AWS Cloud Engineer

Job Title: AWS Cloud Engineer
Experience: 5-8 Years
Education: BE/B.Tech / Master's Degree
Job Summary
We are looking for a seasoned AWS Cloud Engineer with 5-8 years of hands-on experience in designing, deploying, managing, and optimizing enterprise-scale AWS cloud environments.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise across core AWS services, Infrastructure as Code, DevOps, containerization, Kubernetes, Linux administration, and cloud migration/modernization. The candidate will play a key role in driving cloud transformation initiatives, establishing cloud governance, optimizing cloud operations, and enabling enterprise adoption of AWS best practices.
Must-Have Skills

1. Strong hands-on experience with the AWS Cloud Platform .
2. Expertise in AWS services including:
   • EC2
   • VPC
   • IAM
   • S3
   • RDS
   • Lambda
   • CloudFront
   • API Gateway
   • Route 53
   • ECS/EKS
   • CloudWatch
3. Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using:
   • Terraform
   • AWS CloudFormation
   • AWS CDK
4. Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix administration .
5. Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps toolchains .
6. Strong expertise in Docker and Kubernetes platforms.
7. Experience with cloud migration, modernization, and transformation projects .
8. Strong scripting experience with Python, Bash, or PowerShell .

Detailed Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and manage enterprise-scale AWS cloud environments .
• Implement and manage AWS services including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFront, Route 53, ECS/EKS, and CloudWatch .
• Develop, maintain, and optimize Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Lead and contribute to AWS cloud migration, modernization, and transformation initiatives for enterprise applications.
• Design and implement secure, scalable, highly available, and cost-optimized AWS architectures.
• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar DevOps tools.
• Implement containerization solutions using Docker and container orchestration using Kubernetes/EKS .
• Manage Linux/Unix-based cloud infrastructure and troubleshoot operating-system and application-level issues.
• Develop automation scripts using Python, Bash, or PowerShell to improve operational efficiency.
• Implement cloud monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational best practices using AWS CloudWatch and related tools.
• Implement AWS security best practices around IAM, networking, access control, encryption, and resource governance .
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, security, and DevOps teams to support cloud adoption.
• Identify opportunities for cloud optimization, automation, scalability, reliability, and cost reduction .
• Troubleshoot complex AWS infrastructure, networking, container, and deployment issues.
• Establish and follow AWS best practices for governance, security, availability, performance, and operational excellence .
• Support enterprise adoption of standardized cloud architecture and DevOps practices.

Top 3 Responsibilities

1. AWS Cloud Expertise - Design, deploy, manage, and optimize enterprise AWS cloud environments.
2. AWS Services - Provide strong hands-on expertise across EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront, API Gateway, Route 53, ECS/EKS, and CloudWatch .
3. Docker & Kubernetes - Design, implement, and manage containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes/EKS .

Preferred Experience

• Experience working on large-scale AWS migration and modernization programs .
• Experience with enterprise cloud governance and security.
• Experience with Terraform and reusable IaC modules.
• Experience with AWS EKS/ECS and production container environments.
• Experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or similar tools.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working in Agile/DevOps environments.