Senior Cloud Engineer

<p><u><b>Position Overview</b></u></p><p>Cloud Kinetics is looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer to join our Proserv PoD (Practice on Demand)</p><p>team. In this role, you will be deployed on AWS Professional Services engagements in India,</p><p>working hands-on to build, migrate, and optimise cloud infrastructure for enterprise customers on</p><p>AWS. You will serve as a key technical executor, translating architecture designs into production-</p><p>ready cloud environments with a focus on infrastructure delivery, automation, and operational</p><p>excellence. As a Senior Cloud Engineer within Cloud Kinetics’ Proserv PoD, you will be embedded in AWS ProServ engagements, leading infrastructure build activities, executing cloud migration</p><p>workstreams, and implementing infrastructure-as-code (IaC) frameworks. You will work closely with</p><p>Solutions Architects, Migration Leads, and customer engineering teams to drive technical delivery</p><p>that meets AWS best practices and customer success criteria.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Key Responsibilities</u></b></p><p><b>Infrastructure Build & Provisioning</b></p><ul><li>Design and provision AWS infrastructure components including VPCs, subnets, security groups, EC2 instances, EBS volumes, load balancers, and Auto Scaling groups in alignment with solution architecture designs.</li><li>Implement and manage cloud networking components including Transit Gateway, VPC Peering, Direct Connect, Site-to-Site VPN, Route 53, and CloudFront configurations.</li><li>Build and configure managed services including RDS, Aurora, ElastiCache, S3, EFS, and FSx as part of application and data platform migrations.</li><li> Deploy containerised workloads using Amazon ECS and EKS, configuring cluster infrastructure, node groups, IAM roles, and networking for production-ready environments.</li><li>Collaborate with Solutions Architects to ensure infrastructure implementations match approved</li><li>Design blueprints and AWS Well-Architected best practices.</li></ul><p><b>Cloud Migration Execution</b></p><ul><li>Execute cloud migration activities including server migrations using AWS Application Migration Service (MGN), database migrations using AWS DMS, and storage migrations using AWS DataSync and Transfer Family.</li><li>Perform pre-migration assessments, replication environment setup, test cutovers, and final migration cutover activities with minimal customer downtime.</li><li>Conduct post-migration validation including application health checks, connectivity testing, performance benchmarking, and DNS cutover management.</li><li>Support lift-and-shift, re-platforming, and re-architecting migration patterns across a diverse range of customer workloads and environments.</li><li>Document migration runbooks, cutover plans, and post-migration configuration records for handover to customer operations teams.</li></ul><p><b>Infrastructure-as-Code & Automation</b></p><ul><li> Develop and maintain IaC templates using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and/or AWS CDK to provision and manage cloud infrastructure in a repeatable, version-controlled manner.</li><li>Build automation scripts using Python, Bash, or PowerShell to streamline operational tasks, deployment workflows, and infrastructure lifecycle management.</li><li>Implement CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, or third-party tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI) to automate infrastructure deployment and application release processes.</li><li> Apply GitOps principles and maintain infrastructure repositories with clear branching strategies, peer review processes, and documentation standards.</li></ul><p><b>Monitoring, Security & Compliance</b></p><ul><li>Configure and implement monitoring and observability solutions using Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail, AWS Config, and third-party tools (Datadog, New Relic, Grafana).</li><li>Implement AWS security best practices including IAM roles and policies, SCPs, security groups, NACLs, KMS encryption, Secrets Manager, and GuardDuty.</li><li>Support security and compliance reviews including Well-Architected Framework Security Pillar assessments, CIS benchmarks, and customer-specific compliance requirements.</li><li>Configure AWS Cost Explorer, Budgets, and tagging strategies to enable cost visibility, governance, and optimization across customer environments.</li></ul><p><b>Delivery Collaboration & Documentation</b></p><ul><li>Work within Agile/Scrum delivery frameworks, participating in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives as part of AWS ProServ engagement teams.</li><li>Collaborate closely with Solutions Architects, Project Managers, and customer technical teams to ensure infrastructure delivery aligns with project timelines and milestones.</li><li> Produce technical documentation including infrastructure diagrams, build guides, runbooks, and operational handover documents to support customer knowledge transfer.</li><li>Contribute to the development of reusable accelerators, IaC modules, and delivery templates that improve efficiency across Cloud Kinetics ProServ engagements.</li><li>Proactively identify technical risks and blockers during delivery, escalating to the engagement lead with proposed remediation approaches.</li></ul><p><b>Required Qualifications: </b></p><p><b>Education</b></p><ul><li>• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related</li><li>technical field, or equivalent practical experience.</li></ul><p><b>Experience</b></p><ul><li>4+ years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, or DevOps roles.</li><li> 2+ years of hands-on experience building and managing infrastructure on AWS in production environments.</li><li> Proven experience executing cloud migration projects, including server and database migrations to AWS.</li><li> Demonstrated experience with infrastructure-as-code tooling and configuration management at scale.</li><li>Experience working in professional services, consulting, or managed services delivery environments preferred.</li></ul><p><b>Technical Skills</b></p><ul><li>Strong hands-on proficiency with core AWS services: EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudFormation, EKS/ECS, Lambda, Route 53, CloudFront, and related services.</li><li>Deep experience with AWS migration tooling: Application Migration Service (MGN), Database Migration Service (DMS), DataSync, and Server Migration Service.</li><li>Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools: Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation (AWS CDK a strong plus).</li><li>Scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, and/or PowerShell for operational and deployment workflows.</li><li> Experience with containerisation and orchestration: Docker, Amazon ECS, and/or Amazon EKS.</li><li>Solid understanding of networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, BGP, Direct Connect, load balancing, and CDN.</li><li>Working knowledge of CI/CD tools: AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or equivalent.</li><li>Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools: Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail, and/or third-party APM solutions.</li><li>Understanding of AWS security fundamentals: IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, Security Groups, GuardDuty, and AWS Config.</li></ul><p><b>Certifications</b></p><ul><li>AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (required).</li><li>AWS Certified Developer – Associate or AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (required or in progress).</li><li>AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (preferred).</li></ul><p><br /></p><p><b>Preferred Qualifications</b></p><ul><li>Advanced Cloud & DevSecOps Expertise</li><li>Experience with AWS Landing Zone, AWS Control Tower, and multi-account AWS Organizations environments.</li><li>Hands-on experience with DevSecOps practices including infrastructure security scanning (Checkov, tfsec), SAST/DAST tooling integration, and compliance-as-code frameworks.</li><li>Familiarity with observability-as-code patterns and AIOps tooling for proactive infrastructure management.</li><li>Multi-Cloud & Hybrid Environments . Experience migrating workloads from on-premises VMware, physical servers, or competing</li><li>cloud platforms (Azure, GCP) to AWS. Familiarity with hybrid connectivity patterns including AWS Outposts, VMware Cloud on AWS,and on-premises integration architectures.</li><li>Delivery Tooling & Frameworks: Experience with AWS ProServ delivery methodology, engagement tooling, and artefact standards.</li><li>Familiarity with ITSM frameworks (ITIL) and change management processes relevant to enterprise migration projects.</li> </ul>