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 :

- 6-8 years of hands-on experience in cloud engineering, with demonstrated ownership of large-scale deployments

- In-depth expertise in at least two major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), with strong working knowledge of the third

- Strong experience in VPC design, hybrid connectivity (VPN, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute), IAM, security architecture

- Proficient with IaC tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK, or similar

- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating cloud infrastructure into software delivery workflows

- Familiarity with cloud-native services (e.g., Lambda, Azure Functions, GCP Cloud Run, Kubernetes, etc.)

- Solid understanding of compliance requirements and implementing guardrails for regulated industries