AWS Engineer – 3 - 6 Years - Hyderabad, Uppal Location

ERP Analysts (A Workday Partner) is currently looking for AWS Engineers. If you are interested, kindly share your updated resume to [email protected]

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Req # Senior AWS Engineer (Multiple Positions)

• Designation: Senior AWS Engineer
• Mandate Skill: AWS Core Services, Infrastructure & Architecture, CI/CD, Observability & Monitoring, Security, Scripting / Programming, Systems & Networking
• Experience – 3 - 6 Years
• Location: Hyderabad, Uppal NSL ITSEZ Ramanthapur
• Mode of Work : Onsite (Work from Office)
• Working hours: EST / Semi EST based on project (6:30 PM to 3:30 AM & 3:30 PM to 12:00 AM (IST))
• Notice Period : Immediate / Looking for Early Joiners (Max 30 Days)
• Position Type - Permanent/Fulltime

About the Role

We’re seeking a Senior AWS Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable, secure, and cost-optimized cloud infrastructure on AWS. You’ll own infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD automation, observability, and security best practices while mentoring junior engineers and collaborating with development teams to enable rapid, reliable delivery.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a cloud-native, automation-first environment and wants to drive engineering excellence in a high-impact infrastructure team.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture & Infrastructure

• Design, deploy, and manage highly available, fault-tolerant AWS architectures (VPC, EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, CloudFront, etc.).
• Implement and enforce AWS Well-Architected Framework principles (operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization).
• Lead migration projects from on-premises or other clouds to AWS.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Author and maintain infrastructure code using Terraform , AWS CDK , or CloudFormation .
• Build reusable modules, enforce version control, and implement peer review processes for IaC.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, and drift detection.

CI/CD Automation

• Design and optimize end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions , Jenkins , GitLab CI , or AWS CodePipeline .
• Integrate automated testing, security scanning (SAST/DAST), and deployment strategies (Blue-Green, Canary, Rolling).
• Enable self-service deployment workflows for development teams.

Observability & Reliability

• Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting using CloudWatch , Prometheus , Grafana , Datadog , or Splunk .
• Define SLOs/SLIs and lead incident response, post-mortems, and reliability improvements.
• Participate in an on-call rotation for production support.

Security & Compliance

• Enforce security best practices: IAM least privilege, KMS encryption, Security Groups, NACLs, GuardDuty, Config, and AWS Security Hub.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies and external standards (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, etc.).
• Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability remediation.

Cost Optimization & Governance

• Monitor and optimize AWS spend using Cost Explorer, Budgets, and tagging strategies.
• Implement resource lifecycle policies, rightsizing, and spot/fleet strategies.
• Establish cloud governance frameworks and guardrails.

Collaboration & Mentorship

• Partner with software engineers, SREs, and security teams to enable cloud-native development.
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Document architectures, runbooks, and standard operating procedures.

Required Qualifications

• 3 – 6 years of professional experience in cloud infrastructure or SRE roles with deep AWS expertise.
• AWS Certifications: Solutions Architect – Professional
• Strong hands-on experience with:
• Compute: EC2, Lambda, ECS, EKS
• Storage: S3, EBS, EFS, Glacier
• Networking: VPC, Route 53, ALB/NLB, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway
• Databases: RDS (PostgreSQL/MySQL/Oracle), DynamoDB, ElastiCache
• Security: IAM, KMS, WAF, Shield, Secrets Manager
• Monitoring: CloudWatch, X-Ray, Prometheus, Grafana
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CDK, or CloudFormation).
• Strong scripting skills in Python , Bash , or Go for automation.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHu…