Gain - Central It - Cloud Administrator

Job Title Cloud Administrator Location Mumbai Reports to IT Operations Manager Direct Reports N A Primary Purpose To ensure the effective administration performance and availability of the organisation s cloud infrastructure and services The Cloud Administrator is responsible for managing securing and optimising cloud-based systems across multiple platforms e g AWS Azure GCP ensuring compliance reliability and scalability in line with business needs Main Responsibilities Cloud Infrastructure Management Manage the deployment configuration and maintenance of cloud resources including virtual machines databases networks and storage Monitor and maintain cloud environments to ensure optimal performance cost efficiency and scalability Implement and maintain backup and disaster recovery strategies across all cloud systems Security and Compliance Implement and enforce cloud security policies access controls and identity management using IAM tools Conduct regular security audits and ensure compliance with internal policies and industry standards e g ISO 27001 GDPR Collaborate with Information Security teams to manage encryption data protection and security incident response Automation and Optimisation Leverage automation tools e g Terraform Ansible CloudFormation to streamline deployment configuration and maintenance processes Monitor cloud usage and spending identifying opportunities for optimisation and cost reduction Maintain documentation and version control for all cloud configurations and infrastructure as code IaC artefacts Monitoring and Troubleshooting Configure and manage cloud monitoring tools e g CloudWatch Azure Monitor or equivalent Proactively identify and resolve performance connectivity or configuration issues Establish alerting mechanisms and incident management workflows for cloud operations Collaboration and Support Work closely with IT Operations DevOps and Application Development teams to support infrastructure needs Provide technical support guidance and training to internal teams on cloud technologies and best practices Assist in cloud project planning and the continuous improvement of cloud operations processes Process Quality and Information Security Manage your own workloads and ensure all committed work is completed within the iteration as per the item s definition of done Ensure all Work Items have appropriate test coverage and that it is integrated into the release process Provide expertise for the team to achieve a higher level of test and code deployment automation Attend CAB meetings as necessary and follow Gain s Change and Release process for Deployments Adopt and enhance CI CD processes tooling for automated deployments of both infrastructure and applications Adhere to all Information Security policies as necessary implementing security by design in all developments Collaborate with the development and software support teams to communicate infrastructure requirements Professional skills experience Strong experience with public cloud platforms AWS Azure GCP Knowledge of networking storage and virtualisation concepts Experience with Infrastructure as Code Terraform CloudFormation and automation tools Familiarity with monitoring and logging solutions Datadog Prometheus CloudWatch Experience managing cloud security configurations IAM policies and compliance standards Scripting experience Python Bash or PowerShell desirable Understanding of containerisation and orchestration Docker Kubernetes preferred Personal Qualities Problem solver Great with people can build trust and rapport across the entire organization Good communicator with clients and internally Team Player commitment and flexible Ability to prioritise and quickly resolve issues Attention to detail