Job Description: Senior Cloud Engineer
Experience: 12+ Years
Role: Senior Cloud Engineer / Cloud Architect
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced Senior Cloud Engineer with 12+ years of IT experience in designing, implementing, automating, and managing scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in AWS or Azure, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), DevOps automation, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, cloud security, and production support.
Key Responsibilities
Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership for cloud engineering initiatives.
Collaborate with architects, developers, DevOps teams, and security teams to deliver cloud solutions.
Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, deployment, and production incidents.
Implement disaster recovery, backup strategies, high availability, and business continuity solutions.
Optimize cloud resource utilization, performance, availability, and costs.
Monitor cloud environments using CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar tools.
Establish cloud security standards, IAM policies, encryption, secrets management, and compliance controls.
Implement cloud networking, including VPC/VNet, subnets, routing, load balancers, VPNs, DNS, and firewalls.
Manage containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and operational tasks using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
Implement CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or GitLab CI/CD.
Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Bicep.
Design, deploy, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
Required Technical Skills
Version Control: Git, GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket
Configuration Management: Ansible, Chef, or Puppet
Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor
Security: IAM, RBAC, Key Vault, Secrets Manager, encryption
Networking: VPC/VNet, DNS, VPN, firewalls, load balancing, routing
Operating Systems: Linux and Windows Server
Scripting: Python, Bash, PowerShell
Containers: Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, or Azure AKS
CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM Templates, or Bicep
Cloud Platforms: AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform)
Preferred Qualifications
Strong troubleshooting, communication, and technical leadership skills.
Relevant AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform certifications.
Experience implementing DevSecOps practices.
Familiarity with FinOps and cloud cost optimization.
Experience with serverless computing and event-driven architectures.
Knowledge of microservices and distributed systems.
Experience with cloud migration and modernization projects.