Senior AWS Engineer

Location: Bengaluru

Skills:

AWS Architecture, Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, Amazon S3, Amazon VPC, Amazon RDS, AWS IAM, Amazon Cloud Watch,

Job Description

RESPONSIBILITIES (INCLUDES ALL TASKS):

Cloud Operations & Management

Design, implement, and manage enterprise AWS infrastructure focusing on high availability

Develop and maintain infrastructure standards and best practices documentation

Implement comprehensive monitoring solutions with proactive alerting

Design and implement backup and disaster recovery solutions with proven RPO/RTO

Manage capacity planning and resource optimization across multiple environments

Handle security implementations including compliance requirements (ISO, SOC, PCI as applicable)

Provide L3 technical support for production issues

Manage cloud costs and implement optimization strategies

Build and maintain infrastructure automation solutions

Participate in 24x7 on-call support rotation

Migration & Transformation

Conduct detailed infrastructure and application assessment for migration planning

Create and execute migration strategies for different types of workloads

Handle complex database migrations with minimal downtime

Implement and manage hybrid cloud connectivity

Ensure application dependency mapping and migration

Execute staged migrations with proper testing and validation

Manage stakeholder communication during migration events

Create and maintain migration runbooks and documentation

Provide post-migration support and optimization

Handle data synchronization and cutover planning

Dev Ops Implementation

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application deployments

Implement Infrastructure as Code practices using industry-standard tools

Create automated solutions for routine operational tasks

Manage container orchestration platforms for microservices

Implement comprehensive logging and monitoring solutions

Automate security and compliance checks

Support development teams with deployment automation

Maintain deployment documentation and runbooks

Azure Knowledge Requirements

Good Understanding of Azure infrastructure services (Compute, Storage, Network)

Familiarity with Azure migration tools and methodologies

Experience in hybrid cloud scenarios between AWS and Azure

Understanding of Azure monitoring and management tools

Knowledge of Azure identity and access management

Technical Skills /Competencies

MANDATORY

AWS Core Services Expertise

Compute & Containers

Amazon EC2 (deep expertise in instance types, AMIs, user data)
Auto Scaling Groups and Launch Templates
AWS Lambda for automation and serverless operations
EC2 Image Builder for AMI management
AWS Systems Manager for instance management

Storage

Amazon S3 (including lifecycle policies, replication)
Amazon EBS (including snapshots, encryption)
Amazon EFS and FSx
AWS Storage Gateway
AWS Backup

Networking

Amazon VPC (including subnetting, routing, security groups)
Transit Gateway and VPC peering
Route 53 (including health checks, routing policies)
AWS Direct Connect and Site-to-Site VPN
Application and Network Load Balancers
AWS Global Accelerator

Database

Amazon RDS (including Multi-AZ, Read Replicas)
Amazon Aurora
DynamoDB
Elasti Cache
Database Migration Service (DMS)

Security & Identity

AWS IAM (roles, policies, permissions boundaries)
AWS Organizations and Control Tower
AWS Security Hub and Guard Duty
AWS KMS and CloudHSM
AWS WAF and Shield
AWS Certificate Manager

Monitoring & Management

Amazon Cloud Watch (metrics, logs, events)
AWS Cloud Trail
AWS Config
AWS Systems Manager
AWS Service Catalog
AWS Control Tower

Migration Tools Proficiency

AWS Application Migration Service (MGN)
AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
AWS Server Migration Service (SMS)
AWS Application Discovery Service
AWS Migration Hub
AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT)
Cloud Endure Migration

Automation & Dev Ops

Infrastructure as Code using Cloud Formation and Terraform
AWS CLI and SDK proficiency
Python scripting for AWS automation
Power Shell scripting for Windows workloads
Git for version control
Jenkins/AWS Code Pipeline experience

CI/CD & Automation

AWS Code Pipeline
AWS Code Build
AWS Code Deploy
AWS Code Artifact
Jenkins
Git Hub Actions
Git Lab CI/CD
Terraform and AWS CDK
Ansible
Chef/Puppet

Containerization & Orchestration

Docker and container concepts
Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS)
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
AWS Fargate
Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)
Kubernetes administration
Container security and best practices
Service mesh (AWS App Mesh)

OPTIONAL

Strong problem-solving abilities
Excellent documentation skills
Good communication in English
Time management capabilities
Ability to work independently
Quick learning aptitude
Analytical mindset

Soft Skills

MANDATORY

Large-scale cloud migration projects
Production environment management
Cost optimization initiatives
Security and compliance implementation
Infrastructure automation projects
High availability architecture design
Database migration and management
Dev Ops transformation initiatives