Senior AWS Engineer

Tekskills Inc.; Kolkata District; Hybrid; INR 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekskills Inc. in Bangalore seeks a Senior AWS Engineer to lead cloud operations across AWS services including EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, and CloudWatch. The role emphasizes production support (L2/L3), automation with Python/Helm/Ansible, and collaboration with security and infra teams.

Strong Linux administration and scripting skills are essential for reliability and performance. The ideal candidate has 6–9 years of experience, this Europe / APAC shift timing, and a hands-on approach to incident

Qualifications

• 6–9 years of experience in cloud operations and production support.
• Strong AWS expertise with EKS, Lambda, API Gateway and S3.
• Foundational knowledge of Azure cloud services is a plus.
• Proficient in Linux administration and scripting for automation.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize AWS EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, and other AWS services.
• Support and troubleshoot serverless and monolithic architectures on AWS.
• Work with AWS Cognito for user management and authentication.
• Manage AppStream and AWS Workspaces for virtual desktops.
• Write Python, Helm, and Ansible scripts for cloud automation.
• Automate deployments with CloudFormation / Terraform.
• Set up CloudWatch, CloudTrail monitoring and incident management.
• Administer RHEL Linux and Windows servers on AWS.
• Assist in implementing security policies and OS hardening.

Skills

AWS EKS

AWS Lambda

CloudWatch

Linux Admin

Shell/Python

Ansible

AppStream/Workspaces

Networking TCP/IP

Automation scripting

Cognito authentication

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

GitHub/GitLab

Apache/NGINX

Job description

Role: Senior AWS Engineer (AWS + EKS + CloudWatch + Linux + Production Support (L2/L3))

Location: Bangalore

Shift: Europe / APAC (Europe: 12 PM 9 PM IST / APAC: 6 AM – 3 PM IST)

Experience: 6-9 Years

Description

We are looking for a Cloud Operations Support Engineer with expertise in AWS and foundational knowledge of Azure Cloud. The ideal candidate will primarily focus on supporting AWS cloud infrastructures, including EKS, serverless architectures, and various AWS services like Cognito, AppStream, and Workspaces. The role also requires foundational knowledge of Azure Cloud services including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS offerings.

Primary Skills

• AWS Cloud infrastructure (EC2, EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, SNS, SQS, SES)
• Linux Administration
• Shell Scripting Bash / Python / Helm / Ansible
• AWS Cognito user management & authentication
• AppStream & AWS Workspaces
• CloudWatch & CloudTrail Monitoring & Incident Management
• Networking TCP/IP, IP Routing, NAT, Firewalls
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills

Good to Have Skills

• Azure IaaS (Azure VMs, Azure Virtual Networks, Azure Load Balancer)
• Azure PaaS (Azure App Services, Azure AKS, Azure Functions)
• Azure SaaS (Office 365, Dynamics 365, Azure SQL Database)
• Basic knowledge of CI/CD – GitHub / GitLab / GitCLI
• Basic knowledge of web servers (Apache, NGINX, IIS)
• Familiarity with Terraform / CloudFormation

Key Responsibilities

• AWS Cloud Operations Support:
• Manage and optimize AWS EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, and other AWS services
• Support and troubleshoot serverless and monolithic architectures on AWS
• Work with AWS Cognito for user management and authentication
• Manage and support AppStream and AWS Workspaces for virtual desktop infrastructure
• Automation & Scripting:
• Write and maintain Python, Helm, and Ansible scripts for cloud automation
• Support automation of AWS service deployments using CloudFormation / Terraform
• Monitoring & Incident Management:
• Set up and manage CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and other AWS monitoring tools
• Participate in incident response and troubleshooting of production issues
• Linux & Windows Administration:
• Administer RHEL Linux servers including Patch Management, LVM, Linux Firewall, Route Tables
• Support Windows server administration on AWS
• Security:
• Assist in implementing security policies and controls (CIS, malware, anti-virus, secret management)
• Basic understanding of OS hardening techniques and transport layer security (SSL, TLS)