We are looking for a Sr. Cloud Specialist with deep expertise in cloud agnostic services, DevOps practices, and infrastructure automation to lead our cloud transformation initiatives. This role is critical in building and scaling our cloud-native travel platform infrastructure for Musafir, ensuring high availability, security, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities :

- Cloud Architecture & Design : Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and cost-optimized AWS cloud infrastructure supporting microservices architecture and serverless applications.

- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) : Develop and maintain infrastructure automation using Terraform, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation, ymal, and CDK. Implement version-controlled infrastructure templates following best practices.

- CI/CD Pipeline Management : Build, optimize, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using Azure Pipelines, GitHub Actions, and for automated build, test, and deployment workflows.

- Container Orchestration : Manage containerized workloads using Docker, Amazon ECS, EKS (Kubernetes), Lambda, and implement service mesh patterns for microservices communication.

- Serverless Architecture : Design and deploy serverless solutions using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, SQS, SNS, and EventBridge, Apache Pulser, HashiCorp Vault, Consul for event-driven architectures.

- Monitoring & Observability : Implement comprehensive monitoring and alerting using OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, AWS CloudWatch, and Elasticsearch/ELK Stack. Establish SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs.

- Security & Compliance : Implement security best practices including IAM policies, security groups, VPC design, encryption (KMS), secrets management (AWS Secrets Manager), and compliance frameworks (SOC2, PCI-DSS).

- Database Management : Manage and optimize RDS (PostgreSQL), DynamoDB, MongoDB, Redis/ElastiCache, and QLDB for various application needs.

- Performance Optimization : Conduct performance tuning, cost optimization, and capacity planning. Implement auto-scaling, load balancing, and caching strategies.

- Disaster Recovery & Backup : Design and implement backup strategies, disaster recovery plans, and business continuity solutions with defined RTOs and RPOs.

- Collaboration & Mentorship : Work closely with engineering, product, and QA teams to enable DevOps culture. Mentor junior DevOps engineers and conduct knowledge-sharing sessions.

- Incident Management : Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and implement post-mortem learnings to improve system reliability.

Required Qualifications :

- Education : Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline.

- Experience : 8- 12 years of total experience, with at least 5 years in AWS cloud and DevOps roles.

AWS Expertise :

- Deep hands-on experience with AWS core services : EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudFront, Route53, ALB/NLB

- Strong knowledge of AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, SQS, SNS, EventBridge

- Experience with ECS, EKS (Kubernetes), ECR, and container orchestration

- Proficiency in RDS (PostgreSQL), DynamoDB, DocumentDB, ElastiCache (Redis), QLDB

- Understanding of AWS networking, security groups, NACLs, VPC peering, Transit Gateway

- Experience with CloudWatch, X-Ray, CloudTrail, Config, and Systems Manager

DevOps & Automation :

- Strong expertise in Infrastructure as Code : Terraform (required), CloudFormation, or AWS CDK

- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools : Azure Pipelines, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI

- Proficiency in scripting : Python, Bash, PowerShell

- Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible preferred)

Containerization & Orchestration :

- Deep knowledge of Docker, container optimization, multi-cloud containers, and multi-stage builds

- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS) or Amazon ECS/Fargate

- Understanding of Helm charts, service mesh (Istio/App Mesh), and ingress controllers

Monitoring & Observability :

- Experience implementing OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, and Elasticsearch/ELK Stack

- Strong knowledge of distributed tracing, metrics collection, and log aggregation

- Ability to create meaningful dashboards, alerts, and SLO-based monitoring

Security & Compliance :

- Strong understanding of AWS security best practices and compliance frameworks

- Experience with IAM policies, RBAC, secrets management, and encryption strategies

- Knowledge of security scanning tools (SonarCloud, Trivy, AWS Inspector)

Methodologies & Tools :

- Strong command of Git, Git workflows, and branching strategies

- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies

- Familiarity with cost optimization tools (AWS Cost Explorer, Trusted Advisor)

Soft Skills :

- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities

- Strong communication and documentation skills

- Ability to work in fast-paced environments and manage multiple priorities

- Proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues

Preferred Skills :

- AWS Certifications : AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional), AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, or AWS Certified Security Specialty.

- Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments (Azure familiarity is a plus)

- Knowledge of GitOps practices (ArgoCD, FluxCD)

- Experience with chaos engineering and resilience testing

- Familiarity with FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization

- Background in travel, e-commerce, or high-traffic consumer platforms

- Experience with AWS Lambda performance optimization and cold start reduction

- Knowledge of API Gateway patterns, throttling, and usage plans

- Exposure to AWS Well-Architected Framework reviews