Senior Cloud Engineer

Senior Cloud Engineer (AWS + GCP) – Infrastructure Owner & Cost OptimizerLocation: HyderabadType: Full-timeExperience: 3–9 yearsAbout the RoleWe are looking for a hands-on Senior Cloud Engineer who treats cloud infrastructure as a product and owns it end-to-end. You will be single-handedly responsible for architecture, security, cost, reliability, and velocity of everything that runs in AWS and GCP.This is NOT a "ticket-closing" cloud support role. This is an owner-level position where you design, implement, govern, and continuously optimize multi-cloud infrastructure that powers a mission-critical healthcare product processing billions of rupees in claims.What You'll Own- Full ownership of AWS and GCP environments (VPC, Compute, Storage, Networking, Security)- IAM & least-privilege governance at scale (IAM roles, SCPs, Resource Policies, Permission Boundaries, GCP Organization Policies)- Landing zone & multi-account strategy (AWS Organizations + Control Tower or custom, GCP Folders & Projects hierarchy)- Cloud cost optimization & FinOps – target of 25–40 % monthly savings without sacrificing performance (Commit Savings Plans, RIs, Spot, GCP Committed Use Discounts, custom dashboards, alerts)- Billing alarms, budgeting, tagging enforcement, anomaly detection- CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline/CodeBuild, Google Cloud Build, ArgoCD, Terraform Cloud or similar)- Infrastructure as Code – Terraform (must), CloudFormation/CDK bonus- Observability & monitoring (CloudWatch, Prometheus+Grafana, GCP Operations Suite, Datadog/NewRelic welcome)- Security & compliance hardening (GuardDuty, Security Hub, Config, GCP Security Command Center, SCPs, encryption-at-rest & in-transit)- Disaster recovery, backup strategies, and chaos engineering practices- Developer experience – self-service environments, golden paths, internal platform toolsMust-Have Skills & Experience- 3+ years of deep, production-grade experience with AWS and GCP (you've managed both in real projects)- At least one active certification: AWS Solutions Architect Professional or GCP Professional Cloud Architect (preferred); Associate level accepted if experience is very strong- Proven track record of reducing cloud bills by 30 %+ in previous roles (show us the numbers)- Expert-level Terraform (modules, remote state, workspaces, providers)- Strong CI/CD implementation experience (GitHub Actions is a big plus)- Solid scripting (Python/Bash) and Linux systems knowledge- Experience with containers (Docker, ECS, EKS, GKE, Cloud Run)- Excellent communication – you can explain complex billing reports to founders and teach junior devs best practicesNice-to-Have- Experience with FinOps tools (Cloudability, CloudHealth, AWS Cost Explorer advanced features, GCP Billing exports + BigQuery)- CDK or Pulumi experience- Background in healthcare or fintech (extra points)- Contributions to open-source cloud projectsWhy Join Us- True ownership – you are the cloud platform team (for now)- Direct impact on a product that will process >₹10,000 Cr of claims in the next 3 years- Latest tools & unlimited cloud budget for learning/experimentation- ESOPs that can be life-changing- Work with Founders directly- Flat culture, no bureaucracy, ship dailyCompensationBest-in-industry salary + generous equity + full medical coverage for you & familyIf you wake up thinking about Savings Plans vs RIs, get excited when you see a 35 % month-on-month cost drop, and believe cloud should be secure by default and cheap by design we want you.Apply by sending your résumé + a quick note on the biggest cloud cost save you've ever achieved to hr@cardit.in with subject "Senior Cloud Engineer – [Your Name]"(No recruiters or agencies, please)#CloudEngineer #AWS #GCP #DevOps #FinOps #Terraform #InfrastructureAsCode #Hiring #HyderabadJobs #HealthTech