Cloud Engineer-1

CDW UK; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Cloud Support Engineer to provide frontline AWS support to customers. You will troubleshoot various AWS services and ensure a superior customer experience. The ideal candidate possesses strong AWS knowledge and has excellent communication skills. This role requires flexibility with a shift schedule for continuous support.

Qualifications

• Ability to manage AWS cloud workloads, especially EC2, RDS, VPC, and CloudWatch.
• Experience communicating directly with customers over phone and chat in English.
• Knowledge of infrastructure and networking in AWS services.

Responsibilities

• Lead troubleshooting and provide guidance on AWS environments.
• Manage and resolve complex customer-facing cases related to AWS services.
• Collaborate with internal teams to deliver a positive customer experience.

Skills

AWS Cloud Workloads Management

Customer Communication

Critical Thinking

Infrastructure Knowledge

Web Server Administration

Database Troubleshooting

Containerization Solutions

Education

AWS SysOps Associate certification

AWS Solutions Architect – Professional

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Apache

nginx

Tomcat

IIS

Job description

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Accountabilities

• AWS Case Positive Resolution
• Customer Guidance & Communication
• AWS Technical Expertise
• AWS Escalation Rate
• Peer Mentoring

About the Job

As a Senior Cloud Support Engineer you will provide front‑line AWS support for Mission Cloud customers. You will work to resolve cases in‑house or follow cases through to AWS, providing an excellent customer experience and preventing delays in resolution of AWS support cases. You will ensure customers feel heard and hold AWS to a high standard while working as part of a global 24x7x365 team.

Responsibilities

• Lead advance troubleshooting and provide guidance on AWS environments, ensuring optimal cloud performance and security for Mission Cloud customers through Mission’s support ticket platform.
• Independently manage and resolve complex customer‑facing cases related to AWS services and leverage AWS expertise to guide customers on how to troubleshoot, make changes to, or set up AWS resources.
• Act as a senior escalation point for AWS support and resolve cases in house, where possible, to provide an excellent customer experience.
• Advocate for customers when cases are escalated to AWS and help expedite and facilitate a positive resolution of the case.
• Lead root cause analysis for recurring customer issues, joining calls with customers on a frequent basis to assist in live troubleshooting and explanations of AWS services to expedite resolution of customer‑submitted cases.
• Collaborate with internal teams, escalates issues, and leverage available resources to deliver a positive customer experience.
• Work a shift schedule to provide 24x7 support.
• Maintain knowledge of current AWS services.
• Provide an excellent customer experience in every customer interaction.
• Train and mentor junior engineers, building and iterating through existing technical documentation to further enable entry‑level engineers.
• Participate in interview process for new team members.

Requirements

• Ability to manage AWS cloud workloads, especially EC2, RDS, VPC, and CloudWatch.
• Experience communicating directly with customers over phone and chat in English.
• Ability to be adaptable and think critically in customer situations.
• Knowledge of infrastructure and networking in AWS services, with deep understanding of EC2 and VPC.
• Understanding of networks and website management, including IT infrastructure such as DNS, VPNs, SSL, Elastic Load Balancers, and CloudFront distributions.
• Understanding of web server applications and the administration of web application environments.
• Working knowledge of web server applications (Apache, nginx, Tomcat, IIS, or varnish) and administrating web application environments (LAMP, RoR, Java, or ASP.NET Core or Open‑source web framework for .NET).
• Ability to understand and troubleshoot database issues for both RDS and NoSQL databases.
• Understand how to identify problematic queries using tools such as RDS performance insights.
• Ability to understand containerization solutions (infrastructure, pipelines, automation) using tools such as Docker (Dockerfiles, ECS, ECS Fargate) or Kubernetes (manifests, Helm and deployment tooling, KOPS, EKS, or Fargate).
• Knowledge of technical customer support processes that include planning, coordinating, problem resolution, and documentation.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Experience working as a System Administrator (Linux and Windows) preferred.

Certification preferred

• AWS SysOps Associate certification required.
• AWS Solutions Architect – Professional

CDW is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by state and local law.