AWS Cloud Engineer

Job Summary :

Client is looking for AWS Cloud Engineer and this is remote position from India

Responsibilities :

Implement and manage IaaS and PaaS services in cloud platforms. Support / management scope are for core infrastructure services (servers, elastic load balancers, storage, Lambda functions, RDS, etc...)

OS level support of Linux environments, including troubleshooting, responding to platform alerts, and change management (cloud server system admin responsibilities). Primary focus will be Linux, especially Amazon Linux

Proficiency with bash shell scripting used heavily during EC2 instance bootstrap processes to install and configure software is a required skill

Proficiency with Python used within Lambda functions required

Proficiency with Ansible used within AWS System Manager's, State Manager functionality required

Utilization of AWS Systems Manager functionality : Patch Manager, Run Command and State Manager required

Configuring virtual machines and dependent services in fault tolerant configurations (auto-scaling / utilizing load balancing / quick recovery / disaster recovery)

Monitor and respond to CloudWatch alerts

Assist with identifying areas for improved efficiency (automation) and resiliency / health of our cloud services. Assist with identifying areas where we can lower costs

Maintain documentation and standard operating procedures

Participate in team meetings and contribute with cross-team knowledge sharing

Experience :

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems

Linux administrator - 5 years' experience

AWS Cloud- 5 years' experience in infrastructure as code environment

Linux Shell Scripting (bash) - 5 years' experience

Self-driven personality

Desire to learn and develop new skills

Nice to Have :

Python Experience (A plus)

Ansible Experience (A plus)

Container Management System Experience (ECS and / or Kubernetes) (A plus)

AWS certification in System Ops, Solution Architecture, or DevOps a plus

Experience in support of container services (Docker) a plus