AWS Cloud Engineer

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 rotationMigration & 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 planningDevOps 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 runbooksAzure 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: MANDATORY AWS Core Services ExpertiseCompute & ContainersAmazon EC2 (deep expertise in instance types, AMIs, user data)Auto Scaling Groups and Launch TemplatesAWS Lambda for automation and serverless operationsEC2 Image Builder for AMI managementAWS Systems Manager for instance managementStorageAmazon S3 (including lifecycle policies, replication)Amazon EBS (including snapshots, encryption)Amazon EFS and FSxAWS Storage GatewayAWS BackupNetworkingAmazon VPC (including subnetting, routing, security groups)Transit Gateway and VPC peeringRoute 53 (including health checks, routing policies)AWS Direct Connect and Site-to-Site VPNApplication and Network Load BalancersAWS Global AcceleratorDatabaseAmazon RDS (including Multi-AZ, Read Replicas)Amazon AuroraDynamoDBElastiCacheDatabase Migration Service (DMS)Security & IdentityAWS IAM (roles, policies, permissions boundaries)AWS Organizations and Control TowerAWS Security Hub and GuardDutyAWS KMS and CloudHSMAWS WAF and ShieldAWS Certificate ManagerMonitoring & ManagementAmazon CloudWatch (metrics, logs, events)AWS CloudTrailAWS ConfigAWS Systems ManagerAWS Service CatalogAWS Control TowerMigration Tools ProficiencyAWS Application Migration Service (MGN)AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)AWS Server Migration Service (SMS)AWS Application Discovery ServiceAWS Migration HubAWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT)CloudEndure MigrationAutomation & DevOpsInfrastructure as Code using CloudFormation and TerraformAWS CLI and SDK proficiencyPython scripting for AWS automationPowerShell scripting for Windows workloadsGit for version controlJenkins/AWS CodePipeline experienceCI/CD & AutomationAWS CodePipelineAWS CodeBuildAWS CodeDeployAWS CodeArtifactJenkinsGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDTerraform and AWS CDKAnsibleChef/PuppetContainerization & OrchestrationDocker and container conceptsAmazon Elastic Container Service (ECS)Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)AWS FargateAmazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)Kubernetes administrationContainer security and best practicesService mesh (AWS App Mesh) OPTIONALStrong problem-solving abilitiesExcellent documentation skillsGood communication in EnglishTime management capabilitiesAbility to work independentlyQuick learning aptitudeAnalytical mindset SOFT SKILLS: MANDATORY 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