Cloud Engineering Practitioner

• Design, build, and maintain cloud and on-premises infrastructure supporting business-critical applications.
• Deploy and manage applications across AWS and on-premises Kubernetes environments.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform and Ansible.
• Develop, optimize, and support GitLab CI/CD pipelines to automate infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, testing, and release processes.
• Configure and manage AWS services including Route 53, Application Load Balancers (ALB), networking, security, and platform integrations.
• Design and maintain secure connectivity between AWS services, Kong Gateway, and on-premises Kubernetes platforms.
• Support application onboarding, deployment, upgrades, and operational readiness across hybrid cloud environments.
• Implement and maintain observability solutions, including monitoring, alerting, logging, and performance tracking.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, platform, networking, and application issues across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Collaborate with development teams to understand application requirements and implement reliable deployment solutions.
• Act as an escalation point for user-reported issues and work closely with users, developers, and platform teams to resolve problems effectively.
• Manage and maintain shared DevOps platforms including GitLab, Nexus, Vault, Harbor, Jenkins, Digital.ai, and other engineering tools.
• Perform regular platform patching, upgrades, vulnerability remediation, and lifecycle management activities.
• Evaluate, learn, and deploy new tools and technologies that support platform engineering and software delivery objectives.
• Create and maintain documentation, operational procedures, and runbooks to support day-to-day operations and knowledge sharing.
• Contribute to improving platform reliability, security, automation, and operational efficiency. 

Essential Skills / Experience

• Strong experience administering and troubleshooting Kubernetes platforms in production environments.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services, including networking, load balancing, DNS, security, and application hosting.
• Strong expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Experience using Ansible for configuration management, automation, and platform provisioning.
• Proven experience designing and maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience supporting hybrid cloud environments that span both AWS and on-premises infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of observability practices, including monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance analysis.
• Experience with API gateways, ingress technologies such as Kong Gateway.
• Good understanding of networking concepts, including DNS, routing, load balancing, TLS certificates, and connectivity troubleshooting.
• Experience managing and supporting DevOps tools such as GitLab, Nexus, Harbor, Vault, Jenkins, and similar platforms.
• Experience performing platform upgrades, patching, and vulnerability remediation activities.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across infrastructure, platform, and application layers.
• Ability to understand end-to-end application architecture and support services throughout the application lifecycle.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with users, developers, architects, and operations teams.
  • Ability to document solutions, operational procedures, and technical designs clearly.