As a Cloud Operations Specialist, he/she play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of our organization's cloud-based infrastructure and services. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, monitor, and maintain our cloud environments, ensuring high availability, scalability, security, and cost-effectiveness. Your expertise in cloud technologies will contribute to the optimization of our cloud operations and the delivery of reliable services to our customers.
Roles And Responsibilities listed below:
Infrastructure Management:
- Deploy, configure, and manage cloud resources using infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
- Monitor and maintain cloud infrastructure to ensure optimal performance, availability, and security.
- Implement automation and orchestration to streamline deployment and scaling processes.
Cloud Services Administration:
- Manage and administer various cloud services, including compute instances, storage solutions, databases, networking components, and serverless offerings hosted on AWS and Azure.
- Optimize resource utilizations to ensure efficient cloud service delivery and cost management.
Monitoring and Incident Response:
- Set up monitoring and alerting mechanisms to promptly identify and address performance issues and security vulnerabilities.
- Collaborate with the incident response team to troubleshoot and resolve operational incidents, ensuring minimal service disruption.
Security and Compliance:
- Implement security best practices to protect cloud environments from potential threats and vulnerabilities.
- Assist in conducting security audits and assessments to maintain compliance with industry regulations and standards.
Collaboration and Documentation:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including DevOps, development, and security, to understand requirements and align cloud infrastructure accordingly.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation related to cloud infrastructure, processes, and procedures.
Continuous Improvement:
- Stay up to date with industry trends and advancements in cloud technologies.
- Identify opportunities for automation, optimization, and process improvement to enhance cloud operations.
Requirements / Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- At least 5 years of working experience in cloud operations, managing cloud-based infrastructure, and deploying cloud services.
- Proficiency in cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and/or Microsoft Azure.
- Strong understanding of infrastructure-as-code principles and tools.
- Familiarity with scripting and automation using languages like Python, PowerShell, Bash, etc.
- Experience with monitoring and log aggregation tools for proactive issue detection.
- Knowledge of security best practices and experience implementing security controls in cloud environments.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with diverse teams.
- Certification in AWS Cloud Practitioner, AWS Architect is a plus.
- Scripting (good to have)
- Python and associated libraries (pandas, pyspark)
- R
- Frameworks – React/FLASK
