Senior Cloud Engineer - AWS

Senior DevOps & Cloud Engineer

About the Role

We're seeking a highly skilled DevOps & AWS Cloud Engineer to design, build, and manage scalable, secure, and cost-efficient infrastructure. This role demands end-to-end ownership of CI/CD pipelines, cloud deployments, observability, and automation to support rapid development and reliable delivery of software. You will work closely with developers, architects, and security teams to ensure seamless service delivery across environments.

Experience

4+ years of hands-on DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering experience.

Proven track record in designing and managing production-grade infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

1. Cloud & Infrastructure Management

Architect, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure using AWS/Azure/GCP services (ECS/EKS, EC2, RDS, S3, VPC, IAM).

Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.

Optimize cloud resources for cost, performance, and scalability.

2. CI/CD & Automation

Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.

Automate builds, tests, deployments, and environment provisioning.

Work with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes) for service delivery.

3. Monitoring, Logging & Observability

Implement centralized logging, monitoring, and alerting using tools like ELK/EFK stack, Grafana, Prometheus, CloudWatch.

Establish SLO/SLI metrics and dashboards to ensure high availability and quick incident response.

4. Security & Compliance

Enforce best practices for network security, access controls, and encryption.

Configure security groups, IAM policies, and vulnerability scanning.

Support compliance requirements (SOC2, ISO, GDPR) where applicable.

5. Collaboration & Reliability

Partner with development teams to ensure smooth integrations and service rollouts.

Troubleshoot and resolve performance bottlenecks and infrastructure incidents.

Support disaster recovery planning, backup strategies, and environment consistency.

Skills & Requirements

Technical Skills

• Cloud Platforms: AWS (ECS/EKS, EC2, Lambda, RDS), Azure, or GCP.
• Automation & IaC: Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
• CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps.
• Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm.
• Monitoring & Logging: ELK/EFK, Grafana, Prometheus, CloudWatch, Datadog.
• Scripting & Programming: Python, Bash, PowerShell, Go (preferred).
• Version Control: Git and branching strategies.

Soft Skills

Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.

Excellent communication and documentation abilities.

Ability to work independently and in cross-functional teams.