AWS Cloud Engineer
Passionate about AWS and cloud migrations? Join cirrusgo – an Advanced AWS Partner – where you’ll move real workloads to the cloud, work alongside a team of certified engineers, and grow your career with one of the region’s most trusted cloud practices.
The role requires strong AWS infrastructure skills, migration experience, and a commitment to continuous learning and AWS certification. As an Advanced AWS Partner with migration & modernization competency, cirrusgo expects Cloud Engineers to uphold AWS best practices across all engagements and contribute to the company’s competency and program readiness goals.
- Execute end-to-end cloud migration projects including discovery, planning, server replication, database migration, application cutover, and post-migration validation.
- Perform lift-and-shift, re-platform, and re-host migrations using AWS Migration Hub, AWS MGN (Application Migration Service), AWS DMS, and AWS SMS.
- Deploy and configure AWS infrastructure services including EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, ELB, Route 53, CloudFront, IAM, and CloudWatch.
- Implement infrastructure as code using CloudFormation, Terraform, or AWS CDK for repeatable and consistent deployments.
- Configure and maintain monitoring, alerting, and logging using CloudWatch, CloudTrail, AWS Config, and third-party tools (Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana).
- Perform operational tasks including patching, backup management, disaster recovery testing, and incident response within managed services SLAs.
- Conduct Well-Architected reviews and remediate high-risk indicators (HRIs) under guidance from senior engineers.
- Support cost optimization initiatives including right-sizing, Reserved Instance recommendations, and Savings Plans analysis.
- Implement security best practices including IAM policies, security groups, NACLs, encryption, and compliance controls.
- Document migration runbooks, operational procedures, and technical configurations.
- Participate in on-call rotations for managed services customers as required.
- Collaborate with Solutions Architects during technical handover and implementation phases.
- Escalate complex technical issues to Senior Cloud Engineers or the Managed Services Team Lead.
- Actively pursue AWS certifications and contribute to cirrusgo’s certification targets.
- Adhere to cirrusgo standards, security guidelines, ethical conduct, and professional behavior at all times.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 1-4 years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure, or systems administration with AWS focus
- Strong understanding of networking (VPC, subnets, routing, VPN, Direct Connect), compute (EC2, ECS), storage (S3, EBS, EFS), and database services (RDS, DynamoDB)
- Hands-on experience with AWS migration tools (MGN, DMS, SMS, Migration Hub) and migration methodologies
- Experience with infrastructure as code (CloudFormation, Terraform, or CDK)
- Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix)
- Basic understanding of security, compliance, and IAM best practices
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Good communication skills and ability to document technical work clearly
- At least AWS Solutions Architect – Associate or AWS SysOps Administrator – Associate
- AWS Cloud Practitioner (acceptable for entry-level candidates)
- Linux and/or Windows server administration experience
- Any additional AWS, networking, or security certifications (nice to have)