Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

UST; Thiruvananthapuram; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

UST seeks an experienced Cloud Lead to drive enterprise cloud transformation across AWS and Azure, leveraging Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, and Python to deliver scalable, secure platforms. You will guide multi-team programs, establish governance, and promote CI/CD and GitOps practices.

The role emphasizes architecture strategy, automation, and operational excellence across large-scale cloud initiatives, with mentoring responsibilities and collaboration with security and operations teams.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading large and complex enterprise cloud transformation programs.
• Strong experience designing and implementing enterprise cloud platforms on AWS and Azure.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, automation, container orchestration, cloud operations, and CI/CD implementation.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams including architecture, engineering, security, infrastructure, and operations.
• Strong understanding of cloud governance, migration strategies, security controls, operational excellence, HA, and DR.

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale cloud transformation and modernization programs across multiple teams and workstreams.
• Design and implement scalable, secure, highly available, and cost-optimized cloud architectures on AWS and Azure.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural governance for enterprise cloud initiatives.
• Drive cloud migration, modernization, landing zone, multi-account, and hybrid cloud strategies.
• Implement infrastructure provisioning and automation using Terraform.
• Design, deploy, and manage containerized platforms using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Drive adoption of modern CI/CD practices and cloud-native engineering approaches.
• Develop automation solutions and operational tooling using Python.
• Implement and manage secure access controls utilizing IAM/RBAC principles.
• Support cloud platform operations, monitoring, reliability, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Leverage ARM/Bicep and CloudFormation for cloud infrastructure deployment and governance.
• Promote GitOps practices to standardize deployment, configuration management, and platform operations.
• Ensure cloud solutions follow security, governance, HA, and DR principles.
• Collaborate with architecture, engineering, security, infrastructure, operations, and business stakeholders.
• Support monitoring and observability initiatives to improve platform reliability and operational visibility.
• Manage technical risks, architectural decisions, dependencies, and delivery milestones.
• Provide mentoring and technical guidance to engineering and architecture teams.

Skills

AWS

Azure

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Python

IAM/RBAC

Cloud Operations

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

ARM/Bicep

CloudFormation

Git

GitOps

Job description

Role Description

Cloud Engineer - AWS & Terraform

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Lead with strong expertise in AWS, Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, Python, IAM/RBAC, and Cloud Operations to lead enterprise-scale cloud transformation and modernization initiatives. The role involves providing technical leadership, defining cloud architecture strategies, driving infrastructure automation, implementing cloud-native solutions, and ensuring operational excellence across large-scale cloud programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale cloud transformation and modernization programs across multiple teams and workstreams.
• Design and implement scalable, secure, highly available, and cost-optimized cloud architectures on AWS and Azure.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural governance for enterprise cloud initiatives.
• Drive cloud migration, modernization, landing zone, multi-account, and hybrid cloud strategies.
• Implement infrastructure provisioning and automation using Terraform.
• Design, deploy, and manage containerized platforms using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Drive adoption of modern CI/CD practices and cloud-native engineering approaches.
• Develop automation solutions and operational tooling using Python.
• Implement and manage secure access controls utilizing IAM/RBAC principles.
• Support cloud platform operations, monitoring, reliability, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Leverage ARM/Bicep and CloudFormation for cloud infrastructure deployment and governance.
• Promote GitOps practices to standardize deployment, configuration management, and platform operations.
• Ensure cloud solutions follow security, governance, High Availability (HA), and Disaster Recovery (DR) principles.
• Collaborate with architecture, engineering, security, infrastructure, operations, and business stakeholders.
• Support monitoring and observability initiatives to improve platform reliability and operational visibility.
• Manage technical risks, architectural decisions, dependencies, and delivery milestones.
• Provide mentoring and technical guidance to engineering and architecture teams.

Required Skills

Proficient

• AWS
• Azure
• Terraform
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• CI/CD
• Python
• IAM/RBAC
• Cloud Operations

Intermediate

• Cloud Networking
• ARM/Bicep
• CloudFormation
• Git
• Monitoring & Observability
• Cloud Security
• Disaster Recovery
• High Availability
• GitOps

Basic

• Helm
• Service Mesh
• API Gateway
• Kafka
• Microservices
• Azure AD/Entra ID
• Serverless

Experience

• Proven experience leading large and complex enterprise cloud transformation programs.
• Strong experience designing and implementing enterprise cloud platforms on AWS and Azure.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, automation, container orchestration, cloud operations, and CI/CD implementation.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams including architecture, engineering, security, infrastructure, and operations.
• Strong understanding of cloud governance, migration strategies, security controls, operational excellence, High Availability (HA), and Disaster Recovery (DR).

Why Join UST

At UST, you will work on large-scale digital transformation and cloud modernization initiatives for global enterprises. UST provides opportunities to solve complex technology challenges, collaborate with highly skilled teams, leverage modern cloud and engineering practices, and accelerate professional growth through continuous learning, innovation, and global career opportunities.

Skills

DevOps, AWS, Git, High Availability and Disaster Recovery, Microsoft Azure, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Identity and Access Management