Senior AWS Cloud Engineer
Senior AWS Cloud Engineer
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Job Description
JOB PURPOSE:
Senior AWS Cloud Engineer with deep expertise in AWS managed services and migration complemented by working knowledge of Azure. The role focuses on managing complex AWS environments and executing migration initiatives while maintaining operational excellence and cost optimization.
CERTIFICATIONS:
AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification
AWS DevOps Engineer Professional
AWS Advanced Networking or Security Specialty certification
Azure Fundamentals certification (AZ900
RESPONSIBILITIES (INCLUDES ALL TASKS):
Cloud Operations & Management
Design implement and manage enterprise AWS infrastructure focusing on high availability
Develop and maintain infrastructure standards and best practices documentation
Implement comprehensive monitoring solutions with proactive alerting
Design and implement backup and disaster recovery solutions with proven RPO/RTO
Manage capacity planning and resource optimization across multiple environments
Handle security implementations including compliance requirements (ISO SOC PCI as applicable)
Provide L3 technical support for production issues
Manage cloud costs and implement optimization strategies
Build and maintain infrastructure automation solutions
Participate in 24x7 oncall support rotation
Migration & Transformation
Conduct detailed infrastructure and application assessment for migration planning
Create and execute migration strategies for different types of workloads
Handle complex database migrations with minimal downtime
Implement and manage hybrid cloud connectivity
Ensure application dependency mapping and migration
Execute staged migrations with proper testing and validation
Manage stakeholder communication during migration events
Create and maintain migration runbooks and documentation
Provide postmigration support and optimization
Handle data synchronization and cutover planning
DevOps Implementation
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application deployments
Implement Infrastructure as Code practices using industrystandard tools
Create automated solutions for routine operational tasks
Manage container orchestration platforms for microservices
Implement comprehensive logging and monitoring solutions
Automate security and compliance checks
Support development teams with deployment automation
Maintain deployment documentation and runbooks
Azure Knowledge Requirements
Good Understanding of Azure infrastructure services (Compute Storage Network)
Familiarity with Azure migration tools and methodologies
Experience in hybrid cloud scenarios between AWS and Azure
Understanding of Azure monitoring and management tools
Knowledge of Azure identity and access management
TECHNICAL SKILLS /COMPETENCIES:
AWS Core Services Expertise
Compute & Containers
Amazon EC2 (deep expertise in instance types AMIs user data)
Auto Scaling Groups and Launch Templates
AWS Lambda for automation and serverless operations
EC2 Image Builder for AMI management
AWS Systems Manager for instance management
Storage
Amazon S3 (including lifecycle policies replication)
Amazon EBS (including snapshots encryption)
Amazon EFS and FSx
AWS Storage Gateway
AWS Backup
Networking
Amazon VPC (including subnetting routing security groups)
Transit Gateway and VPC peering
Route 53 (including health checks routing policies)
AWS Direct Connect and SitetoSite VPN
Application and Network Load Balancers
AWS Global Accelerator
Database
Amazon RDS (including MultiAZ Read Replicas)
Amazon Aurora
DynamoDB
ElastiCache
Database Migration Service (DMS)
Security & Identity
AWS IAM (roles policies permissions boundaries)
AWS Organizations and Control Tower
AWS Security Hub and GuardDuty
AWS KMS and CloudHSM
AWS WAF and Shield
AWS Certificate Manager
Monitoring & Management
Amazon CloudWatch (metrics logs events)
AWS CloudTrail
AWS Config
AWS Systems Manager
AWS Service Catalog
AWS Control Tower
Migration Tools Proficiency
AWS Application Migration Service (MGN)
AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
AWS Server Migration Service (SMS)
AWS Application Discovery Service
AWS Migration Hub
AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT)
CloudEndure Migration
Automation & DevOps
Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation and Terraform
AWS CLI and SDK proficiency
Python scripting for AWS automation
PowerShell scripting for Windows workloads
Git for version control
Jenkins/AWS CodePipeline experience
CI/CD & Automation
AWS CodePipeline
AWS CodeBuild
AWS CodeDeploy
AWS CodeArtifact
Jenkins
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI/CD
Terraform and AWS CDK
Ansible
Chef/Puppet
Containerization & Orchestration
Docker and container concepts
Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS)
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
AWS Fargate
Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)
Kubernetes administration
Container security and best practices
Service mesh (AWS App Mesh)
SOFT SKILLS:
Largescale cloud migration projects
Production environment management
Cost optimization initiatives
Security and compliance implementation
Infrastructure automation projects
High availability architecture design
Database migration and management
DevOps transformation initiatives
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
