Role: Cloud Engineer

Location: Scarborough, ON (Hybrid)
Mode: Contract

Skills:

- Platform Provisioning and AWS CDK
- Robust hands-on experience with AWS Cloud Services including:
- EC2
- S3
- Lambda
- VPC
- IAM
- CloudWatch

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Engineer with strong expertise in AWS and Azure cloud platforms to design, implement, maintain, and optimize cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with cloud services, automation, infrastructure as code, containerization, monitoring tools, and system administration. This role requires excellent troubleshooting abilities, strong collaboration skills, and a proactive approach to improving cloud operations, security, and reliability.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Infrastructure Management

- Monitor, maintain, and optimize AWS and Azure cloud environments to ensure high availability, performance, and scalability.
- Manage and support AWS services including EC2, S3, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, and related cloud components.
- Administer Azure infrastructure resources including virtual machines, networking, storage, and security services.
- Perform capacity planning and resource optimization to improve performance and control costs.

Automation & Infrastructure as Code

- Design, implement, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
- Automate operational and administrative tasks using Python, Bash, and PowerShell scripting.
- Support CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure deployment automation.

Containerization & Application Support

- Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot containerized workloads using Docker, ECS, and EKS.
- Collaborate with development and DevOps teams to deploy, maintain, and modernize cloud-based applications.
- Ensure application availability, performance, and resilience across environments.

Monitoring, Security & Compliance

- Implement proactive monitoring and alerting using AWS CloudWatch, Dynatrace, and other observability tools.
- Enforce cloud security best practices including IAM policies,



encryption, patch management, and compliance controls.
- Conduct vulnerability assessments and support remediation activities.
- Participate in disaster recovery planning, testing, and backup validation.

Incident Management & Troubleshooting

- Diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure, networking, and application-related issues.
- Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive measures to minimize recurring incidents.
- Support critical production incidents and provide timely resolution.

Documentation & Knowledge Sharing

- Maintain accurate technical documentation, architecture diagrams, operational procedures, and runbooks.
- Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and training to junior engineers and support teams.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and cloud adoption strategies.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Technical Skills

- Strong hands-on experience with AWS Cloud Services including:

- EC2
- S3
- Lambda
- VPC
- IAM
- CloudWatch

- Experience managing and supporting Microsoft Azure Infrastructure.
- Strong knowledge of Linux and Windows Server Administration.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools:

- Terraform
- AWS CloudFormation

- Experience with CI/CD tools and deployment automation.
- Hands-on experience with containerization technologies:

- Docker
- Amazon ECS
- Amazon EKS

- Experience with monitoring and observability tools:

- AWS CloudWatch
- Dynatrace
- Other enterprise monitoring platforms

- Strong scripting skills in:

- Python
- Bash
- PowerShell

- Valuable understanding of:

- Networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, Load Balancing, Routing, VPNs)
- Security best practices and cloud governance
- Backup and Disaster Recovery solutions

Soft Skills

- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Ability to perform in a rapid-paced, production-critical environment.
- Leadership mindset with experience mentoring junior engineers and driving team succ

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