AWS Operations Engineer

The AWS Operations Engineer is responsible for the development, testing and deployment of custom workflows and scripts within the AWS Cloud infrastructure that can be used for monitoring, compliance, or other routine tasks. An Operations Engineer must be able to build, monitor, and manage the Cloud infrastructure.

·       System Operations: Manage and operate AWS infrastructure on a daily basis, including provisioning and overseeing EC2 instances, configuring networking, managing storage, and setting up databases

·       Monitoring and Performance: Establish monitoring and alerting systems using tools like Amazon CloudWatch to assess metrics, detect performance issues, and optimize resource usage. Manage operational health including logging, inventory, capacity, and billing/tag management.

·       Automation and Deployment: Automate operational tasks and deployments using tools such as AWS CloudFormation and AWS Systems Manager. Build and maintain run-book style automation and orchestration platforms for global, distributed enterprise IT environments.

·       Troubleshooting and Support: Identify and resolve operational issues related to network connectivity, application performance, and AWS services

·       Platform Capabilities: Establish core, shared platform capabilities for automated build and release processes, end-to-end operations, integration of Operations products across "codified patterns", and self-service deployments, alerts, and reporting.

·       Manage and maintain user accounts, roles, and access rights.

·       Design and implement highly available, secure, and cost-effective AWS solutions.

·       Deploy and manage applications, services, and system configurations.

·       Handle routine data center infrastructure operations.

·       Assist with system testing and diagnostics.

·       Support disaster recovery and cybersecurity programs.

·       Implement and maintain regular data backup solutions.

·       Oversee creation and maintenance of virtual machines.

·       Administer and optimize storage solutions.

•       Require 7-9 years of technology experience.

•       At least 3-4 years of experience in AWS Cloud Operations with large multinational organisations.

•       Extensive knowledge of AWS services, including EC2, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, IAM, and CloudFormation

•       Proficiency in automation and scripting languages like PowerShell, Bash, and Python

•       Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and metrics systems

•       Knowledge of security best practices in cloud environments

•       Experience in operating system administration, e.g configuring, managing or troubleshooting systems of scale (cloud, virtualization, distributed networks, co-location)

•       Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

•       Excellent communication and collaboration abilities

•       Previous experience assessing, optimizing, managing, automating enterprise IT service management processes

•       Track record of delivering business and IT processes and understanding of modern application delivery (such as Agile, DevOps, CloudOps, CI\CD Pipelines etc.)

•       Must have AWS Certified Solution Architect certification-Associate; Desirable-Professional