Cloud Engineer-DevOps

A. Job Purpose

The Cloud Engineer–DevOps designs, sets up, and operates scalable cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. This position maintains high availability, security, and automation in development and production environments while working with cross-functional teams to streamline deployment workflows.

B. Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and operate cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP) with IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Manage container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS/EKS).
• Monitor and optimize AWS infrastructure for performance, cost, and security, implementing automated monitoring and alerting systems.
• Analyze manual processes to identify automation opportunities and improve operational efficiency.
• Create and execute scalable continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD,CodePipeline,CodeBuild).
• Streamline build, test, and deployment procedures for various applications and environments.
• Deploy, maintain, and manage AWS production systems, ensuring availability, reliability, security, and scalability.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices using high-level programming languages such as Python, Java, or Node.js.
• Work with relational (e.g., MSSQL, PostgreSQL, RDS) and non-relational (e.g., MongoDB, ElastiCache) databases.
• Collaborate with software developers, designers, product managers, and other stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Debug and resolve technical issues related to DevOps processes, infrastructure, and application performance.
• Identify and address bottlenecks, performance issues, and security vulnerabilities, recommending effective solutions.

C. Qualifications and Work Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience working in Cloud Engineer–DevOps, DevOps or SRE roles or cloud engineering.
• AWS Certified Developer – Associate or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional certification (preferred).
• Hands-on containerization (e.g., Docker, ECS, EKS) and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) experience.
• Proven experience deploying CI/CD pipelines into production environments

D. Essential Skills

Technical

• Excellent skills in cloud services, Infrastructure as Code tools, CI/CD tools, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Advanced scripting (Python/Bash) and automation capabilities.
• Networking, security, and database management knowledge.
• Good troubleshooting and debugging skills in Linux environments.
• Good communication, documentation, and collaboration skills.
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack).

Professional Skills

• Good communication and collaboration skills among technical and non-technical team.
• Capacity to work independently and handle multiple projects at once.
• Strategic understanding of compliance requirements and security best practices

Leadership and mentoring abilities.

Requirements

Must Have Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, ALB/NLB, etc.)
• Expertise in Kubernetes (EKS) – cluster setup, scaling, upgrades, and troubleshooting
• Proficiency in Python scripting/automation (boto3, automation frameworks)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation)
• Strong Linux administration and shell scripting skills
• GitOps (ArgoCD, Flux)
• Monitoring & logging (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, CloudWatch)
• Service mesh (Istio, Linkerd)
• Security best practices (IAM, Secrets Management, Vulnerability Scanning)

Soft Skills

• Problem-solving & troubleshooting ability
• Team collaboration & communication skills
• Good documentation practices

Benefits

• Cutting-edge Technology Exposure – Hands-on with AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), Python automation, and AI-driven DevOps solutions (e.g., AI-based monitoring, auto-healing, and optimization in EKS).
• Career Growth & Certifications – Support for AWS/Kubernetes certifications, training programs, and continuous learning.
• Challenging Projects – Opportunity to design and manage scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud + AI-powered DevOps solutions.
• Collaborative Culture – Work with a skilled team of cloud and DevOps engineers in a knowledge-sharing, growth-oriented environment.
• Job Stability & Recognition – Be part of a fast-growing cloud services company with enterprise clients and next-gen technology adoption.