AWS Cloud Engineer

Role overview

We are seeking an expert Senior AWS Cloud Engineer to join our team.

In this role, you will be responsible for all migration procedures in AWS and ensuring smooth operation of our cloud-based applications.

Your expertise in AWS technologies and hands-on experience with DevOps practices will be essential to the success of our organization.

What you’ll do

• Design of a secure Cloud Foundation, repeatable cloud patterns, templates, and/or accelerators to enable faster adoption of cloud services.
• Development of Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines to automate infrastructure provisioning.
• Development of process and code required to transform traditional workloads to modern architectures.
• Consult with application teams to develop an infrastructure design which is compliant with the architecture and standards of the Company.
• Ensure appropriate sizing of solutions, technology fit, and Disaster Recovery are assessed and accounted for.
• Maintain current understanding of AWS cloud services, evaluating value of new capabilities and prioritizing accordingly.
• Provide technical mentoring and knowledge transfer to Cloud Engineering and other Technology resources.
• Lead large scale and complex cloud service development programs.
• Consult, advise and facilitate the implementation of cloud practices and services.
• Promote, mentor and educate the client community on Cloud Adoption, Operating Guidelines/Principles, and Cloud Services/Solutions.

What you bring to the role

• Demonstrated ability in Terraform and AWS
• Hands on troubleshooting experience in Terraform at Production Level
• Cloud Migration experience using Terraform, IAC
• Certified in Terraform and AWS

Must have Skills include:

Compute:

• EC2, EKS, Lambda, API GW, CloudTrail, AWS Config, AWS Systems Manager, SQS, SNS, ELB, ACM, XRAY

Database:

• RDS-MSSQL, Aurora Postgres SQL, DynamoDB, Document DB, EBS, S3, EFS, KMS, Storage Gateway

Security:

• IAM, Cognito

IaaC:

• Terraform

DevOps / CICD:

• BitBucket

Networking:

• VPC, Route 53

What we Offer

• The chance to work with impact.
• Ownership over your career.
• The opportunity to thrive on a high caliber team with heart.
• A comprehensive total rewards package, including a competitive salary and pension plan with matching contributions.
• Flexible health and financial benefits to support you and your eligible dependents—from day one.
• True work-life balance with paid time off, flexible work arrangements, volunteering opportunities, social events, and more.

Working arrangements

We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible.

Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a remote position open to qualified applicants in Ontario, where our hubs are located.

Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

Note: The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.