Senior AWS Engineer

About the job

Skills :

AWS Architecture, Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, Amazon S3, Amazon VPC, Amazon RDS, AWS IAM, Amazon CloudWatch,

Job Description :

RESPONSIBILITIES (INCLUDES ALL TASKS) :

Cloud Operations & Management :

- Design, implement, and manage enterprise AWS infrastructure focusing on high availability

- Develop and maintain infrastructure standards and best practices documentation

- Implement comprehensive monitoring solutions with proactive alerting

- Design and implement backup and disaster recovery solutions with proven RPO/RTO

- Manage capacity planning and resource optimization across multiple environments

- Handle security implementations including compliance requirements (ISO, SOC, PCI as applicable)

- Provide L3 technical support for production issues

- Manage cloud costs and implement optimization strategies

- Build and maintain infrastructure automation solutions

- Participate in 24x7 on-call support rotation

Migration & Transformation

- Conduct detailed infrastructure and application assessment for migration planning

- Create and execute migration strategies for different types of workloads

- Handle complex database migrations with minimal downtime

- Implement and manage hybrid cloud connectivity

- Ensure application dependency mapping and migration

- Execute staged migrations with proper testing and validation

- Manage stakeholder communication during migration events

- Create and maintain migration runbooks and documentation

- Provide post-migration support and optimization

- Handle data synchronization and cutover planning

DevOps Implementation

- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application deployments

- Implement Infrastructure as Code practices using industry-standard tools

- Create automated solutions for routine operational tasks

- Manage container orchestration platforms for microservices

- Implement comprehensive logging and monitoring solutions

- Automate security and compliance checks

- Support development teams with deployment automation

- Maintain deployment documentation and runbooks

Azure Knowledge Requirements

- Good Understanding of Azure infrastructure services (Compute, Storage, Network)

- Familiarity with Azure migration tools and methodologies

- Experience in hybrid cloud scenarios between AWS and Azure

- Understanding of Azure monitoring and management tools

- Knowledge of Azure identity and access management

Technical Skills/Competencies :

Compute & Containers :

- Amazon EC2 (deep expertise in instance types, AMIs, user data)

- Auto Scaling Groups and Launch Templates

- AWS Lambda for automation and serverless operations

- EC2 Image Builder for AMI management

- AWS Systems Manager for instance management

Storage :

- Amazon S3 (including lifecycle policies, replication)

- Amazon EBS (including snapshots, encryption)

- Amazon EFS and FSx

- AWS Storage Gateway

- AWS Backup

Networking :

- Amazon VPC (including subnetting, routing, security groups)

- Transit Gateway and VPC peering

- Route 53 (including health checks, routing policies)

- AWS Direct Connect and Site-to-Site VPN

- Application and Network Load Balancers

- AWS Global Accelerator

Database :

- Amazon RDS (including Multi-AZ, Read Replicas)

- Amazon Aurora

- DynamoDB

- ElastiCache

- Database Migration Service (DMS)

Security & Identity :

- AWS IAM (roles, policies, permissions boundaries)

- AWS Organizations and Control Tower

- AWS Security Hub and GuardDuty

- AWS KMS and CloudHSM

- AWS WAF and Shield

- AWS Certificate Manager

Monitoring & Management :

- Amazon CloudWatch (metrics, logs, events)

- AWS CloudTrail

- AWS Config

- AWS Systems Manager

- AWS Service Catalog

- AWS Control Tower

Migration Tools Proficiency :

- AWS Application Migration Service (MGN)

- AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)

- AWS Server Migration Service (SMS)

- AWS Application Discovery Service

- AWS Migration Hub

- AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT)

- CloudEndure Migration

Automation & DevOps :

- Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation and Terraform

- AWS CLI and SDK proficiency

- Python scripting for AWS automation

- PowerShell scripting for Windows workloads

- Git for version control

- Jenkins/AWS CodePipeline experience

CI/CD & Automation :

- AWS CodePipeline

- AWS CodeBuild

- AWS CodeDeploy

- AWS CodeArtifact

- Jenkins

- GitHub Actions

- GitLab CI/CD

- Terraform and AWS CDK

- Ansible

- Chef/Puppet

Containerization & Orchestration :

- Docker and container concepts

- Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS)

- Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)

- AWS Fargate

- Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)

- Kubernetes administration

- Container security and best practices

- Service mesh (AWS App Mesh)

OPTIONAL :

- Strong problem-solving abilities

- Excellent documentation skills

- Good communication in English

- Time management capabilities

- Ability to work independently

- Quick learning aptitude

- Analytical mindset

Soft Skills :

- Large-scale cloud migration projects

- Production environment management

- Cost optimization initiatives

- Security and compliance implementation

- Infrastructure automation projects

- High availability architecture design

- Database migration and management

- DevOps transformation initiatives

Desired Skills and Experience :

- AWS Architecture, Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, Amazon S3, Amazon VPC, Amazon RDS, AWS IAM, Amazon CloudWatch