Senior Administrator - Iaas AWS, Terraform

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled AWS Engineer with strong hands-on experience designing, building, and operating secure, scalable cloud platforms on Amazon Web Services. The ideal candidate will support end-to-end delivery across networking, compute, storage, security, automation, and reliability, and will also help modernize and migrate applications and databases to AWS with minimal downtime and strong governance.

Total Experience - 8 to 12 years of proven experience in cloud engineering, including designing, deploying, and operating AWS environments with strong focus on security, networking, high availability, disaster recovery, cost optimization, and automation.

Key Responsibilities

· Design, deploy, and manage AWS infrastructure using services such as EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, Load Balancers, Auto Scaling, and CloudWatch.

· Plan and execute migrations from on-premises or hosted environments to AWS (re-host, re-platform, or re-architect).

· Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, or similar tools.

· Configure and manage networking, security groups, NACLs, IAM roles and policies, and encryption using AWS KMS.

· Build and support highly available and disaster recovery architectures, including multi-AZ setups and backup/restore strategies.

· Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting using Amazon CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and native AWS services.

· Collaborate with application, database, security, and network teams to resolve infrastructure and cloud-related issues.

· Develop operational runbooks, SOPs, and best practices for AWS environments.

· Ensure compliance with AWS Well-Architected Framework, security, and governance standards.

Skill Requirements

1. In-Depth Knowledge Of Iaas, Aws Services, And Terraform For Infrastructure Management.

2. Strong Troubleshooting And Analytical Skills With The Ability To Perform Root Cause Analysis.

3. Solid Understanding Of Security Best Practices And Regulatory Compliance In Cloud Environments.

4. Excellent Communication Skills For Effective Collaboration And Customer Interaction.

5. Familiarity With Itil Practices And Incident Management Processes.

Other Requirements

· 5+ years of hands-on experience building and operating AWS cloud infrastructure in production environments.

· Strong knowledge of AWS core services and architecture patterns: EC2, Auto Scaling, ELB, VPC, S3/EBS/EFS, Route 53, IAM, KMS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and Systems Manager.

· Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and/or CloudFormation), configuration management, and automation using Python/Shell; familiarity with Git-based workflows.

· AWS Certification preferred (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate/Professional, AWS Certified Sys Ops Administrator, or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer); database migration experience (RDS/Aurora, DMS/SCT) is a plus.