Job Description

Lead AWS Cloud Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Cloud Engineer for our Cloud Operations and Engineering team. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, building, deploying, and supporting highly available systems and solutions on AWS. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in AWS services and hybrid cloud architecture, providing leadership and mentorship to the team members. This role includes designing, implementing, and managing scalable and reliable cloud solutions, and partnering with cross-functional teams to power innovation and growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead cloud initiatives across multiple projects and business units, ensuring scalable and secure architecture.
• Operate in an Agile environment with DevSecOps mindset, utilizing infrastructure as code and related tools.
• Mentor junior team members. Provide leadership for infrastructure projects.
• Design and implement resilient cloud systems, including DR/HA strategies and operational support plans.
• Use CI/CD tools for infrastructure as code – Bamboo, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Git, Nexus, AWS Code Build, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline.
• Build systems with AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS) and cloud databases.
• Ensure availability, configuration, and compliance with AWS management tools like CloudFormation, Autoscaling, CloudWatch, Systems Manager, Config, CloudTrail, Puppet PE.
• Monitor performance against operational metrics.
• Manage security and identity with AWS IAM, KMS, Certificate Manager, Secrets Manager.
• Support AWS analytics solutions in production – AWS EMR, Data Pipeline, RedShift.
• Handle storage and backup in hybrid cloud environments.
• Participate in on-call rotation for 24/7 support of production environments.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor of Science in Technology or equivalent with 7+ years of experience in provisioning and managing infrastructure and Infrastructure as Code.
• 3+ years of expert level experience across a broad range of AWS services. Familiarity with on-premises setup and hybrid cloud architecture.
• Hands-on experience in designing and deploying infrastructure using CloudFormation, Terraform, or other IaC tools.
• Extensive experience with auto-scaling and self-healing within well-architected designs.
• Proficiency in AWS monitoring: including CloudWatch, CloudTrail, S3 access logs, ALB logs, and AWS Config for managing a holistic portfolio of applications across multiple accounts.
• Security & IAM: Expertise in creating and managing IAM roles and security control policies.
• S3: Skilled in creating buckets, policies, lifecycle management, and logging.
• Proficient in Python and administration of Node and Java-based applications.
• Expertise in AWS CLI.

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional) or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or AWS Certified Advanced Network
• Experience with blue-green deployments, canary releases, and other deployment strategies.
• Familiarity with serverless technologies such as AWS Lambda and API Gateway.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical teams.
• Ability to lead people and technical discussions and guide decision-making processes.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive mindset.

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