AWS Platform Operations Engineer(SRE)

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We are looking for an AWS focused agile and devOps SRE engineer. The ideal candidate would be well versed with AWS foundational aspects along with service enablement, Infrastructure as Code/, operations as code via Terraform and harness.

What You Will Be Responsible For

As an AWS Platform Operations SRE engineer

• Proficient in AWS platform foundations and services.
• Proficient in terraform and Harness
• Incident, change and problem management. (ITSM)
• Devise solutions and methodologies to reduce MTTRs and increase uptime.
• Continuous Monitoring and observability refinements and enhancements.
• Design and maintain Patch management solution.
• Release management function to pre-prod and production environments.
• Participate in regular DR activities along with applications.
• Standardize and maintain metrics and reporting.
• Continuous vigilance for cost optimization opportunities.
• Show back / chargeback reporting.
• Maintain operations as code practices.
  
  

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in any Engineering discipline
• 10 years of IT experience in a hands-on role with 3 – 5 years of experience designing and supporting AWS environments.
• Understanding of Agile and DevOPs
• Deep understanding of Microsoft Azure IAAS, PAAS and SAAS solutions along with cloud native design patterns and DevOps principles (Infrastructure as Code)
• Appropriate certifications are strongly preferred, demonstrating an understanding of core infrastructure concepts as well as data and/or DevOps principles.
• Deep understanding of cloud computing technologies with demonstrated hands-on experience in one or more of the following domains:
• Core IaaS: Compute, Storage, Networking, High Availability
• Azure PaaS Services : Azure Kubernetes Service, Event Hub etc.
• Data Platform and Bigdata: SQL Server, Azure SQL DB, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Data Factory / Data Bricks
• Strong programming and scripting background in languages such as shell scripts, python, Java etc.
• Experience in designing, coding and deploying Terraform templates / modules with Harness.
• Handling critical issues and timely remediations in high pressure situations.
• Ability to develop and document deliverables compliant with established company design control and regulatory statutes.
• Automated testing tools experience would be preferred.
• Service Now. Splunk, Grafana knowledge would be preferred.