Lead Cloud Engineer

Lead Cloud Engineer

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About Celsior Technologies

Pyramid Consulting

We provide customers with the industry's broadest and most innovative technology portfolio for the data era. As a certified Minority Business Enterprise, we are devoted to inclusive diversity and helping our clients shape the future of their digital products. Our team is focused on delivering high-impact business outcomes through cutting-edge engineering and continuous innovation.

Key Responsibilities

As a Lead Cloud Engineer, you will lead architecture discussions, manage customer engagements, and mentor the engineering team. Your key duties include:

• Architecture & Design:

  Lead architecture and design discussions with architects and clients. Apply best practices and frameworks (e.g., AWS "Well-Architected Framework").

• Implementation:

  Implement solutions with a strong emphasis on Cloud Security, Cost Optimization, and Automation.

• Leadership & Delivery:

  Manage customer engagements and lead teams to deliver high-quality solutions on time. Own project delivery to ensure positive customer experiences.

• Team Management:

  Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME). Train and mentor the team in functional and technical skills, including providing guidance on career progression.

• Proactive Communication:

  Initiate proactive meetings with Leads and extended teams to highlight gaps, delays, or challenges. Identify work opportunities and collaborate with leadership to grow accounts.

• Support & Maintenance:

  Work with application teams to design and automate infrastructure. Support existing cloud environments by innovating through automation, enhancing stability/availability via monitoring, and improving security posture.

• Practice Development:

  Drive internal practice development initiatives to promote growth and innovation within the Celsior engineering team. Contribute to assets such as technical documentation, blogs, and reusable code components.

Technical Requirements

1. Cloud (Mandatory)

• Platforms:

  Proven technical experience with

  AWS

  or

  Azure

  (Migration, Scripting, and Automation).

• Core Services:

  Hands-on knowledge of implementation including Landing Zone, Centralized Networking (AWS Transit Gateway / Azure Virtual WAN), Serverless (Lambda / Azure Functions), EC2/VMs, S3/Blob Storage, VPC/VNet, IAM, and SCP/Azure Policies.

• Operations:

  Experience with Monitoring (CloudWatch / Azure Monitor), SecOps, and FinOps.

• Migration:

  Experience with migration strategies and tools (AWS MGN, Database Migration Services, Azure Migrate).

• Scripting:

  Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, Ruby, Groovy, Java, or JavaScript.

2. Automation (Mandatory)

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC):

  Hands-on experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure ARM, or Bicep.

• Configuration Management:

  Experience with Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.

3. CI/CD (Mandatory)

• Pipeline Development:

  Hands-on experience setting up or developing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or AWS CodePipeline.

4. Containers & Orchestration (Preferred/Good to have)

• Tools:

  Docker & Docker Swarm, Kubernetes (Private/Public Cloud), OpenShift, and Helm Charts.

Certification Requirements

Mandatory (Must have at least one):

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

Optional (Preferred):

• Automation:

  RedHat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation OR HashiCorp Terraform Certified Associate.

• CI/CD:

  GitLab Certified CI/CD Associate OR GitHub Actions Certification.

• Containers:

  CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator) OR RedHat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration.