Cloud Engineer

Globant; Manila; On-site; PHP 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Globant, a digitally native company operating in Manila, is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to support a multi-regional AWS infrastructure. The role focuses on operational excellence, cost improvements, and tool unification, with collaboration across time zones.

Ideal candidates have extensive AWS enterprise-scale experience and strong monitoring capabilities with Datadog, plus a proactive, communicative mindset for cross-functional remote teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years in cloud engineering or related roles.

Responsibilities

• Respond to and resolve P1-P5 issues in accordance with SLA requirements.
• Implement and recommend cost improvement strategies and ideas.
• Collaborate on tool unification efforts to streamline operations.
• Monitor and maintain cloud infrastructure using Datadog to ensure performance and reliability.
• Support and manage various AWS services, including but not limited to: DynamoDB, Kinesis, Lambda, ECS, EKS, KMS, ALB.
• Participate in a 24x5 support scheme, including on-call duties on weekends every 3-4 months.
• Work effectively with cross-functional teams distributed across different time zones.

Skills

AWS

Datadog

Cloud architecture

Tools

Datadog

Job description

We are a digitally native company that helps organizations reinvent themselves and unleash their potential. We are the place where innovation, design and engineering meet scale. With more than 29,000+ employees and present in 33 countries across 5 continents, we’re partnering with companies like Google, Electronic Arts, and Santander, among others.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Cloud Engineer to support our multi-regional cloud infrastructure on AWS. This role will focus on ensuring operational excellence by addressing P1-P5 issues in alignment with SLA requirements, implementing cost improvement initiatives, and exploring opportunities for tool unification. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with AWS services deployed at an enterprise scale and will collaborate with a distributed team of developers across various time zones.

Key Responsibilities:

• Respond to and resolve P1-P5 issues in accordance with SLA requirements.
• Implement and recommend cost improvement strategies and ideas.
• Collaborate on tool unification efforts to streamline operations.
• Monitor and maintain cloud infrastructure using Datadog to ensure performance and reliability.
• Support and manage various AWS services, including but not limited to: DynamoDB, Kinesis, Lambda, ECS, EKS, KMS, ALB
• Participate in a 24x5 support scheme, including on-call duties on weekends every 3-4 months.
• Work effectively with cross-functional teams distributed across different time zones.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Experience: Minimum of 5 years in cloud engineering or related roles.

Technical Skills:

• Proficient in AWS services, particularly in a multi-region deployment at enterprise scale.
• Experience with Datadog or similar monitoring tools.
• Strong knowledge of cloud architecture and best practices.
• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer) are a plus but not mandatory.

Soft Skills:

• Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive mindset.
• Excellent communication skills to work collaboratively with remote teams.