Cloud Engineer Lead

Senior Cloud Engineer (AWS)

Job Summary

The Senior Cloud Engineer (AWS) will be responsible for developing, maintaining, optimising and supporting the cloud infrastructure that supports Datapel's Warehouse Management System (WMS) and relevant integrations in production. This role will focus on deploying, supporting, and scaling Windows Server environments on AWS, provisioning and managing SQL Server and PostgreSQL databases, migrating customer databases between instances to optimise performance, managing backups and recovery, and ensuring the reliability of hybrid cloud applications including Windows Forms applications delivered via Thinfinity VirtualUI. The successful candidate will have extensive experience in infrastructure automation, production-grade cloud operations, and a focus on performance and reliability.

Primary Responsibilities

Cloud Infrastructure Management and Optimisation

• Deploy, configure, and maintain Windows Server virtual machines within AWS.
• Provision, manage, and optimise performance for SQL Server and PostgreSQL database instances.
• Plan and execute migrations of customer environments and databases across AWS instances and services.
• Support and maintain hybrid cloud environments, as well as web applications and serverless components.
• Ensure high availability for Windows-based applications delivered through Thinfinity VirtualUI.
• Proactively identify and implement cost-saving opportunities across the AWS infrastructure without compromising performance or reliability.

Production Operations and Reliability Engineering :

Application Hosting and Optimisation :

Technical Development and Collaboration :

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Impact of the Role :

This role is vital to ensuring Datapel's WMS platform remains reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient in production. By managing and modernising the cloud infrastructure, the engineer will directly impact customer satisfaction, operational performance, and system resilience.