Senior Cloud Engineer (AWS)

Job Requisition ID #

25WD89646

Position Overview

We are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer with deep expertise in Amazon Web Services (AWS) to join our engineering team. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure. You will build one-click deployment solutions, manage serverless and containerized applications, and ensure high availability and disaster recovery across environments.

This role is highly technical and requires hands-on experience across a broad spectrum of AWS services, infrastructure as code (IaC), CI/CD, and automation tools. Familiarity with Microsoft Azure is also beneficial for hybrid or multi-cloud strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable and secure AWS infrastructure using services such as Lambda, EC2, ECS, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, API Gateway, CloudFront, etc
• Build and maintain one-click deployment pipelines using AWS SAM, CDK, CloudFormation, or Terraform
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using AWS Code Pipeline, Code Build, GitHub Actions, or similar tools
• Develop and deploy serverless applications using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB
• Write and maintain automation scripts in Python and JavaScript/Node.js
• Design and implement active-passive disaster recovery (DR) strategies across AWS regions
• Set up comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting using AWS CloudWatch, X-Ray, SNS, and third-party tools like Datadog, New Relic, or PagerDuty
• Optimize cost, performance, and security of cloud resources.
• Perform routine infrastructure maintenance, updates, and security patches
• Collaborate with developers to support full application lifecycle from development to production
• Participate in on-call rotations and provide root-cause analysis for incidents
  
  

Minimum Qualification

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in cloud engineering, with 3+ years on AWS
• Strong proficiency in AWS core services, including EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudFormation, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFront, RDS, DynamoDB, and SNS
• Proficient with Infrastructure as Code tools such as AWS SAM, CDK, CloudFormation, or Terraform
• Strong experience in CI/CD pipeline creation and automation.
• Solid scripting and programming skills in Python and JavaScript (Node.js)
• Experience in designing and implementing disaster recovery plans in AWS
• Knowledge of networking, security best practices, and cost optimization in AWS
• Experience with observability tools and designing effective monitoring and alerting systems
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex system issues
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or DevOps Engineer certification
• Experience with containerization (Docker, ECS, EKS) and Kubernetes
• Experience with compliance frameworks like SOC2, HIPAA, or ISO 27001
• Knowledge of other cloud providers (GCP, Azure) is a plus
  
  

Additional Responsibilities (Azure)

• Support hybrid or multi-cloud deployments leveraging Microsoft Azure where needed
• Integrate Azure services such as Azure Functions, Azure App Services, and Azure Storage with AWS-based systems
• Contribute to architecture decisions involving Azure-native tools alongside AWS services
• Knowledge and experience with Microsoft Azure services such as Azure Functions, Azure DevOps, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Azure Monitor
• Ability to design and manage solutions in hybrid or multi-cloud environments
  
  

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