AWS Infrastructure Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

• The Junior AWS Cloud Engineer will oversee operational support, maintenance, automation, and ongoing enhancement of the enterprise AWS platform.
• This position plays a critical role in ensuring the reliability and stability of cloud services through proactive monitoring, infrastructure management using Terraform, AWS platform administration, and ServiceNow-based change release practices, delivering cloud infrastructure solutions that empower business and application teams to function securely and efficiently.
• Engage in cloud engineering and operations via automation and other techniques to implement platform-related AWS resources, including certificates, keys, storage, compute, network resources, IAM access controls, and operational logging.
• Support the design and deployment of infrastructure for both private and public cloud patterns, including networking connectivity, storage, virtualization, and access control tailored for enterprise AWS environments.
• Provide AWS networking and hybrid connectivity support, including VPCs, subnet routing, firewalls, Direct Connect, VPN, Transit Gateway, and hybrid connectivity solutions that integrate AWS with existing customer networks.
• Utilize Infrastructure as Code and scripting to employ Terraform, Python, AWS CLI SDKs, and enterprise CI/CD tools for automating repeatable platform capabilities and supporting applications across the DevOps landscape.
• Monitor performance metrics and establish key performance indicators to promote success factors for the cloud platform and the broader software portfolio.
• Manage audit requirements, address findings, communicate risks, and support compliance across AWS platform services to ensure risk audit and compliance.
• Implement, support, and test disaster recovery plans for AWS platform services and DevOps tools to ensure disaster recovery readiness.
• Utilize ITIL practices and tools like ServiceNow for change release management, enhancing operational discipline, change control, release quality, and service efficiency.
• Collaborate with business application security, operations, engineering, and architecture teams to deliver secure, resilient, compliant, and cost-effective AWS solutions.

Technical Requirements:

• A minimum of 3 years of AWS public cloud experience, ideally within enterprise or financial services settings.
• Proficiency in AWS technologies, including backup and restore, disaster recovery, networking, security groups, network ACLs, troubleshooting, operational logging, storage, compute, and access control.
• Experience with AWS network architecture, including VPCs, subnets, route tables, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPN connectivity, firewalls, security groups, and cloud security constructs.
• Demonstrated capability in supporting production AWS deployments and operationalizing cloud projects.
• Proven experience with AWS automation and coding tools such as AWS CLI, Terraform, Python SDKs, and CloudFormation where relevant.
• Experience with Terraform deployments using GitLab, GitHub, or similar enterprise CI/CD and SDLC tools.
• Experience collaborating with security operations, engineering, platform, and application teams to deliver comprehensive AWS solutions.
• A minimum of 3 years in managing the enterprise software development lifecycle.
• At least 3 years in software development build, release management, and change incident management.
• 2 years of experience in systems administration.
• Experience in creating and maintaining operational runbooks.
• Involvement in Agile Scrum best practices and methodology.
• Possession of at least one public cloud Associate level certification such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate, or equivalent.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Extensive knowledge and experience in software support or development.
• Experience in banking or financial services.
• Intermediate understanding of industry cloud and AWS concepts and services such as XaaS, IAM, IaaS, serverless, disaster recovery, DevOps, server, storage, and networking.
• Ability to remain flexible, adapt to changing priorities, and work effectively under pressure while maintaining a calm demeanor.
• A self-starter who shows initiative and can operate independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong collaboration skills across organizational disciplines, along with excellent verbal, written, presentation, and technical documentation abilities.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or an AWS specialty certification is preferred.

Preferred Skills:

Technology->Cloud Platform->AWS Networking Services, Technology->Cloud Security->AWS - Infrastructure Security->AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPCs), Technology->Cloud Platform->Terraform, Technology->Cloud Platform->Amazon Web Services DevOps->Amazon CloudFormation