Sr. Cloud Engineer

Minfy Technologies; New Delhi; On-site; INR 4,200,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Minfy Technologies is seeking a Senior Cloud Operations Engineer (L3) in Delhi to architect, automate, and optimize AWS cloud infrastructure at scale. You will mentor teams, ensure reliability, security, and cost efficiency across enterprise workloads.

The role requires 7–10 years of experience, hands-on AWS leadership, and the ability to drive incident response and runbooks while guiding mid-level engineers.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years in L3 cloud support/escalations with RCA and HA engineering.
• Deep AWS expertise for scalable production workloads and cost efficiency.
• Strong Linux administration and scripting capabilities.
• Experience with IaC, CI/CD, and security/compliance tooling.
• Ability to mentor L1/L2 engineers and lead incident responses.

Responsibilities

• Architect and troubleshoot EC2, ASGs, ELBs, and ECS at scale.
• Manage RDS/Aurora HA setups with DR and data integrity audits.
• Design secure VPCs, TGW, VPNs, and Direct Connect with GuardDuty.
• Deploy CloudWatch, X-Ray, and Grafana for SLOs and alerts.
• Lead incident response and document runbooks and ADRs.
• Administer Linux, apply IaC basics, and manage CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

AWS core services mastery

Incident RCA

Linux administration

Scripting (Bash/Python)

IaC basics (Terraform/CF/Ansible)

CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/Git)

Security/compliance IAM/KMS/GuardDuty

Mentoring & leadership

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Jenkins

Git

Docker

CloudWatch

X-Ray

Grafana

GuardDuty

Job description

Job Description: Senior Cloud Operations Engineer (L3)

Job Summary

We are hiring a Senior Cloud Operations Engineer (L3) to architect, automate, and optimize AWS cloud infrastructure at scale. This leadership role requires deep AWS expertise, mid-level automation proficiency, and the ability to mentor teams while ensuring production-grade reliability, security, and cost efficiency across enterprise workloads.

Experience : 7-10 years

Immediate Joiners Preferred

Key Responsibilities

• Advanced Compute & Scaling : Architect and troubleshoot EC2 instances, Auto Scaling Groups (ASGs), Elastic Load Balancers (ELBs), and ECS; perform capacity forecasting, performance profiling, and migration leadership.
• Database Management : Engineer RDS/Aurora high-availability (HA) setups with read replicas and failover; conduct query tuning, cross-region disaster recovery (DR), and data integrity audits.
• Networking & Security : Design VPCs, Transit Gateways (TGW), Site-to-Site VPNs, and Direct Connect; implement NACLs, Security Groups (SGs), IAM/KMS policies, and GuardDuty for zero-trust compliance.
• Monitoring & Logging : Deploy CloudWatch, X-Ray, and Grafana for Service Level Objectives (SLOs); automate alerting, anomaly detection, and log analytics for proactive issue resolution.
• Storage & Backup : Optimize S3 lifecycle policies, encryption, versioning, and EBS snapshots; align with Business Continuity Planning (BCP)/DR requirements via RPO/RTO and cross-account replication.
• OS, Automation & Mid-Level DevOps : Administer Linux environments (kernel tuning, security hardening); apply Terraform/CloudFormation/Ansible for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) basics, shell scripting for operational tasks, and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/Git) without advanced DevOps leadership.
• Operations Leadership : Mentor L1/L2 engineers on AWS best practices and troubleshooting; lead incident response for critical production issues; document runbooks, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and Architectural Decision Records (ADRs).

Required Skills & Experience

• Mastery of AWS core services including EC2, RDS/Aurora, VPC/Transit Gateway, S3, CloudWatch, ELB, and Auto Scaling Groups for production-scale operations.
• 7-10+ years in L3 cloud support/escalations, with proven expertise in root cause analysis (RCA), incident resolution, and high-availability engineering.
• Advanced Linux administration (kernel tuning, security hardening, performance profiling) and shell scripting (Bash/Python) for troubleshooting and automation.
• Strong networking knowledge (subnets, route tables, Site-to-Site VPN, Direct Connect, NACLs, security groups) with focus on secure VPC architectures.
• Mid-level DevOps proficiency: IaC using Terraform/CloudFormation/Ansible basics, CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/Git), and introductory Docker for deployment support.
• Cloud security implementation via IAM/KMS policies, GuardDuty, and compliance (SOC2/GDPR), plus cost optimization (Savings Plans, FinOps tools).
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and ITSM experience (ServiceNow/JIRA) for SLAs, mentoring L2 teams, and stakeholder reporting.
• Expert-level AWS services: EC2, EKS, RDS, VPC, Lambda, CloudWatch, IAM.
• AWS Certification (MANDATORY) : Solutions Architect Professional OR DevOps Engineer Professional.

Preferred Skills

• Kubernetes/EKS operations experience.
• Serverless architecture (Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions).