Cloud Engineer

Roles & Responsibilities: Design, develop, and maintain secure, scalable, and highly available cloud platforms aligned with organizational goals. Build and manage landing zones and cloud infrastructure using IaC (Terraform, Ansible, Crossplane). Develop and optimize APIs and cloud-native resources to support platform engineering. Lead Kubernetes (AKS/EKS) deployments, including controller development and lifecycle management. Contribute to cross-plane framework development for advanced platform engineering. Implement CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Groovy, and ArgoCD. Integrate monitoring, observability, and security using tools such as Dynatrace and Sonar. Partner with DevOps and security teams to deliver fully compliant and secured platforms. Drive innovation in cloud automation and platform engineering practices. Collaborate in Agile teams, ensuring continuous improvement and delivery. Years of Experience: 1015 years of overall IT experience. Minimum 8+ years of hands-on public cloud experience (AWS/Azure). 8+ years of IaC/Terraform/Ansible experience. 5+ years of cloud resource/API development. 4+ years of Kubernetes AKS/EKS/controller development. 2+ years of Crossplane framework experience. 8+ years of DevOps tools experience (Jenkins, GitHub, Groovy). Educational Qualification & Certifications (Optional): Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. Certifications in AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, or DevOps (preferred). Skill Set Required: Must have: Extensive knowledge of public cloud architecture (AWS/Azure). Strong experience in cloud infrastructure/platform/landing zone development. IaC expertise with Terraform, Ansible, and Crossplane. Cloud resource/API development. Kubernetes AKS/EKS and controller development. DevOps toolchain experience with Jenkins, GitHub, Groovy, ArgoCD. Hands-on programming skills in Python, Golang, and Bash. Strong understanding of cloud security, compliance, and automation. Nice to have: Knowledge of Agile methodology. Experience with monitoring tools like Dynatrace. Familiarity with DevSecOps and FinOps integration practices.