CloudOps engineer - 4 -6 Yrs Exp - Immediate Joiners

CloudOps / Cloud Services Contractor Required Skills We are looking for a hands-on CloudOps engineer with strong experience supporting production environments across AWS and GCP. 1. Cloud Platforms (AWS & GCP) Must have hands-on operational experience with: AWS (strong): EC2, ECS/FargateAWS (working knowledge): RDS (Postgres/MySQL)GCP (strong): GCE (VMs)GCP (working knowledge): CloudSQL, AlloyDBExpected capabilities: Troubleshoot performance, availability, and connectivity issuesSupport upgrades, patching coordination, and lifecycle managementWork across dev, QA, and production environments with strong awareness of production impact 2. Networking (Practical Knowledge) Strong working understanding of: VPCs, subnets, routing tablesSecurity groups and firewall rulesDNS (internal and external)Basic connectivity patterns (peering, private endpoints / PSC)Ability to: Troubleshoot cross-service connectivity issuesCollaborate effectively with networking teams (clear understanding of ownership boundaries) 3. IAM, Security & Access Governance (Critical) Required experience with: AWS IAM roles and policiesGCP IAM (projects, folders, service accounts)Must understand: Least privilege access modelPAM / temporary elevation conceptsService account usage and restrictions 4. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Required: Terraform (hands-on)Strong plus: AWS CloudFormationExpectation: Comfortable working in environments where all changes go through pipelines (no manual console changes) 5. Monitoring, Logging & Observability Experience with: AWS CloudWatchGCP Monitoring and LoggingSplunk or similar toolsAbility to: Troubleshoot incidents using logs and metricsTune alerts and reduce noise 6. DevOps Tooling Support Must have experience supporting: ArtifactoryTerraform pipelinesFamiliarity with: GitHub / repository managementDocker / Kubernetes (basic understanding) 7. Incident Management & Operations Required experience with: On-call support modelIncident triage, escalation, and ownershipExpectations: Own issues end-to-end (triage resolution handoff if needed)Communicate clearly during incidentsWork across Cloud Engineering, application teams, and vendors 8. Documentation & Runbooks Strong expectation for: Writing and maintaining runbooksKeeping documentation accurate and up to dateAbility to: Convert informal knowledge into structured, usable documentation 9. Automation & Continuous Improvement Experience with: Scripting (Python or Bash)Automating operational tasks and workflowsMindset: Focus on reducing manual effort and improving operational efficiency 10. Cloud Lifecycle Management Experience with: Provisioning, upgrades, and decommissioningOS / image management (e.g., AMIs, VM images)Understanding of: Patching responsibilities (shared vs application-owned)Version upgrades (e.g., database upgrades) Summary (Quick Screening) Strong CloudOps experience in AWS and GCPTerraform and IaC-driven operations (required)Solid IAM/security knowledge (critical)Production support and incident management experienceMonitoring/logging (CloudWatch, GCP Monitoring, Splunk)Experience with DevOps tooling (Artifactory, pipelines)Strong documentation and automation mindset .