Cloud Engineer

Job Description

What you will do for Sectona

Key Responsibilities:

• Cloud Infrastructure Management:
• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructures on AWS.
• Manage compute resources, storage, and networking components in AWS.
• Provision, configure, and monitor EC2 instances, S3 storage, and VPCs.

• Operating System Management:
• Configure and manage Windows and Unix-based VMs (Linux/Ubuntu).
• Perform patch management, security configurations, and system upgrades.
• Ensure high availability and performance of cloud-hosted environments.

• Active Directory Integration:
• Implement and manage Active Directory (AD) services, including AWS Directory Service, within the cloud environment.
• Integrate on-prem AD with AWS using AWS Managed AD or AD Connector.

• Networking:
• Design and manage secure network architectures, including VPCs, subnets, VPNs, and routing configurations.
• Implement network security best practices (firewalls, security groups, NACLs).
• Troubleshoot and resolve network connectivity issues, ensuring optimal network performance.

• Storage Solutions:
• Implement scalable storage solutions using AWS S3, EBS, and Glacier.
• Manage backup and recovery strategies for cloud-hosted environments.

• Database Management:
• Manage relational (RDS, Aurora) and NoSQL (DynamoDB) databases in the cloud.
• Ensure database performance, security, and high availability.

• Load Balancer & Auto-scaling:
• Configure and manage AWS Elastic Load Balancers (ELB) to distribute traffic across instances.
• Implement Auto Scaling policies to ensure elasticity and high availability of applications.

• Performance Tuning:
• Monitor system performance and apply necessary optimizations.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across compute, network, storage, and database layers.

• Security & Compliance:
• Implement security best practices in line with AWS security standards (IAM, encryption, security groups, etc.).
• Regularly audit cloud environments for compliance with internal and external security regulations.

Skills and experience you require

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
• 4+ years of hands-on experience with AWS cloud platforms, including EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, Lambda, and IAM.
• Proficient in managing both Windows and Unix/Linux servers in a cloud environment.
• Strong experience with Active Directory integration in a cloud infrastructure.
• Solid understanding of cloud networking, VPC design, and security groups.
• Knowledge of cloud storage solutions like EBS, S3, and Glacier.
• Experience with cloud-based databases- RDS (MySQL and MS SQL Server).
• Familiarity with load balancing technologies (Elastic Load Balancer) and Auto Scaling in AWS.
• Experience with cloud monitoring tools such as AWS CloudWatch, CloudTrail, or third-party tools.
• Familiarity with cloud services in Azure (e.g., VMs, Azure AD, Azure Storage) and GCP

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