Senior AWS Cloud Engineer - IAC Terraform

About the Role :

In this role, you will own cloud operations, automation, and platform reliability while working closely with DevOps, Security, and Application teams to ensure secure, highly available, and cost-efficient AWS environments.

This is an individual contributor role suited for engineers who enjoy solving real production challenges, improving system reliability, and automating infrastructure at scale.

Key Responsibilities :

Cloud Infrastructure & Operations :

- Ensure platform availability, reliability, and operational stability.

- Maintain secure and scalable cloud architecture aligned with best practices.

- Handle incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.

Infrastructure as Code & Automation :

- Automate operational workflows using Python, AWS Lambda, and Systems Manager.

- Improve deployment efficiency through automation and scripting.

Kubernetes & Container Platform :

- Perform cluster upgrades, scaling, monitoring, and troubleshooting.

- Build and maintain Docker images and manage repositories via Amazon ECR.

Monitoring & Reliability :

- Implement monitoring and alerting using CloudWatch and observability tools.

- Proactively identify performance bottlenecks and system risks.

- Improve system reliability and operational visibility.

Networking & Cost Optimization :

- Support hybrid connectivity and secure network configurations.

- Drive cloud cost optimization through tagging, governance, and usage tracking.

Required Skills & Experience :

Must Have :

- Strong hands-on experience managing AWS production environments:

- EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, ALB, CloudWatch

- Hands-on Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform.

- Experience managing Kubernetes (Amazon EKS) in production.

- Strong AWS networking knowledge (VPC design, routing, connectivity).

- Experience with monitoring, alerts, incident management, and RCA.

- Scripting experience using Python / Bash.

- Ability to independently own and manage cloud operations.

Good to Have :

- Exposure to cloud security best practices.

- Experience in high-scale product or SaaS environments.

- Understanding of microservices architecture.

Why Join :

- High ownership and autonomy in engineering decisions.

- Collaborative engineering culture.

- Opportunity to build scalable cloud platforms using modern DevOps practices.

- Fast-paced product-driven environment.

Ideal Candidate :

- Comfortable working independently in production environments.

- Problem solver who enjoys automation and reliability engineering.

- Strong communicator with cross-team collaboration skills.