Senior Cloud Engineer

Job Description : Sr. Cloud Engineer (AWS)

Location : Noida, (Onsite)

Working Hours : 6 : 00 PM- 3 : 00 AM IST

Job Overview :

We are seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Engineer (AWS) with a strong focus on infrastructure, maintenance, and operations. This role involves managing and optimizing AWS cloud environments, ensuring availability, performance, and security while supporting the organization's continuous operations. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in DevOps practices and cloud infrastructure management, with a focus on incident management, system reliability, and automation.

Key Responsibilities :

1. AWS Cloud Maintenance and Operations :

- Oversee daily operations of AWS environments, ensuring systems are functional, secure, and optimized.

- Perform patch management, backups, and system updates with minimal disruption to services.

- Monitor system performance and usage, addressing issues proactively to minimize downtime.

2. Incident and Problem Management :

- Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues related to AWS infrastructure and applications.

- Act as an escalation point for operational incidents, driving root cause analysis and permanent solutions.

- Develop and maintain incident response and disaster recovery plans.

3. Infrastructure Optimization :

- Continuously evaluate and implement cost-saving measures, such as right-sizing instances and leveraging reserved or spot instances.

- Analyze performance metrics to identify opportunities for improvement in availability and scalability.

4. Automation and DevOps :

- Automate routine operational tasks using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK.

- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments and minimize manual intervention.

- Implement monitoring and alerting solutions using AWS CloudWatch, ELK stack, or similar tools.

5. Security and Compliance :

- Ensure adherence to security best practices, including IAM, VPC configuration, and encryption.

- Conduct regular security audits and remediations to meet compliance standards like SOC 2, HIPAA, or ISO 27001.

6. Collaboration and Documentation :

- Work closely with development, operations, and product teams to support ongoing cloud initiatives.

- Maintain detailed documentation for infrastructure, processes, and incident resolution.

Required Skills and Qualifications :

Experience :

- 5+ years of experience managing AWS cloud environments.

- Proven experience in maintenance, operations, and incident management.

Technical Expertise :

- Strong knowledge of AWS core services : EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront, and Route 53.

- Experience with IaC tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK.

- Proficient in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, or PowerShell).

- Knowledge of containerization tools (Docker, ECS, or EKS).

- Familiarity with DevOps tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or AWS CodePipeline.

Soft Skills :

- Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive mindset.

- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

Preferred Qualifications :

- AWS Certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator).

- Experience with multi-cloud environments.

- Familiarity with tools like Ansible for configuration management

Interpersonal Skills :

- Willingness and acumen to learn and adopt new technologies/enhancements

- Positive attitude towards work and team

- Ability to break complex problems into pieces and approach solutions.

- Ability to accept new challenges in the role.

- Ability to independently work on complex projects related to services with little or no assistance from others.

- Ability to understand the business requirements thoroughly and convert those requirements into proper technical solutions to achieve the required goals.

- Able to identify the gaps in the processes and propose appropriate changes required for improvement.

- Able to identify new opportunities for technological improvements and as well optimally utilize the existing used features