Cloud Engineer

EXL; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

EXL is looking for a Cloud Engineer to design, build, and maintain cloud-based infrastructures supporting data applications. Key responsibilities include collaborating with data teams, applying governance and security practices, and leveraging Infrastructure as Code along with CI/CD pipelines. Candidates should have a solid understanding of AWS building blocks, cloud security measures, and strong problem-solving skills. This role will work closely with teams focused on data governance and engineering, optimizing cloud costs and efficiency.

Qualifications

• General understanding of AWS services including Athena, Glue, Redshift, and S3.
• Experience with AWS CDK, CloudFormation, and CI/CD tools.
• Knowledge of IAM policy design and encryption practices.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with data teams for the deployment of data solutions.
• Manage platform requests from internal stakeholders and data engineers.

Skills

AWS core building blocks

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Cloud Security & Governance

Problem Solving & Operational Excellence

Tools

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

CI/CD tools

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with data teams to support the development and deployment of innovative and efficient data solutions.
• Respond to and fulfill platform requests from various data teams of the client, including internal business stakeholders, data analytics professionals, data engineers, and quality assurance teams.

Qualifications

• General understanding of core AWS building blocks - Analytics (Athena, Glue, Redshift) | Compute (Lambda, EC2) | Containers (ECS/ECR) | Networking (VPC, API Gateway) | Storage (S3) and data lake patterns | Governance & monitoring (CloudWatch, CloudTrail) | IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager
• Infrastructure as a Code (IaC) - AWS CDK/ CloudFormation | CI/CD tools (CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeCommit)
• Cloud Security & Governance – IAM policy design | Encryption | AWS Well-Architected Framework
• Problem Solving & Operational Excellence – Troubleshooting prod issues | Monitoring | Cost and Performance Optimization | RCA

A Cloud Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining cloud-based infrastructure and processes to support data and application solutions. The role emphasizes implementing governance, best practices, and security measures while optimizing cloud costs. This individual will leverage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to ensure scalability, efficiency, and security. They will work as part of the platform team in close collaboration with various groups, including data governance and data engineering.

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