Job Description Summary

Engineer and Operate the Cloud platform capabilities in DevOps operating model using Agile methodology. Support the Cloud Product releases and Product Owner in representing Cloud Platform Services to Functional IT organizations.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, Code, Implement and Support Cloud product releases and enhancements.Transform requirements for new capabilities or changes from architects, operations or customers to include them in the design of Cloud components

• Work in close collaboration with Architects, Design Experts and Operations to integrate new solutions and perform post release L3/L4 operational support.

• Maintain backlog and support Scrum Master and Product Manager for prioritization of release items and Sprint planning.

• Create Cloud Service guidelines, standards including coding languages, code with comments, version control, version documentation, security considerations, audit requirement, change & release management

• Ensure operational supportability of design/development by working with operations team during design and development phase to ensure the developed solutions are always operationally supportable and are properly documented.

• Take accountability to ensure adherence with Security and Compliance policies.

• Document as required by quality, qualification processes and cloud platform services. Maintain Design Specification documents that are aligned with Architectural Handbook.

• Automate continuous delivery and on-demand capacity management solutions. Guide customers in the installation and use of strategic products through education, guidance and user manuals.

• Help to drive architectural improvements and standardization of Cloud environments

• Develop and enhance automated DevOps processes to release new solutions into the live environment. Ensure controls are in place for all configuration items and only authorized changes are made for all assets within enterprise IT environment.

Essential Requirement:

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, or Engineering.AWS Solution Architect – Professional

• 8+ years’ of relevant experience, working on a broad range of AWS technologies (e.g. EC2, RDS, ELB, ECS, EKS, S3, VPC, IAM, Bedrock, SMUS, AgentCore) including the latest AI services and capabilities to develop and maintain AWS based cloud solution, with an emphasis on best practices of cloud security.

• Engineering experience – responsible for influencing the design of complex public cloud Infrastructure solutions in view of automated operations

• Capability to think in terms of business value in the architecture and design of public cloud solutions end-to-end.

• Experience with DevOps Orchestration/Configuration/Continuous Integration technologies such as Docker, Jenkins, Ansible, Chef, and Puppet.

• Management of continuous integration services and pipelines like Jenkins using CFT / Terraform and Ansible

• Experience with Linux required; experience with Windows Server a plus

• Strong scripting and automation skills with one or more of the following: Python, Bash, Groovy, CFT, Terraform in an operational setting. Knowledge of IP networking and security in AWS – VPNs, DNS, Load Balancing

Desirable Requirement:

• DevOps Engineer Certification

• Agile/Scrum certification , ITIL Framework Certification

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Skills Desired

Agile Project Management, Change Management, Digital Capabilities, IT Service Delivery, Stakeholder Engagement