Cloud Engineer

This position is responsible for providing secure, scalable cloud-based solutions. The Cloud Engineer ensures servers and services are configured using industry best practices for reliability and can scale environments based on client needs. You should be patient, possess strong communication skills, and demonstrate a desire to learn new technologies.
Responsibilities
Provide and design secure, scalable solutions in the cloud for client environments
Implement system hardening, security best practices, and configuration management across cloud infrastructure and client servers
Build and manage code release pipelines for development, staging, and production environments
Implement and maintain infrastructure as code
Configure new CloudWatch monitoring alerts and dashboards
Maintain uptime, service reliability, and sustainability of cloud infrastructure and hosted applications
Maintain an accurate inventory of existing server, storage, networking, software/hardware, and virtual environments to support scaling for various project requirements
Help developers and DevOps teams build new services using containers (Docker/Kubernetes)
Identify pain points and bottlenecks in the development lifecycle, and find ways to automate processes to support development and IT teams
Ensure servers and services are configured using standard best practices for reliability and scale based on client needs
Technical Qualifications
Experience working on cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and GCP
Experience in Windows Server, Linux server administration
Experience in Amazon Services like EC2, RDS, Aurora, S3, CloudFront, VPC, ECS, etc
Experience in creating and executing IaC using Terraform and CloudFormation
Experience in setup and configuration of containerization using Docker, ECS, EKS
Good understanding of using monitoring tools like PRTG, Amazon CloudWatch, New Relic, Prometheus and Grafana
Good understanding of networking concepts to help implement new services and troubleshoot issues—DNS, DHCP, software update server, deployment server, file server, firewall, routing, switching
Good knowledge of implementing and configuring continuous integration tools like Jenkins, CodeBuild
Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle and working on platforms like GitHub, GitLab
Knowledge of creating scripts using Bash, Python, PowerShell
Personal Skills
Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a range of stakeholders—from junior developers to executive leadership and clients
Ability to communicate clearly in a client-facing role and respond confidently to client queries
Ability to manage and contribute to multiple projects, including supporting cloud-based solutions across client environments
Ability to identify optimal solutions quickly and apply timely fixes when needed
Ability to remain calm and professional while troubleshooting and resolving support issues
Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, team-oriented environment
Ability to learn new concepts and software tools quickly
Ability to adapt to changing priorities by adjusting tasks and schedules as required
Education and Experience
Bachelor's degree in a computer-related field
Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in cloud engineering or infrastructure roles
Certification in Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900), AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or any interrelated skill will be an added advantage