Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

About the job

Skills : AWS, Continuous Integration And Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, Amazon Elastic Container Service, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions,

Job Purpose :

Senior AWS Cloud Engineer with deep expertise in AWS managed services and migration, complemented by working knowledge of Azure.

The role focuses on managing complex AWS environments and executing migration initiatives while maintaining operational excellence and cost optimization.

Certifications :

- AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification

- AWS DevOps Engineer Professional

- AWS Advanced Networking or Security Specialty certification

- Azure Fundamentals certification (AZ-900)

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 :

1. AWS Core Services Expertise

2. 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

3. Storage :

- Amazon S3 (including lifecycle policies, replication)

- Amazon EBS (including snapshots, encryption)

- Amazon EFS and FSx

- AWS Storage Gateway

- AWS Backup

4. 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

5. Database :

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

- Amazon Aurora

- DynamoDB

- ElastiCache

- Database Migration Service (DMS)

6. 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

7. Monitoring & Management :

- Amazon CloudWatch (metrics, logs, events)

- AWS CloudTrail

- AWS Config

- AWS Systems Manager

- AWS Service Catalog

- AWS Control Tower

8. 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

9. 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

10. CI/CD & Automation :

- AWS CodePipeline

- AWS CodeBuild

- AWS CodeDeploy

- AWS CodeArtifact

- Jenkins

- GitHub Actions

- GitLab CI/CD

- Terraform and AWS CDK

- Ansible

- Chef/Puppet

11. 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)

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, Continuous Integration And Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, Amazon Elastic Container Service, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions

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