Senior Cloud Engineer (AWS) - REMOTE - #35177

Manila Recruitment; Metro Manila; Remote; PHP 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Manila Recruitment is helping an Australian-based client expand its remote Philippine team. The Senior Cloud Engineer will optimize cloud-based systems, ensuring reliability, security, scalability, and performance. You will lead architecture design, drive automation, and mentor engineers while collaborating with stakeholders.

The role focuses on AWS, Puppet, IaC, and cloud-native development, with a strong emphasis on cost efficiency and security best practices in a dynamic, Agile environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, CS, engineering or related field.
• 5+ years as cloud engineer or similar with AWS.
• Experience with Puppet, Linux server admin, and Windows servers.
• Experience with IaC (CloudFormation, Terraform, Serverless).
• Scripting with Bash/Linux shell.
• Automation with GitHub Actions or similar.
• Experience with AWS RDS and web servers (NGINX/Apache).
• Experience in Agile environments.
• Strong problem-solving and stakeholder collaboration.
• Leadership and coaching abilities.
• Ability to design cloud architectures and drive initiatives.
• Meet deadlines and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Propose automation improvements and work with stakeholders to deliver solutions.
• Improve the capability and efficiency of the Cloud Engineering team.
• Administer an existing AWS environment—build, deploy and maintain Linux/Windows servers and services.
• Manage Puppet controlled infrastructure.
• Develop and build new cloud-based systems in a Public Cloud.
• Investigate new cloud technology releases for platform improvements.
• Prepare and maintain supporting documentation.
• Lead the design and architecture of new cloud solutions for reliability, security and cost efficiency.
• Support and maintain production systems; lead root cause analysis.
• Drive security best practices and cost optimization across the cloud.
• Mentor and coach mid-level Cloud Engineers and team members.

Skills

AWS

Linux Admin

Puppet

IaC

Shell Scripting

GitHub Actions

RDS

Nginx/Apache

Agile

Leadership

Cloud Architecture

CI/CD Tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Jira

AWS API

Postman

Jenkins

CodePipeline

Job description

As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will perform cloud and system administration while building, maintaining, and optimizing new and existing cloud-based systems. You will ensure the reliability, security, scalability, and performance of cloud environments, supporting business operations through effective infrastructure management and continuous improvement.

Company Profile

Our client is an Australian-based, ASX listed company that has built workflow and automation software for mortgage brokers. It was developed by a top-producing mortgage broker, for mortgage brokers who want to write more business in less time and with less stress.

They are currently expanding their remote team in the Philippines and are looking for a skilled, driven, and motivated Senior Cloud Engineer to play a key role in their engineering team and contribute to the company's continued growth.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Propose automation/improvements and work with stakeholders to deliver win-win solutions
• Improve the capability and efficiency of the Cloud Engineering team and the company’s wider IT department
• Administer an existing Public Cloud environment – build, deploy and maintain servers (linux & windows) and services in AWS
• Manage Puppet controlled infrastructure
• Develop and build new cloud-based systems running in a Public Cloud
• Investigate new cloud technology releases for suitability to improve platform
• Prepare and maintain supporting documentation
• Lead the design and architecture of new cloud solutions, ensuring reliability, security, scalability and cost efficiency
• Support and maintain production systems, acting as escalation point for complex incidents and leading root cause analysis
• Drive security best practice and cost optimisation across the cloud environment
• Mentor and coach the Mid-level Cloud Engineer and other team members

Must-have Skills/Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or related
• At least 5 years of experience as a cloud engineer or similar; responsible for the following:

1. Developing and administering an AWS environment
2. Linux Server Administration
3. Configuration management (Puppet)

• Experience with infrastructure as Code such as Cloudformation, Terraform, and Serverless
• Experience with scripting languages such as Bash and Linux shell scripts
• Automation experience, including familiarity with tools such as GitHub Actions and similar frameworks
• Familiarity with database technologies such as with AWS RDS and similar AWS-based database services
• Experience administering Web Servers such as nginx or apache
• Experience working in an Agile environment
• Strong problem-solving mindset, with an ability to propose solutions, collaborate and get buy in from stakeholders
• Self-motivated with ability to lead and coach others
• Demonstrated experience designing cloud architectures and leading technical initiatives from proposal through to delivery
• Assume responsibility for meeting project timelines
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both oral and written) to build effective working relationships both internal and external to the organisation
• Adopt a thorough approach to developing and testing systems with a high level of attention to detail and quality
• Flexible approach to new challenges and implementing new ideas
• Ability to prioritize tasks and communicating issues for resolution
• Desire to learn new technologies and methods that can improve how we operate
• Initiative-driven, with a desire to take on greater responsibilities

Advantageous Skills/Experience

• Experience with Jira
• Experience with calling AWS APIs
• Experience with the software development technologies, such as:

1. Node.JS, Javascript
2. Web Services REST/JSON
3. API Testing Tools (Postman etc.)

• Experience working with Continuous Integration Pipelines (e.g. Jenkins, Bamboo, AWS Code Pipeline)