Zensar Technologies - AWS Engineer

AWS Engineer

Experience : 5+ Years

Employment Type : Full-time

Job Overview :

We are seeking a highly skilled AWS Engineer with at least 8 years of relevant experience, including a minimum of 2 years specifically with AWS Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS). The ideal candidate will possess deep hands-on expertise with a wide range of AWS services, database technologies, and DevOps tools. You will be instrumental in designing, implementing, and managing our cloud-based infrastructure, ensuring scalability, security, and operational excellence. A balance of strong technical and business acumen, along with excellent leadership skills, is essential for this role.

Key Responsibilities :

- Cloud Infrastructure Management : Design, implement, and manage robust, scalable, and secure cloud-based infrastructure primarily on AWS. This includes extensive hands-on work with EC2, ELB, IAM, S3, CloudWatch, Storage Gateway, CloudFormation, and other related AWS services.

- AWS IoT & Data Services : Utilize and manage AWS IoT services for connected solutions and work with data warehousing solutions like Redshift.

- Database Management : Possess strong knowledge and hands-on experience with various Database Management Systems (DBMS) including NoSQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle.

- DevOps & CI/CD : Leverage expertise in DevOps tools, including AWS Code (CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline), to automate continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines.

- Architecture Design : Contribute to and implement event-driven architectures and design robust RESTful APIs.

- System Optimization & Monitoring : Continuously monitor and optimize cloud resources, performance, and costs using tools like CloudWatch, ensuring system reliability and efficiency.

- Collaboration & Leadership : Work closely with cross-functional teams, providing technical leadership and guidance. Translate technical concepts into business-friendly terms and ensure alignment between technical solutions and business objectives.

- Troubleshooting & Problem Solving : Apply an analytical mindset and strong problem-solving abilities to troubleshoot complex issues at various levels (OS, database, network, application).

- Innovation & Learning : Remain flexible and eager to learn and explore new technologies, particularly in Big Data and other emerging tech stacks.

Required Technical Skills :

- 5+ years of hands-on relevant experience in IT infrastructure and cloud engineering.

- 2+ years of hands-on experience specifically in AWS Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings.

- Extensive hands-on experience with core AWS services :

• Compute : EC2, Lambda, ECS/EKS (if applicable)
• Networking : VPC, ELB, Route 53
• Storage : S3, EBS, EFS, Storage Gateway
• Databases : Redshift (data warehousing), experience with RDS (PostgreSQL, Oracle), DynamoDB (NoSQL).
• Security & Identity : IAM, KMS, Security Groups, NACLs.
• Monitoring & Logging : CloudWatch, CloudTrail.
• Infrastructure as Code : CloudFormation (essential), familiarity with Terraform is a plus.
• IoT : AWS IoT Core and related services.