AWS Cloud Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

• AWS Infrastructure & Cloud Operations
• Design, deploy, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure using best practices.
• Manage AWS services including EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, ELB/ALB, Auto Scaling, CloudFront.
• Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, security, and scalability of cloud environments.

Automation & DevOps

• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation.
• Automate deployments, configuration, and operational tasks.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline).

Security & Compliance

• Implement AWS security best practices including IAM policies, VPC security, encryption, and access controls.
• Support compliance requirements and security audits.
• Monitor vulnerabilities and apply remediation.

Monitoring & Reliability

• Set up and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting using CloudWatch, CloudTrail, AWS Config.
• Troubleshoot production issues and perform root cause analysis.
• Implement backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity strategies.

Collaboration & Support

• Work closely with application developers, SRE, and platform teams.
• Participate in design reviews, incident management, and on-call support (if applicable).
• Create and maintain documentation, SOPs, and runbooks.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Technical Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services.
• Experience in Linux/Unix system administration.
• Hands-on with Terraform / CloudFormation.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and DevOps workflows.
• Good understanding of networking concepts (VPC, subnets, routing, security groups).
• Experience with Git and version control.

Good to Have

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS).
• Scripting skills in Python, Bash, or Shell.
• Knowledge of serverless architectures (Lambda, API Gateway).
• Exposure to cost optimization and FinOps practices.
• AWS Certifications (Associate/Professional).

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Good communication and collaboration abilities.
• Ownership mindset with attention to detail.

Education

• Bachelors degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.