We are looking for a candidate with a proven background defining cloud infrastructure and implementing cloud engineering solutions with a goal towards automation and security first approach. As the Cloud Engineer, you will build/deploy cloud infrastructure components in hybrid cloud environment including Azure and GCP. In this role, you will lead implementing solutions with a process-driven view, as well as scheduled maintenance and/or updates to existing structures.

Cloud Engineer role will deliver on the following responsibilities:

• Lead design, implementation, and administration of cloud-based infrastructure with automation and security first approach.
• Build life cycle automation for various public cloud services using Terraform and other Infrastructure as code tools - Ansible etc.
• Build security as a first-class citizen in everything we do from Cloud Infrastructure, OS, VM, Containers, Kubernetes, APIs etc.
• Vulnerability management with strict SLA is a massive focus here at the bank, establish vulnerability management process, scalable automation to constantly keep prod and non prod environments safe/secured.
• Partner with InfoSec team to effectively communicate, educate, bring requirements to execution and deliver.
• Build the DevOps and DevSecOps program vision and strategy covering all aspects from architecture, design, development, and deployment - CICD and Secure CICD.
• Produced excellent documentation, deployment diagrams/architecture etc.
• Build various KPI for cloud Infrastructure and effectively communicate to leadership team.
• Train junior engineers in the team and mentor them.
• OnDemand Production support - rotation basis.
• Lead collaboration with Development team to make sure business focus applications are delivered on-time with specific Infrastructure needs/architecture.
• Optimizes cloud environments for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent working experience, Masters preferred in Computer Science.
• Minimum 5 years of experience supporting Cloud Infrastructure and Security
• Experience designing, building, and implementing distributed cloud architecture within cloud environments. Azure and/or GCP preferred.
• Terraform experience building complex cloud Infrastructure, ability to write modules, best practice, state files management etc. is required.
• GitOps model,solid understanding of various branching strategy is required.
• Experience with full DevOps cycle spanning across - Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Security, Observability, CICD, Secure CICD, ProdOps etc.
• Solid understanding of Linux and/or Windows fundamentals.
• Extensive experience in designing and implementing large scale platforms with high resiliency, availability, and reliability using public cloud infrastructure.
• Experience in implementing security architecture and best practices in cloud infrastructure.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Team player, ability to work within team and also be independent.
• Excellent verbal and written skills, ability to communicate clearly.
• Innovator and one who keeps tabs on various industry trends, cloud native advances and bring to team(s) attention for POC, Implementation.

Preferred:

• Advanced Azure/ GCP certifications
• Infrastructure security scan tools experience (e.g. Azure Defender, Container Scan,API security, Perimeter scan etc.) is desired
• Solid knowledge of Kubernetes, API GW, BigQuery Infra etc. is desired