Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

About the Team & Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated AWS Cloud Engineer with a strong development background to join our dynamic engineering team. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of designing, implementing, and managing scalable cloud infrastructure solutions on the AWS platform, leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and cutting-edge technologies. The AWS Cloud Engineer will play a pivotal role in driving our cloud initiatives, ensuring the reliability, security, and efficiency of our AWS cloud environments.

How you'll make an impact

• Cloud Infrastructure Design and Implementation: Design and implement robust, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure solutions on the AWS platform, adhering to industry best practices and company standards.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Utilize Terraform to define and manage AWS cloud infrastructure as code, ensuring consistency, repeatability, and traceability across environments.

• Version Control: Manage and maintain version control systems, particularly using Git (github), to ensure codebase integrity and collaboration.

• Cloud Automation: Develop and maintain automation scripts and tools using Python to streamline AWS cloud operations, deployments, and resource management tasks.

• Cloud Monitoring and Optimization: Implement comprehensive monitoring and logging solutions to proactively identify performance bottlenecks, security risks, and cost optimization opportunities within the AWS environment.

• Cloud Security: Enforce security best practices and compliance standards throughout the AWS cloud infrastructure, including access controls, data encryption, and vulnerability management.

• Collaboration: Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including development, operations, and security, to deliver end-to-end AWS cloud solutions.

• Troubleshooting and Incident Response: Provide timely troubleshooting and incident response for AWS cloud-related issues, ensuring minimal downtime and impact on business operations.

• Disaster Recovery Planning: Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans and procedures to ensure business continuity in the event of a disaster or system failure.

• Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for AWS cloud infrastructure, configurations, runbooks, and procedures to ensure knowledge sharing and continuity.

Experience you'll bring

• Hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and managing cloud infrastructure on the AWS platform.

• Proven expertise in using Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

• Strong proficiency in Python scripting for automation and AWS cloud operations tasks.

• Solid understanding of Linux operating systems for cloud deployments.

• Deep understanding of AWS cloud architecture principles, networking concepts, and security best practices.

• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

• Self-motivated and proactive, with a passion for learning and staying up-to-date with the latest Azure cloud technologies.

• Possess AWS Certified Solutions Architector higher.

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of advanced networking concepts and experience with AWS networking services such as VPC.

• Understanding of PKI infrastructure (certificates, encryption keys, and authentication protocols).

• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, Github Actions.

• Experience with logging and monitoring products such as Splunk and Datadog.

• Experience with AWS cloud cost optimization strategies.

Originally posted on Himalayas