Job Summary
To be responsible for designing, developing, deploying, and supporting scalable cloud-native applications and database solutions on AWS. The role requires strong hands-on experience across cloud engineering, application development, database administration, DevOps automation, security controls, and production support, while ensuring compliance with enterprise standards and customer delivery expectations.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deploy scalable cloud-native applications, microservices, APIs, and serverless components using AWS services such as Lambda, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, EC2, S3, and related platform capabilities.
- Architect, manage, and optimize relational and NoSQL database platforms including Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora, DynamoDB, and MongoDB, with focus on performance, availability, scalability, and data integrity.
- Lead and support data migration activities from on-premises environments to AWS, ensuring minimum disruption, appropriate rollback planning, and adherence to agreed change management processes.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and configuration using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or equivalent Infrastructure as Code tools.
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using AWS Code Pipeline, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent DevOps tools to improve release reliability and delivery efficiency.
- Monitor application, infrastructure, and database performance using CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, OpenSearch, and other observability tools; identify issues and drive timely remediation.
- Implement cloud security controls using IAM, KMS, WAF, Secrets Manager, VPC security patterns, encryption, logging, and access governance aligned with enterprise compliance requirements.
- Participate in technical design reviews, feasibility assessments, estimation, solution discussions, and risk identification across assigned modules or projects.
- Prepare and share status reports, technical documentation, RCA inputs, and operational updates to minimize delivery risk and support governance reporting.
- Mentor junior team members, promote engineering best practices, improve technical capability, and support productivity improvement across the team.
Skill Requirements
- Programming Languages: Strong hands-on experience in Python, Java, Node.js, Go, or equivalent enterprise development languages.
- AWS Services: Practical experience with EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, VPC, IAM, API Gateway, CloudFormation, ECS/EKS, CloudWatch, and related AWS services.
- Database Engineering: Strong understanding of schema design, indexing, query tuning, backup and recovery, high availability, replication, and performance optimization.
- DevOps and Automation: Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, AWS Code Pipeline, GitHub Actions, Terraform, or AWS CloudFormation.
- Security and Compliance: Knowledge of IAM policies, encryption, secrets management, network security, vulnerability remediation, audit logging, and secure cloud design principles.
- Operational Support: Experience in incident management, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, change implementation, release support, and production readiness activities.
- Ways of Working: Ability to work in Agile delivery models, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and communicate clearly with technical and business stakeholders.
Qualification and Experience
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 5–10 years of relevant experience across cloud engineering, application development, database development, DevOps, or infrastructure operations.
- AWS certification such as AWS Certified Developer – Associate, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer is preferred.
- Experience working in enterprise environments with exposure to ITIL, change management, incident management, and compliance-driven delivery processes will be an advantage.
Other Requirements
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of assigned deliverables.
- Good communication skills with the ability to interact with internal teams, customers, vendors, and senior stakeholders.
- Commitment to quality, process compliance, documentation discipline, and continuous improvement.
- Flexibility to support critical releases, production incidents, and planned maintenance activities as required
