (Mandatory, any of):

• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
• AWS Certified Developer Associate
• Any AWS Professional/Specialty certification(s)

2. Automation: (Optional, any of):

• RedHat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation
• HashiCorp Terraform Certified Associate

3. CI-CD: (Optional)

• GitLab Certified CI/CD Associate
• GitHub Actions Certification

4. Containers & Orchestration (Optional, any of):

• CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator)
• RedHat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration

Responsibilities:

• Lead architecture and design discussions with architects and clients.
• Understanding of technology best practices and AWS frameworks such as Well- Architected Framework”
• Implementing solutions with an emphasis on Cloud Security, Cost Optimization, and automation
• Manage customer engagement and Lead teams to deliver high-quality solutions on time
• Identify work opportunities and collaborate with leadership to grow accounts
• Own project delivery to ensure successful outcomes and positive customer experiences.
• Ability to initiate proactive meetings with Leads and extended teams to highlight any gaps/delays or other challenges.
• Subject Matter Expert in technology.
• Ability to train\mentor the team in functional and technical skills.
• Ability to decide and provide adequate help on the career progression of people.
• Support to the application team – Work with application development teams to design, implement and where necessary, automate infrastructure on cloud platforms
• Continuous improvement - Certain engagements will require you to support and maintain existing cloud environments with an emphasis on continuously innovating through automation and enhancing stability/availability through monitoring and improving the security posture
• Drive internal practice development initiatives to promote growth and innovation within the team.
• Contribute to internal assets such as technical documentation, blogs, and reusable code components.