Sr. Cloud DevOps Engineer

Job Summary

Synechron is seeking a highly experienced Sr. Engineer specializing in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and AWS cloud infrastructure to lead the development and management of scalable reliable and secure systems. The successful candidate will oversee the deployment automation and operational health of enterprise applications ensuring high availability and resilience while supporting continuous improvement initiatives. This role offers the opportunity to drive innovation optimize operational processes and influence the technical architecture for mission-critical workloads.

Software Requirements

Required Skills:

• Extensive experience with AWS services such as EC2 Lambda S3 RDS CloudFormation and CloudWatch

• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Bash Python PowerShell or similar languages

• Strong understanding of infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform CloudFormation or similar tools

• Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes)

• Knowledge of configuration management tools such as Ansible or Chef

• Experience with monitoring logging and observability tools like Prometheus Grafana ELK stack or Splunk

• Fundamentals of network security firewalls VPNs and security best practices

Preferred Skills:

• Familiarity with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud architectures

• Experience with automation of deployment pipelines and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools such as Jenkins GitLab CI or Azure DevOps

• Knowledge of cloud security standards (e.g. CIS benchmarks ISO 27001)

• Exposure to serverless technologies like AWS Lambda or Fargate

Overall Responsibilities

• Design implement and operate scalable resilient and secure cloud infrastructure supporting enterprise applications

• Automate deployment configuration and operational workflows to enable continuous delivery and operation

• Monitor system health troubleshoot operational issues and optimize performance across distributed environments

• Lead initiatives in system upgrades migrations and capacity planning to meet evolving business needs

• Collaborate with development security and operations teams to embed best practices and improve system observability

• Conduct vulnerability assessments manage security controls and coordinate regular penetration testing and audits

• Drive incident response root cause analysis and problem management activities

• Develop and maintain infrastructure documentation runbooks and operational standards

• Lead effort in adopting industry best practices for reliability security and automation

Technical Skills (By Category)

Cloud Technologies & Infrastructure:

• Essential: AWS services (EC2 Lambda S3 RDS CloudFormation CloudWatch)

• Preferred: GCP Azure multi-cloud management

Automation & Infrastructure as Code:

• Essential: Terraform CloudFormation Ansible Chef

• Preferred: Cross-stack automation compliance automation tools

Containerization & Orchestration:

• Essential: Docker Kubernetes (k8s) Helm

• Preferred: Istio Service Mesh solutions

Scripting & Programming:

• Essential: Bash Python PowerShell

• Preferred: Automation frameworks scripting for security and compliance tasks

Monitoring & Security:

• Essential: Prometheus Grafana ELK stack CloudWatch

• Preferred: SIEM solutions vulnerability management tools security benchmarks

Experience Requirements

• 7 years of hands-on experience in cloud operations infrastructure automation and site reliability engineering

• Proven track record managing high-availability large-scale cloud environments in enterprise or regulated industries

• Demonstrated expertise in automation scripting and CI/CD pipeline development

• Experience in performing incident and problem management including root cause analysis and remediations

• Strong background with security standards vulnerability mitigation and compliance practices

• Prior experience with financial services infrastructure or banking environments is a plus; equivalent experience in other sectors acceptable

Day-to-Day Activities

• Manage deployment and operational health of cloud infrastructure to ensure high availability and performance

• Automate onboarding scaling and configuration management for cloud resources and applications

• Monitor system performance conduct incident response and execute troubleshooting for outages or performance degradation

• Lead infrastructure buildouts migrations and upgrades with minimal disruption

• Implement security controls manage vulnerabilities and ensure GDPR PCI DSS or other compliance standards are met

• Collaborate closely with development teams on infrastructure requirements security best practices and automation strategies

• Maintain comprehensive documentation runbooks and operational procedures

• Identify opportunities for process automation and system reliability improvements

• Conduct regular reviews of system metrics logs and health dashboards and adjust operations accordingly

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or related field

• Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or equivalent are strongly preferred

• Proven experience in cloud infrastructure automation security and high-availability system management

Professional Competencies

• Strong analytical troubleshooting and incident management skills

• Excellent collaboration and stakeholder communication abilities

• Demonstrated leadership in implementing automation and reliability best practices

• Ability to prioritize tasks effectively and work under tight deadlines

• Continuous learner with a growth mindset and adaptability to evolving technologies

• Proactive in adopting emerging tools and industry standards to improve system resilience and operational efficiency

SYNECHRONS DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiative Same Difference is committed to fostering an inclusive culture promoting equality diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds race ethnicities religion age marital status gender sexual orientations or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements mentoring internal mobility learning and development programs and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to the applicants gender gender identity sexual orientation race ethnicity disabled or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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