42Gears Mobility Systems - Senior Cloud Engineer / Lead Engineer

About the Role :

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior or Lead Cloud Engineer to architect, implement, and optimize cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

This role demands hands-on expertise in designing scalable, resilient, secure, and cost-effective solutions for complex enterprise environments.

You will work at the intersection of technology and business, guiding infrastructure decisions that directly impact performance, security, and cost.

As a senior member of our cloud engineering team, you'll take ownership of cloud architecture decisions, guide cross-functional teams, and help shape our long-term cloud strategy while staying ahead of evolving technologies including AI integrations.

Key Responsibilities :

• Design and build scalable, fault-tolerant, and secure infrastructure solutions using AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Develop hybrid and multi-cloud strategies, supporting seamless connectivity and portability across cloud environments.
• Define VPC architectures, subnetting, routing, NATs, firewalls, and other network constructs with high availability.
• Develop and implement IAM policies, RBAC, and least-privilege access controls to ensure secure access to cloud resources.
• Enforce industry-standard security practices including end-to-end encryption, secrets management, and automated policy enforcement.
• Ensure cloud infrastructure complies with relevant security and compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2, etc.
• Conduct risk assessments and vulnerability management across cloud workloads and services.
• Implement end-to-end observability frameworks using tools like CloudWatch, Prometheus, ELK / EFK, OpsSuite, Grafana, etc.
• Define and monitor SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs to maintain high system availability and performance.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks using structured root-cause analysis and distributed tracing.
• Architect and implement failover, backup, disaster recovery, and replication strategies for mission-critical systems.
• Champion Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, AWS CDK, Bicep, or Pulumi for consistency and automation.
• Design automated pipelines for provisioning, patching, and configuration management.
• Continuously analyze cloud spend and recommend cost-saving measures, including right-sizing, instance scheduling, spot instances, and reserved capacity planning.
• Align cloud investments with business goals, forecast future usage trends, and recommend architectural adjustments to reduce TCO.
• Act as a cloud SME and strategic advisor to stakeholders across engineering, security, compliance, and business units.
• Lead cloud governance initiatives by establishing guardrails, naming conventions, tagging standards, and automated policy enforcement.
• Mentor junior engineers and participate in knowledge-sharing sessions to raise cloud maturity across the organization.
• Stay abreast of emerging cloud technologies, AI / ML services, and automation tools.
• Lead POCs (Proof of Concepts) and pilot programs to validate new services or tools.
• Drive a DevSecOps and cloud-native mindset across development and operations teams.

Required Skills & Experience :

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