Cloud Engineer (AWS / DevOps / Linux / Kubernetes)

We are looking for an experienced Cloud Engineer to design, implement, support, and optimise cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in AWS, DevOps, Linux administration, VMware, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and enterprise infrastructure operations. This role will be responsible for cloud infrastructure provisioning, automation, deployment support, system monitoring, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and ensuring high availability across both cloud and on-premise environments.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, deploy, and maintain secure, scalable, and highly available infrastructure on AWS

Provision and manage AWS services such as EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, VPC, Route 53, CloudFront, IAM, ALB, and CloudWatch

Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and CloudFormation

Develop, support, and optimise CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and CodePipeline

Manage and support containerised applications using Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, and Helm

Perform daily system health checks, monitoring, incident response, patching, backup validation, and recovery support

Monitor infrastructure and applications using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, CloudTrail, and SNS alerts

Automate operational tasks using Ansible, Bash, and Python

Support cloud migration and modernisation initiatives from on-premise to AWS

Troubleshoot deployment issues, infrastructure incidents, and performance bottlenecks across cloud and hybrid environments

Administer and support Linux systems including Red Hat Linux, Oracle Linux, SUSE Linux, and Solaris

Manage virtualization platforms including VMware ESXi, vCenter, vMotion, HA, DRS, and vSAN

Support enterprise storage and infrastructure environments including SAN/NAS technologies

Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, SOPs, and operational procedures

Participate in on-call support and incident management activities

Requirements:

Minimum 8 to 14 years of relevant experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, Linux/Unix administration, or infrastructure support

Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services

Good experience in Terraform, CloudFormation, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker, and Kubernetes

Strong Linux administration experience across enterprise environments

Good understanding of CI/CD, automation, monitoring, and cloud operations

Experience in VMware virtualization, storage, backup, and disaster recovery support

Proficiency in scripting using Bash and/or Python

Preferred Skills:

Experience with OpenShift, Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (MKE), Chef, and Puppet

Exposure to Oracle VM, Oracle RAC, ASM, and OLVM

Experience supporting AIX, VIO, HACMP, HMC, and IBM Power Systems environments

Knowledge of enterprise storage platforms such as EMC VMAX, VNX, NetApp, Isilon, PowerMax, Oceandisk, Oceanstore, and Dorado

Experience in data centre migration, platform modernisation, and hybrid cloud transformation

Familiarity with ITSM tools such as ServiceNow

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