Cloud Engineer

Cloud Engineer will be a part of the Engineering team and will require a strong knowledge of application monitoring, infrastructure monitoring, automation, maintenance, and Service Reliability Improvements.
Specifically, we are searching for someone who brings fresh ideas, demonstrates a unique and informed viewpoint, and enjoys collaborating with a cross-functional team to develop real-world solutions and positive user experiences at every interaction.

• Proven work experience in designing, deploying and operating mid to large scale public cloud environments.
• Proven work experience in provisioning Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform Enterprise or community edition.
• Proven work experience in writing custom terraform providers/plug-ins with Sentinel Policy as Code
• Proven work experience in containerisation via Docker
• Good to have strong working experience in Virtualisation via Kubernetes (image building, k8s schedule)
• Experience in package, config and deployment management via Helm, Kustomize, ArgoCD.
• Strong knowledge in Github, DevOps (Tekton / GCP Cloud Build is an advantage)
• Should be proficient in scripting and coding, that include traditional languages like Java, Python, GoLang, JS and Node.js.
• Proven working experience in Messaging Middleware - Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, Apache ActiveMQ
• Proven working experience in API gateway, Apigee is an advantage.
• Proven working experience in API development, REST.
• Proven working experience in Sec and IAM, SSL/TLS, OAuth and JWT.
• Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience in Grafana and Prometheus micro libraries.
• Experience in self hosted private / public cloud setup.
• Exposure to Cloud Monitoring and logging.
• Experience with distributed storage technologies like NFS, HDFS, Ceph, S3 as well as dynamic resource management frameworks (Mesos, Kubernetes, Yarn)
• Experience with automation tools should be a priority
• Professional Certification is an advantage
Public Cloud >> GCP is a good to have.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous success in Cloud Engineering, DevSecOps.
• Must have 5+ experience DevSecOPs
• Must have minimum 3+ experience in cloud Engineering

• Design, automate and manage a highly available and scalable cloud deployment that allows development teams to deploy and run their services.
• Collaborating with engineering and Architects teams to evaluate and identify optimal cloud solutions, also leveraging scalability, high-performance and security.
• Modernise existing on-prem solution and improving existing systems.
• Extensively automated deployments and managed applications in GCP.
• Developing and maintaining cloud solutions in accordance with best practices.
• Ensuring efficient functioning of data storage and processing functions in accordance with company security policies and best practices in cloud security.
• Collaborate with Engineering teams to identify optimization strategies, help develop self-healing capabilities
• Designing and architecting middleware solutions that align with the overall system architecture and meet business requirements. This involves selecting the appropriate middleware technologies and patterns for seamless integration.
• Writing code and configuring middleware components to enable communication and data flow between various systems. This includes developing APIs, message queues, and other middleware services.
• Integrating different applications and services using middleware technologies, ensuring they can communicate effectively and exchange data in a standardized manner.
• Identifying and resolving issues related to middleware, such as communication failures, performance bottlenecks, or data inconsistencies.
• Experience in developing a strong observability capabilities
• Identifying, analysing, and resolving infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues.
• Regularly reviewing existing systems and making recommendations for improvements.