AWS Cloud Engineer

We are seeking an AWS Cloud Engineer to deliver AWS professional services work and provide end-to-end implementation and operational support for AWS cloud environments. The role includes hands-on configuration, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), incident troubleshooting, root cause analysis, performance tuning, cost optimization, and migration support.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and support AWS cloud infrastructure based on SOW scope and deliverables.
• Configure AWS services (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, etc.) in line with security best practices and compliance.
• Provide troubleshooting and operational support for AWS workloads.
• Optimize performance and cloud costs (rightsizing, scaling strategy, storage optimization, cost controls).
• Support cloud migration and enhancement activities (planning, execution, cutover, stabilization).
• Compute/Scaling: EC2, EBS, Auto Scaling
• Networking: VPC, Transit Gateway, Site-to-Site VPN, Direct Connect (if applicable)
• Storage: S3, EFS, FSx
• Database: RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora
• Security/IAM: IAM roles and policies, permission boundaries, least-privilege access
• Infrastructure as Code: CloudFormation and/or Terraform
• Implement High Availability and Disaster Recovery architectures (multi-AZ / multi-region where required)
• Provide operational support for AWS workloads
• Incident troubleshooting and service restoration within SLA
• Root cause analysis (RCA) and corrective/preventive actions
• Performance tuning and reliability improvements
• Support monitoring and logging solutions : CloudWatch (metrics, alarms, dashboards), Centralized logging (CloudWatch Logs / OpenSearch / ELK or equivalent)
• Assist with backup/restore activities and disaster recovery testing.
• Support environment upgrades and migrations.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in AWS cloud engineering / cloud operations.
• Strong AWS experience in core services: EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS (additional exposure to DynamoDB/Aurora/EFS/FSx is a plus).
• Strong AWS networking skills: routing, security groups, NACLs, VPN connectivity; Transit Gateway preferred.
• Working knowledge of security best practices: least privilege, IAM boundaries, governance controls.
• Experience in production support: incident management, troubleshooting, RCA, performance tuning.
• Hands-on experience with IaC using CloudFormation and/or Terraform.
• Ability to produce clear technical documentation and support runbooks.

Preferred / Advantage:

• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect / SysOps / DevOps – Associate/Professional).
• Experience with CI/CD for IaC deployments (e.g., CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Exposure to cloud migration approaches and operational readiness activities.
• Exposure to containers (ECS/EKS) and/or serverless (Lambda).

Work Arrangement:

• May require on-call / after-hours support depending on project and operational needs.

To apply,simply click the "Apply" button or send your updated profile to [email protected] 

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