Senior Cloud Engineer

Work set-up: 
Full Remote
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Experience: 
Mid-level (2-5 years)
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Offer summary

Qualifications:

Extensive experience in AWS cloud services, with at least 7 years in the field., Active AWS certifications such as AWS DevOps Engineer or Solutions Architect Professional., Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience., Strong knowledge of automation tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible..

Key responsibilities:

  • Design, implement, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure components.
  • Develop and maintain automation scripts and CI/CD pipelines for deployment and testing.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure security, performance, and compliance.
  • Document infrastructure configurations and automation processes.

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Job description

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Position name: Senior Cloud Engineer.

Location: Remote.

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Role Overview:

The AWS Cloud Engineer will be responsible for managing and optimizing our cloud infrastructure, automating deployment processes, and ensuring the seamless integration of new software. This role involves collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, including development, QA, and product management, to ensure consistent delivery of high-quality software solutions. The ideal candidate is a proactive problem solver with extensive experience in AWS cloud services, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, Python scripting, and Ansible configuration management. The AWS Cloud Engineer will also contribute to security and compliance initiatives, helping to identify and mitigate potential vulnerabilities.

Requirements

Responsibilities:

AWS Infrastructure:

  • Design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure using AWS core components such as EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, Lambda, and IAM.
  • Monitor and optimize AWS resources for cost-effectiveness and performance, implementing auto-scaling solutions to handle varying workloads.
  • Configure networking components such as VPCs, subnets, and security groups to ensure secure communication between cloud resources

 

Automation and Configuration Management:

  • Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform for creating, updating, and managing cloud resources.
  • Utilize Ansible for automating configuration management, deploying software packages, and ensuring consistency across servers.
  • Automate server provisioning and application deployment, minimizing manual intervention.
  • Cloud formation template creation

CI/CD Pipelines:

  • Design, build, and manage CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration, testing, and deployment of applications.
  • Collaborate with development teams to integrate automated testing and ensure deployment processes align with project goals.
  • Implement rollback mechanisms for rapid response to deployment failures, ensuring minimal downtime.

Scripting and Tooling:

  • Develop Python scripts for automating repetitive tasks, implementing custom tooling solutions, and integrating monitoring systems.
  • Integrate existing and new tools into workflows to optimize team productivity and streamline development cycles.

Security and Compliance:

  • Ensure that cloud infrastructure and applications adhere to security best practices and compliance standards.
  • Implement monitoring and alerting solutions to proactively identify and address potential vulnerabilities.
  • Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments, applying fixes as needed.

Collaboration and Communication:

  • Work closely with development, QA, and product management teams to resolve issues, deploy new features, and provide support during production releases.
  • Document infrastructure configurations, CI/CD pipelines, and automation processes to facilitate knowledge transfer and onboarding.

Requirements:

 

  • Required experience on AWS 7 years
  • Required active certification AWS DevOps Engineer or AWS Solutions Architect Professional
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Knowledge of enterprise infrastructure solutions, including enterprise directories, on-premises hosting platforms (vSphere/Hyper-V), and datacenter storage and networking.
  • Lead and take part in cloud readiness assessments, workshops, roadmap, and application modernization discussion.
  • Strong experience with data center migrations to AWS, using cloud native tools such as cloud endure / migration hub.
  • Experience with automation (IaC) and configuration management tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation and Ansible.
  • Advanced System Administration experience with Linux (SUSE, CentOS, RedHat).
  • Experience with core AWS platform architecture, including areas such as: Organizations, Account Design, VPC, Subnet, segmentation strategies.
  • Prior experience is a plus in Managed Services for AWS .
  • Knowledge of enterprise infrastructure solutions, including enterprise directories, on-premises hosting platforms (vSphere/Hyper-V), and datacenter storage and networking.
  • Lead and take part in cloud readiness assessments, workshops, roadmap, and application modernization discussion.
  • Strong experience with data center migrations to AWS, using cloud native tools such as cloud endure / migration hub.
  • Knowledge of Advanced System Administration experience with Linux (SUSE, CentOS, RedHat).

Benefits

  • Work from Home set-up  
  • Comprehensive medical benefits  
  •  Gratuity, PF, EPS and Bonus, NPS  
  •  Shift Allowances  
  • On-call Allowance  
  • Health and wellness Allowances  
  • Learning and Development Allowances  
  • No question asked certification policy.  
  • Certification Bounty Bonus 

To know more about us you can visit our website www.protera.com 

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Experience

Level of experience: Mid-level (2-5 years)
Industry :
Information Technology & Services
Spoken language(s):
English
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Other Skills

  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Problem Solving

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