Cloud Specialist

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About this opportunity:
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Cloud Specialist to join our Cloud Platform & Operations (CPOS) team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, deploying, managing, and optimizing cloud infrastructure across multi-cloud environments. You will play a key role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, security, and cost-efficiency of our cloud operations, while driving automation through CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.
Key Responsibilities
Cloud Operations & Management

• Manage and operate cloud infrastructure across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Monitor cloud environments for availability, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Perform capacity planning, resource optimization, and cloud cost management.
• Handle incident response, root cause analysis, and resolution for cloud-related issues.
• Maintain cloud governance policies, tagging standards, and compliance frameworks.

CI/CD Pipeline Management

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate deployment automation into delivery workflows.
• Ensure pipeline reliability, security scanning, and artifact management.
• Implement blue-green, canary, and rolling deployment strategies.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Develop and maintain IaC templates using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Azure Bicep.
• Version control all infrastructure definitions using Git-based workflows.
• Enforce IaC best practices including modularity, reusability, and state management.
• Automate provisioning, configuration management, and environment lifecycle management.

Security & Compliance

• Implement and manage IAM roles, policies, and least-privilege access controls.
• Ensure data encryption at rest and in transit across all cloud environments.
• Work with security teams to remediate vulnerabilities and maintain compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR).
• Conduct regular security audits and cloud configuration reviews.

Collaboration & Support

• Work closely with DevOps, development, security, and product teams within the CPOS function.
• Provide L2/L3 support for cloud infrastructure issues escalated from operations teams.
• Document architecture decisions, runbooks, and operational procedures.
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident management processes.

Required Skills & Qualifications
Cloud Platforms (Hands-On Experience Required)

• AWS - Amazon Web Services (AWS):
• EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, Lambda, EKS, ECS, CloudWatch, IAM, Route 53
• AWS Well-Architected Framework knowledge
• AWS certifications preferred (Solutions Architect, SysOps, DevOps Engineer)
• Azure - Microsoft Azure:
• Virtual Machines, AKS, Azure DevOps, Azure Monitor, Key Vault, Azure AD
• Azure certifications preferred (AZ-104, AZ-204, AZ-400)
• GCP - Google Cloud Platform (GCP):
• Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Cloud IAM, Stackdriver
• GCP certifications preferred (Associate Cloud Engineer, Professional DevOps Engineer)

CI/CD Tools

• Hands-on experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or Azure DevOps Pipelines.
• Strong understanding of pipeline design, branching strategies, and release management.
• Experience with artifact repositories such as JFrog Artifactory, Nexus, or AWS ECR.
• Familiarity with container build tools - Docker, Buildah, Kaniko.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Proficiency in Terraform (required) - modules, workspaces, remote state management.
• Experience with AWS CloudFormation, Azure Bicep, or Pulumi is a plus.
• Configuration management experience with Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
• Strong Git skills - branching, pull requests, code reviews for infrastructure changes.

Containers & Orchestration

• Solid understanding of Docker containerization and image management.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, or GKE).
• Familiarity with Helm charts, Kubernetes operators, and service mesh (Istio/Linkerd).

Monitoring & Observability

• Experience with monitoring tools: CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, GCP Operations Suite.
• Familiarity with third-party tools: Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack.
• Ability to design dashboards, alerts, and SLO/SLA tracking mechanisms.

Scripting & Automation

• Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Experience automating cloud operations, patching, and lifecycle management.

Nice to Have

• Experience with FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization strategies.
• Exposure in managing security and Cloud NW
• Experience with GitOps workflows
• Knowledge of serverless architectures - AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, GCP Cloud Run.
• Prior experience supporting a CPOS, SRE, or Platform Engineering team.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Equivalent work experience will also be considered.

All academic credentials must be from recoganized and accredited institutions and are further subject to verification.
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Primary country and city: India (IN) || Bangalore
Req ID: 785973