AWS Platform Engineering - Senior Associate

State Street Corporation; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street Corporation is seeking an AWS Platform Operations SRE to support cloud-native platform operations. The role emphasizes AWS foundations, Terraform and Harness, incident and change management, and a strong focus on observability and cost optimization.

The ideal candidate will bring hands-on experience across core IaaS/PAAS, automation, and DevOps practices, with a proactive mindset to reduce toil and improve uptime in a fast-paced financial services environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• 3+ years IT experience in a hands-on role with 2-3 years supporting AWS environments.
• Understanding of Agile and DevOps with Azure IAAS/PAAS/SAAS and cloud native patterns.
• Certifications in infrastructure or DevOps preferred.
• Hands-on experience with core IaaS: Compute/Storage/Networking; Azure PaaS services like AKS; Big Data tools.
• Programming/scripting in Shell, Python, Java.

Responsibilities

• Proficient in AWS platform foundations and services.
• Proficient in Terraform and Harness for incident, change and problem management.
• Develop solutions to reduce MTTR and increase uptime.
• Continuous monitoring and observability enhancements.
• Design and maintain patch management.
• Release management to pre-prod and prod environments.
• Participate in DR activities with applications.
• Standardize metrics and reporting.
• Identify cost optimization opportunities.
• Maintain operations-as-code practices.

Skills

SRE Operations

AWS Foundations

Automation mindset

DevOps principles

Observability

Cost optimization

Toil reduction

Infrastructure as Code

Communication

Team player

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Harness

Job description

Who we are looking for

A key member of the AWS c loud native team to support State Street's AWS cloud native Platform operations. We are looking for an AWS focused agile and devOps SRE engineer. The ideal candidate would be well versed with AWS foundational aspects along with service enablement, Infrastructure as Code/, operations as code via Terraform and harness.

What you will be responsible for

• As an AWS Platform Operations SRE engineer Proficient in AWS platform foundations and services.
• Proficient in terraform and Harness Incident, change and problem management.
• (ITSM) Devise solutions and methodologies to reduce MTTRs and increase uptime.
• Continuous Monitoring and observability refinements and enhancements.
• Design and maintain Patch management solution.
• Release management function to pre-prod and production environments.
• Participate in regular DR activities along with applications.
• Standardize and maintain metrics and reporting.
• Continuous vigilance for cost optimization opportunities.
• Show back / chargeback reporting.
• Maintain operations as code practices.

What we value

• Solid SRE Operations experience in AWS environment.
• Automation focused and engineering mind set.
• Mindset to reduce toil via operations as code and reduce manual intervention.
• Strong understanding of cloud native design patterns and DevOps principles (Infrastructure as Code)
• Openness and ability to learn new skills and technologies in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-motivated and passionate individual Team player; Ability to effectively communicate ideas and escalat issues across teams in a timely manner.

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in any Engineering discipline
• 3+ years of IT experience in a hands-on role with 2-3 years of experience in supporting AWS environments.
• Understanding of Agile and DevOPs Deep understanding of Microsoft Azure IAAS, PAAS and SAAS solutions along with cloud native design patterns and DevOps principles (Infrastructure as Code)
• Appropriate certifications are strongly preferred, demonstrating an understanding of core infrastructure concepts as well as data and/or DevOps principles.
• Deep understanding of cloud computing technologies with demonstrated hands-on experience in one or more of the following domains: Core IaaS: Compute, Storage, Networking, High Availability
• Azure PaaS Services : Azure Kubernetes Service, Event Hub etc.
• Data Platform and Bigdata: SQL Server, Azure SQL DB, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Data Factory / Data Bricks
• Strong programming and scripting background in languages such as shell scripts, python, Java etc.
• Experience in designing, coding and deploying Terraform templates / modules with Harness.
• Handling critical issues and timely remediations in high pressure situations.
• Ability to develop and document deliverables compliant with established company design control and regulatory statutes.
• Automated testing tools experience would be preferred.
• Service Now.
• Splunk, Grafana knowledge would be preferred.
• Working proficiency and communication skills in verbal and written English.
• Knowledge of OS (windows / Linux) would be preferred.
• Financial services or regulated industry experience a huge plus.

Why this role is important to us

Our technology function, Global Technology Services (GTS), is vital to State Street and is the key enabler for our business to deliver data and insights to our clients. We're driving the company's digital transformation and expanding business capabilities using industry best practices and advanced technologies such as cloud, artificial intelligence and robotics process automation. We offer a collaborative environment where technology skills and innovation are valued in a global organization. We're looking for top technical talent to join our team and deliver creative technology solutions that help us become an end-to-end, next-generation financial services company. Join us if you want to grow your technical skills, solve real problems and make your mark on our industry.

About State Street

State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation, we're making our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we've been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investment research & trading and investment management to institutional clients.