Cloud Engineer (AWS / Azure)

We are seeking a Cloud Engineer with 3-7 years of relevant experience to support cloud operations, administration, implementation, and migration activities. You will collaborate with technical teams and clients to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable cloud environments while improving infrastructure deployment and maintenance through automation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Operate, administer, and maintain AWS and/or Azure cloud infrastructure.
• Perform daily cloud operations, troubleshoot technical issues, and resolve incidents within agreed service-level agreements (SLAs).
• Support cloud implementation projects and pilots, ensuring deployed configurations align with approved designs and specifications.
• Ensure cloud configurations meet performance, security, scalability, maintainability, reusability, and reliability requirements.
• Participate in VM and database migrations, including migration engagements involving more than 20 VMs or databases.
• Use migration tools such as Azure Migrate and CloudEndure, where required.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration deployment, and maintenance using Terraform, Ansible, or AWS CloudFormation.
• Apply automation-by-default principles to new implementations and ongoing cloud operations.
• Participate in client operational meetings, technical discussions, and implementation planning.
• Identify and contribute to process improvements and cloud environment optimisation.
• Provide technical guidance and troubleshooting support to team members and client accounts.
• Prepare and maintain configuration records, implementation documentation, operational procedures, and incident-resolution documentation.
• Keep technical knowledge and relevant cloud certifications current, and share practical insights with the wider technical team.

Requirements:

• 3-7 years of relevant experience in cloud operations, administration, and implementation.
• Hands-on experience operating and administering AWS and/or Azure environments.
• Experience delivering cloud implementations and supporting technical client engagements.
• Experience migrating more than 20 VMs or databases.
• Hands-on experience using Azure Migrate for VM migrations.
• Familiarity with cloud migration tools, including CloudEndure.
• Practical experience with infrastructure automation using Terraform, Ansible, or AWS CloudFormation.
• Ability to implement cloud configurations that meet security, performance, scalability, and reliability requirements.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and experience resolving incidents within agreed SLAs.
• Ability to prepare clear technical and operational documentation.
• Ability to provide technical guidance and contribute to continuous improvement.
• Relevant cloud certifications should be maintained; AWS certifications are preferred.

To apply,simply click the "Apply" button or send your updated profile to [email protected] 

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Skills

Cloud Technologies, Service Level Agreement Management, Local Legal Requirement, Database Migrations, Cloud Strategy, Scalability, Security, VMS, Service Level Agreement, AWS, Windows Azure platform, System Performance, Cloud Automation, Ansible, Ensuring Design, Deployment