Cloud DevOps Engineer

Responsibilities:

AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineering:

• Design, provision, maintain, and troubleshoot AWS infrastructure, including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Systems Manager, load balancing, and Auto Scaling.
• Support subnets, routing, security groups, NAT gateways, VPC endpoints, DNS, and connectivity.
• Improve infrastructure reliability, scalability, security, and efficiency; support patching, upgrades, vulnerability remediation, monitoring, and root cause analysis.

Infrastructure as Code and Automation:

• Develop and troubleshoot Terraform configurations, reusable modules, state management, providers, and dependencies.
• Build and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, inventories, and automation workflows; support CloudFormation.
• Automate provisioning and configuration using Python, Bash, and PowerShell; maintain version-controlled engineering standards.

CI/CD Pipeline Engineering:

• Build, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitLab CI.
• Automate builds, testing, security scanning, infrastructure provisioning, and deployments.
• Resolve pipeline failures, authentication and deployment errors; integrate IaC validation and security controls.

Google Cloud Platform Engineering:

• Support GCP infrastructure, automation, networking, compute, IAM, and service accounts.
• Work with Google Artifact Registry (GAR), including repository configuration, validation, troubleshooting, and migration.
• Investigate cloud infrastructure issues, support modernization initiatives, and document technical recommendations.

Networking and Infoblox/IPAM:

• Support Infoblox and IP address management, including subnet planning, allocation, and reservations.
• Troubleshoot DNS, DHCP, IP conflicts, routing, and network connectivity; collaborate with network teams.
• Document network configurations and support architecture reviews and validation.

Linux, Windows, and Container Infrastructure:

• Administer and troubleshoot Linux and Windows systems, including services, performance, patching, and hardening.
• Support Docker, Kubernetes, container deployments, configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Develop scripts to streamline systems administration and operational processes.

Cloud Security and Compliance:

• Implement IAM roles, policies, service accounts, least-privilege controls, and cloud security best practices.
• Investigate misconfigurations and vulnerabilities; integrate security checks into deployment workflows.
• Follow access-control, change-management, audit, and information-security procedures; implement only authorized changes.

Troubleshooting and Incident Management:

• Independently analyze logs, monitoring alerts, infrastructure configurations, and application dependencies.
• Identify root causes, implement approved remediation, and communicate blockers and progress promptly.
• Document incident findings, solutions, and preventive actions.

Technical Documentation and Architecture Support:

• Maintain implementation guides, runbooks, diagrams, infrastructure configurations, and troubleshooting procedures.
• Support architecture reviews, infrastructure assessments, technical design documents, and architecture decision records.
• Provide recommendations for modernization and operational improvements.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree (First Class Honours or Second Class Upper Division / 2:1 minimum) in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• At least 4 years of hands-on Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering experience.
• Strong AWS infrastructure skills and practical Terraform and Ansible experience.
• Experience designing and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines and administering Linux systems.
• Proficiency with Python, Bash, or PowerShell scripting and automation.
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls, cloud networking, and IAM.
• Experience troubleshooting complex infrastructure and deployment issues.
• Familiarity with GCP, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Strong technical documentation, communication, and independent task-management skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, or DevOps Engineer certification.
• Google Cloud or HashiCorp Terraform certification.
• Experience with Google Artifact Registry and Infoblox or enterprise IPAM.
• Experience with AWS CloudFormation and enterprise infrastructure migrations.
• Familiarity with GitOps, Argo CD, and Kubernetes deployment automation.
• Experience in security-conscious or regulated enterprise environments..