Senior AWS and Azure Cloud Engineer

Pay Range: $46.00hr - $51.00hr

Job Overview:

The organization is seeking a highly skilled Cloud Engineer with strong expertise in AWS and Azure cloud platforms to design, implement, maintain, and optimize cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with cloud services, automation, infrastructure as code, containerization, monitoring tools, and system administration. This role requires excellent troubleshooting abilities, strong collaboration skills, and a proactive approach to improving cloud operations, security, and reliability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor, maintain, and optimize AWS and Azure cloud environments to ensure high availability, performance, and scalability.
• Manage and support AWS services including EC2, S3, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, and related cloud components.
• Administer Azure infrastructure resources including virtual machines, networking, storage, and security services.
• Perform capacity planning and resource optimization to improve performance and control costs.
• Design, implement, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
• Automate operational and administrative tasks using Python, Bash, and PowerShell scripting.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure deployment automation.
• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot containerized workloads using Docker, ECS, and EKS.
• Collaborate with development and DevOps teams to deploy, maintain, and modernize cloud-based applications.
• Ensure application availability, performance, and resilience across environments.
• Implement proactive monitoring and alerting using AWS CloudWatch, Dynatrace, and other observability tools.
• Enforce cloud security best practices including IAM policies, encryption, patch management, and compliance controls.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments and support remediation activities.
• Participate in disaster recovery planning, testing, and backup validation.
• Diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure, networking, and application-related issues.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive measures to minimize recurring incidents.
• Support critical production incidents and provide timely resolution.
• Maintain accurate technical documentation, architecture diagrams, operational procedures, and runbooks.
• Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and training to junior engineers and support teams.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and cloud adoption strategies.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS Cloud Services including EC2, S3, Lambda, VPC, IAM, and CloudWatch.
• Experience managing and supporting Microsoft Azure Infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of Linux and Windows Server Administration.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and deployment automation.
• Hands-on experience with containerization technologies including Docker, Amazon ECS, and Amazon EKS.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools including AWS CloudWatch, Dynatrace, and other enterprise monitoring platforms.
• Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, and PowerShell.
• Good understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, Load Balancing, Routing, VPNs).
• Good understanding of security best practices and cloud governance.
• Good understanding of backup and disaster recovery solutions.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Ability to perform in a fast-paced, production-critical environment.
• Leadership mindset with experience mentoring junior engineers and driving team success.

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional Certification.
• Microsoft Azure Administrator or Azure Solutions Architect Certification.
• Experience with DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale cloud transformation initiatives.
• Knowledge of cloud cost optimization and governance frameworks.

Experience Requirements:

• 5+ years of Infrastructure and System Administration experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on AWS and/or Azure Cloud Engineering experience.
• Experience working within enterprise production environments supporting mission-critical applications.