Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure as Code (IaC):
Use Terraform to define, provision, and manage AWS infrastructure resources, ensuring automation, scalability, and repeatability of deployments.
Maintain and improve AWS CloudFormation templates where applicable for infrastructure provisioning.
AWS Cloud Architecture & Management:
Design, deploy, and manage scalable, highly available, and cost-effective infrastructure solutions on AWS, utilizing services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, EKS, and more.
Manage production environments, ensuring optimal performance, security, and cost efficiency.
CI/CD Pipeline Development:
Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and other relevant tools to automate the software build, testing, and deployment processes.
Continuously improve and optimize deployment pipelines for faster and more efficient release cycles.
Containerization & Orchestration:
Leverage Docker to containerize applications and services for seamless deployment.
Orchestrate containerized applications using Kubernetes and Amazon EKS to ensure high availability, scaling, and reliability in production.
Monitoring & Logging:
Implement and maintain logging and monitoring solutions using tools like Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, and other APM (Application Performance Monitoring) tools.
Set up automated alerts and dashboards to ensure proactive monitoring of application and infrastructure performance.
Scripting & Automation:
Develop and maintain scripts in PowerShell and Python to automate tasks such as infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment processes.
Leverage automation tools to reduce manual interventions and increase system reliability and performance.
Production Support:
Provide 24/7 production support for cloud-based and on-premises systems, ensuring minimal downtime and rapid resolution of any incidents or issues.
Implement effective incident response strategies and ensure thorough post-mortem analyses for continuous improvement.
On-Premises & Hybrid Cloud Management:
Manage and optimize on-premises infrastructure, especially in environments utilizing Anthos for hybrid cloud operations.
Ensure smooth integration between on-premises and cloud systems, maintaining high levels of performance and availability.
Collaboration & Documentation:
Work closely with development, QA, and operations teams to design and implement new features, tools, and infrastructure improvements.
Contribute to documentation for infrastructure, deployment processes, and troubleshooting guides.
Security Best Practices:
Implement security best practices for AWS infrastructure, including IAM roles/policies, VPC security, encryption, and access controls.
Ensure compliance with security standards and industry regulations (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, etc.).

Required Skills And Experience

DevOps Experience:
8-12 years of experience in a DevOps or Cloud Engineer role, with extensive experience in AWS cloud environments and infrastructure automation.
AWS Expertise:
Hands-on experience with a wide range of AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, VPC, RDS, IAM, EKS, CloudFormation, etc.
Experience with multi-region deployments and optimizing for high availability and disaster recovery.
Infrastructure Automation:
Extensive experience with Terraform and other IaC tools like AWS CloudFormation.
Strong knowledge of Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or other CI/CD tools for automating deployment pipelines.
Containerization & Orchestration:
Solid experience with Docker for containerizing applications and Kubernetes or Amazon EKS for orchestrating containerized workloads.
Knowledge of Helm for managing Kubernetes deployments is a plus.
Scripting & Programming:
Proficiency in PowerShell and Python for automation, scripting, and cloud management tasks.
Experience with Bash and other scripting languages is also beneficial.
Monitoring & Logging:
Experience with Splunk and other APM and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch for application performance, availability, and infrastructure monitoring.
Production Support:
Experience in supporting production environments, managing incident response, and resolving infrastructure issues in a timely manner.
On-Premises & Hybrid Cloud:
Familiarity with Anthos for managing hybrid environments (on-premises and cloud) and handling workload migrations between cloud and on-premises data centers.
Web Technologies:
Basic understanding of Spring Boot, React, and NodeJS for working closely with development teams on cloud-native applications.
Collaboration & Communication:
Excellent communication skills with the ability to work in cross-functional teams and bridge the gap between development, operations, and business stakeholders.
Ability to document processes and troubleshoot complex issues effectively.

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