Associate Director, Cloud Engineering - AWS

Our client is seeking an Associate Director, Cloud Engineering (AWS) to be a key player in the Infrastructure Engineering team to manage the systems administration of AWS Cloud environment used for running index applications. This role requires a seasoned engineer who works effectively, both independently as well as collaboratively, in a team environment.

Responsibilities and Impact:

• Administer AWS infrastructure including compute, network and storage resources.
• Provision compute instances in AWS and manage resource utilization.
• Engineer storage solutions, content replication, meet performance requirements.
• Engineer network solutions in AWS and establish connectivity to data centers.
• Develop Linux & Ansible scripts to deploy systems configurations on the Cloud.
• Deploy security patches and upgrades on RedHat Linux Operating Systems.
• Configure core services like DNS, LDAP, syslog, mail etc.
• Deploy RDS/Aurora database instances and coordinate with DBA teams.
• Deploy managed services in AWS for Kinesis, ElasticSearch, API Gateway etc.
• Deploy Machine Learning solutions using AWS SageMaker
• Orchestrate container deployment using ECS, EKS
• Deploy systems monitoring and reporting solutions.
• Recommend hardware and right sizing infrastructure.
• Coordinate implementation of Firewall rules and routing changes.
• Investigate latency issues, network packet drops, system performance issues.
• Address security vulnerabilities in infrastructure.
• Participate in Risk Assessment reviews, audits.
• Implement highly available & fault-tolerant solutions to withstand system failures.
• Maintain network diagrams, systems installation configuration & guides, support procedures and runbook.
• Manage and execute disaster recovery plans, coordinate change control process, obtain approvals.
• Respond to critical production issues and provide immediate workarounds to maintain business continuity.

Qualifications:

• 12 years of relevant work experience desired.
• 4 years in AWS Cloud environment.
• Experience working with cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure, Google)
• Experience in System Administration on RedHat Linux or Unix.
• Experience in setting up virtual machines & provisioning storage.
• Experience in building network solutions.
• Experience working in data centers or deployment of large-scale IT infrastructure.
• Experience in system monitoring using Nagios, Splunk, Datadog or other products.
• Hands-on experience in troubleshooting production issues and meeting critical SLAs.
• Excellent communication skills are essential, with strong verbal and writing proficiencies.