AWS L3 SME / Cloud Specialist

Position: AWS L3 SME / Cloud Specialist

Location: Warren, NJ

Work Mode: Onsite

Experience: 6–10 Years

Job Summary:

We are looking for an experienced AWS L3 SME / Cloud Specialist with strong hands-on experience in AWS cloud operations, infrastructure support, security, automation, Kubernetes, and DevOps. The candidate should have proven experience supporting production cloud environments, troubleshooting critical incidents, and implementing automation and infrastructure-as-code solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide L3 support for production AWS cloud infrastructure and resolve complex technical issues.
• Manage and troubleshoot AWS services including EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, RDS, Route53, CloudWatch, Lambda, Auto Scaling, Load Balancers, and SSM.
• Handle critical incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and drive resolution within defined SLAs.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure using Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Automate operational tasks using Ansible, Python, and Shell scripting.
• Manage and troubleshoot Kubernetes, Docker, and Amazon EKS environments.
• Implement and support monitoring and observability using Grafana, Prometheus, and related tools.
• Support AWS security, networking, access management, and infrastructure reliability.
• Collaborate with application, DevOps, security, and infrastructure teams to resolve complex production issues.
• Participate in incident management, problem management, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Required Skills:

• 4+ years of hands-on AWS experience.
• Strong experience with EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, RDS, Route53, CloudWatch, Lambda, Auto Scaling, Load Balancers, and SSM.
• Strong production cloud operations and L3 troubleshooting experience.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Python, and Shell scripting.
• Strong Kubernetes, Docker, and EKS experience.
• Experience with Grafana, Prometheus, and cloud monitoring/observability.
• Strong understanding of AWS security and infrastructure.
• Excellent troubleshooting, incident management, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred / Plus Skills:

• Hands-on GCP experience with Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, IAM, and VPC.
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate/Professional.
• AWS SysOps Administrator.
• AWS Security Specialty or Advanced Networking Specialty.
• Terraform Associate.
• CKA/CKAD certification.

Work Authorization: Must be authorized to work in the US.

Work Location: Warren, NJ – Onsite.