Senior Cloud Platform Engineer (DevOps)

Job Description

Job Description

A US-based company (a global leader in cruise vacationing industry) is looking for a Cloud Platform Engineer to work on its customer-facing web-based solution used by hundreds of thousand users daily.

About the Role :

We are seeking a talented and motivated Cloud Platform Engineer to join our growing engineering team. In this role, you will be instrumental in building, managing, and scaling our cloud infrastructure on AWS. You will be responsible for providing a robust and reliable platform that empowers our product teams to rapidly build and deploy innovative applications.

You will leverage Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) principles, GitOps methodologies, and cutting-edge observability tools to ensure the efficiency, security, and scalability of our cloud environment.

Responsibilities :

• Cloud Infrastructure Management : Design, create, and manage AWS cloud resources using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as AWS CloudFormation and the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK).
• Containerization and Orchestration : Implement and manage containerized workloads in Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) utilizing GitOps principles and the Flux CD tool.
• GitOps Workflow Enablement : Enable product teams to seamlessly build and deploy applications into EKS through the effective use of Git, GitHub, GitHub Actions, and Flux.
• Observability and Monitoring : Implement and manage comprehensive observability solutions using Splunk Observability Cloud, including metrics, logging, and tracing.
• Troubleshooting and Support : Proactively troubleshoot and resolve issues related to applications running across our AWS environment, including EKS, Elastic Beanstalk, and Lambda.
• CDN and WAF Management : Understand and work with Akamai as our Content Delivery Network (CDN) and Web Application Firewall (WAF) solution.
• Documentation and Standards : Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for infrastructure, configurations, and operational procedures.
• Collaboration and Communication : Effectively communicate and collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams (software engineers, security engineers, etc.) to deliver and maintain platform services.
• Stakeholder Communication : Clearly and concisely communicate technical concepts and issues to non-technical stakeholders.
• Diagramming and Visualization : Create and maintain clear and accurate diagrams illustrating infrastructure and architectural designs.
• Continuous Improvement : Stay up-to-date with the latest cloud technologies and best practices, and proactively identify opportunities for improvement within our platform.
• Security and Compliance : Implement and adhere to security best practices and compliance requirements within the cloud environment.

Requirements

Soft Skills :

Bonus Points :

Benefits

Market competitive salary

Open, honest and inclusive culture

Unlimited fully paid vacations and sick days

50% learning cost compensation

Other benefits and perks