Associate AWS Cloud Engineer

FlexTrade; Pune District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

FlexTrade Systems, Inc. in Pune, India is seeking an Associate AWS Cloud Engineer with 2–5 years of hands-on experience in Cloud infrastructure, SRE, automation, and containerized technologies.

The ideal candidate should possess solid understanding of AWS, Hybrid Cloud environments, CI/CD methodologies, IaC, Linux administration, monitoring, and Kubernetes-based workloads. The candidate will design, implement, automate, and maintain cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines while ensuring

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of hands-on cloud infrastructure and SRE experience.
• Solid understanding of AWS and hybrid cloud environments.
• Experience with IaC, CI/CD, and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines.
• Ensure high availability, security, and operational excellence.
• Support hybrid connectivity between on-premises and AWS.
• Implement disaster recovery and cost-optimization practices.

Skills

Cloud engineering

AWS services

SRE practices

Linux administration

CI/CD

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Kubernetes

Docker

Ansible

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Job description

FlexTrade Systems is a global leader in high-performance multi-asset execution management and order management systems for equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, futures, and options. A pioneer in the field, FlexTrade is internationally recognized for introducing FlexTRADER®, the world’s first broker-neutral, execution management trading system, which allows clients to completely control and customize their execution workflows through a comprehensive ability to search/access liquidity while maintaining the confidentiality of their trading strategies.

At FlexTrade, we hold our values close to heart, with pride and gratitude, as they guide us in everything that we do. We are dedicated to giving our clients a competitive edge, taking ownership of our responsibilities, being flexible to adapt to an ever-changing environment and technology, bringing integrity to every interaction, and we continue to improve, grow together, and collaborate as one team. All of these, while having Fun, truly make FlexTrade a wonderful place to work.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated Associate AWS Cloud Engineer with 2-5 years of hands-on experience in Cloud infrastructure, SRE Practices, automation, and containerized technologies. The ideal candidate should possess a solid understanding of AWS Cloud, Hybrid Cloud environments, CI/CD methodologies, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Linux administration, monitoring, and Kubernetes-based workloads.

The candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, automating, and maintaining cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines while ensuring high availability, security, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Infrastructure Management

• Provision, configure, and manage AWS cloud environments.

• Design and maintain secure and scalable infrastructure using AWS best practices.

• Support Hybrid Cloud connectivity between on-premises and AWS environments.

• Implement high availability and disaster recovery solutions.

Technical Skills

• AWS Cloud: EC2, ASG, VPC, NLB/ELB, S3, IAM, Control Tower, EKS, ECS, EFS, EBS, RDS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Lambda, SES, and other AWS native services.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform and AWS CloudFormation for infrastructure provisioning and automation.

• Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Podman, Kubernetes (EKS/AKS), Argo CD, Helm, and ECS.

• Operating Systems: RHEL, Amazon Linux, Rocky Linux, and Windows Server administration including patching, hardening, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.

• Configuration Management: Ansible and Puppet for automation and configuration management.

• CI/CD & SRE : Build and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins; understanding of SRE Practices.

• Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, logging, alerting, and observability practices.

• Scripting & Automation: Bash, PowerShell, Python, Go (preferred), and YAML.

• Networking & Security: Understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, Routing, VPN, Load Balancing, Firewalls, IAM, Security Groups, and cloud security fundamentals.

Preferred Certifications

• AWS Cloud Practitioner

• AWS Solutions Architect Associate

Good to Have

• GitLab administration experience.

• Knowledge of Cloud Computing Practices.

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• Exposure to Service Mesh technologies.

• Multi-account AWS environments using Control Tower.

• FinOps and Cost Optimization knowledge.

• Experience with multi-cloud environments.

• Security and Compliance framework exposure.

Key Competencies

• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.

• Good communication and teamwork.

• Ownership mindset and operational excellence.

• Ability to work in Agile/Cloud Ops Environments.

• Continuous learning and adaptability.

**FlexTrade Systems, Inc. does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an authorized agreement for a particular SOW (Statement of Work) in place is hired: such resumes are deemed the sole property of FlexTrade Systems, Inc.**

**FlexTrade Systems, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by law.**