Senior Engineer AWS Automation and Disaster Recovery Specialist

L7Commerce; Ernakulam; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

L7Commerce is seeking an experienced AWS-focused Cloud/Infrastructure Engineer to design and implement disaster recovery solutions for mission-critical workloads. You will develop automation with IaC tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, and CDK, and lead end-to-end failover workflows to meet RTO/RPO goals.

You will conduct DR drills, collaborate across teams, and document recovery procedures while evaluating new AWS services to improve DR posture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cloud or infrastructure engineering with at least 3 years on AWS.
• Proficient in AWS services: EC2, RDS, S3, Route 53, CloudFormation, Lambda, CloudWatch, IAM, VPC.
• Experience executing disaster recovery and business continuity plans in AWS.
• Strong scripting skills in Python or Bash.
• Excellent troubleshooting under pressure during critical incidents.
• Hands-on experience with container platforms (ECS, EKS, Docker).
• Background in security best practices related to AWS DR and automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain AWS-based disaster recovery solutions for mission-critical workloads.
• Develop IaC and automation frameworks using Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK, or similar.
• Build end-to-end automated failover and recovery workflows to meet RTO/RPO objectives.
• Conduct regular DR drills, simulations, and failover tests.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure DR readiness.
• Document DR strategies, recovery runbooks, and architecture diagrams.
• Evaluate new AWS services to continuously improve DR posture.

Skills

AWS expertise

Terraform

CloudFormation

CDK

Python

Shell scripting

Incident response

Docker

ECS

EKS

Security best practices

DR/BC planning

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

CDK

Docker

ECS

EKS

AWS IAM/VPC

Job description

Kochi | Bangalore | Trivandrum

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain AWS-based disaster recovery solutions for mission-critical workloads.
• Develop automation frameworks and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK, or similar.
• Build end-to-end automated failover and recovery workflows to meet RTO/RPO objectives.
• Conduct regular DR drills, simulations, and failover tests to validate recovery procedures.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure DR readiness across all environments.
• Document DR strategies, recovery runbooks, and architecture diagrams.
• Evaluate new AWS services and technologies to continuously improve DR posture.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering or infrastructure engineering, with at least 3 years focused on AWS.
• Strong expertise with AWS services such as EC2, RDS, S3, Route 53, CloudFormation, Lambda, CloudWatch, IAM, VPC, and Global Accelerator/CloudFront.
• Executing disaster recovery and business continuity plans in AWS environments.
• Strong scripting experience (Python, Bash, or similar).
• Excellent troubleshooting skills and ability to perform under pressure during critical incidents.
• Professional Experience with container platforms (ECS, EKS, Docker).
• Background in security best practices related to AWS DR and automation. Experience with large-scale enterprise DR programs.