Senior AWS Cloud Engineer
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Job Description
Roles & Responsibilities:
AWS Infrastructure Design & Implementation
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Architect, implement, and manage highly available AWS cloud environments.
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Design VPCs, Subnets, Security Groups, and IAM policies to enforce security standard processes.
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Optimize AWS costs using reserved instances, savings plans, and auto-scaling.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Automation
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Develop, maintain, and enhance Terraform & CloudFormation templates for cloud provisioning.
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Automate deployment, scaling, and monitoring using AWS-native tools & scripting.
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Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments.
Cloud Security & Compliance
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Enforce standard processes in IAM, encryption, and network security.
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Ensure compliance with SOC2, ISO27001, and NIST standards.
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Implement AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, and WAF for threat detection and response.
Monitoring & Performance Optimization
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Set up AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and logging solutions for proactive monitoring.
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Implement autoscaling, load balancing, and caching strategies for performance optimization.
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Solve cloud infrastructure issues and conduct root cause analysis.
Collaboration & DevOps Practices
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Work closely with software engineers, SREs, and DevOps teams to support deployments.
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Maintain GitOps standard processes for cloud infrastructure versioning.
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Support on-call rotation for high-priority cloud incidents.
What we expect of you
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Basic Qualifications:
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Master’s degree and 4 to 6 years of experience in computer science, IT, or related field with hands-on cloud experience OR
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Bachelor’s degree and 6 to 8 years of experience in computer science, IT, or related field with hands-on cloud experience OR
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Diploma and 10 to 12 years of experience in computer science, IT, or related field with hands-on cloud experience
Must-Have Skills:
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Deep hands-on experience with AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, etc.).
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Expertise in Terraform & CloudFormation for AWS infrastructure automation.
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Strong knowledge of AWS networking (VPC, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, VPN, Route 53).
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Experience with Linux administration, scripting (Python, Bash), and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, etc.).
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Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills in cloud networking, storage, and security.
Preferred Qualifications:
Good-to-Have Skills:
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Experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and service mesh architectures.
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Knowledge of AWS Lambda and event-driven architectures.
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Familiarity with AWS CDK, Ansible, or Packer for cloud automation.
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Exposure to multi-cloud environments (Azure, GCP).
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Familiarity with HPC, DGX Cloud.