Job Title: Cloud Engineer
Role: The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Azure, networking, containers, serverless computing, Kubernetes (specifically AKS), Docker, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines (such as GitHub Actions and GitLab Runners), zero downtime deployment strategies, and disaster recovery (DR). To ensure success as a Cloud Engineer, you should demonstrate experience performing setup of resilient and performant CI/CD pipelines within an enterprise environment.
Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and maintain Azure-based solutions, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement networking strategies that optimize performance and reliability.
- Deploy and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes (AKS) and Docker.
- Utilize Terraform for infrastructure as code (IaC) to automate the provisioning and management of cloud resources.
- Develop and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions and GitLab Runners.
- Implement and optimize zero downtime deployment strategies to minimize service disruptions during updates and upgrades.
- Design, implement, and test disaster recovery (DR) solutions to ensure business continuity in the event of system failures or disasters.
Job Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 5-8 years of experience working as a Cloud Engineer or similar role.
- Extensive experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services and infrastructure.
- Strong knowledge of networking concepts and protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, and VPC.
- Proficiency in container orchestration with Kubernetes (AKS) and containerization with Docker.
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform.
- Experience implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab Runners, or similar tools.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 5-8 years of experience working as a Cloud Engineer or similar role.