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Key responsibilities include managing AWS cloud infrastructure; automating infrastructure provisioning and operational tasks using Terraform, scripting, programming, and custom automation solutions; building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines; managing Kubernetes-based infrastructure and microservices; implementing monitoring and observability; handling production deployments, incident response, troubleshooting, and Root Cause Analysis (RCA); supporting vulnerability remediation, optimizing cloud costs, and collaborating with Development, QA, Security, and infrastructure teams to improve reliability and meet SLA/SLO targets.\nWhat you will do\nDesign, implement, and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform.\nBuild, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions for secure and automated deployments.\nImplement and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS, ensuring high availability, scalability, cost optimization, and security compliance.\nDesign, deploy, and 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