AWS Cloud Engineer / Cloud Consultant

Role: AWS Cloud Engineer / Cloud Consultant Role Responsibilities: Identity & Access Management (IAM): Create and manage AWS IAM users, groups, and roles. Cost Management & FinOps: Monitor and analyze AWS cloud spending using AWS Cost Explorer.

Duration: 6 months
GBaMS ReqID: 10923252
Experience Required: 8–10 years
Role: AWS Cloud Engineer / Cloud Consultant

• Role Responsibilities:
  • Identity & Access Management (IAM):
    • Create and manage AWS IAM users, groups, and roles.
    • Implement the principle of least privilege.
    • Manage AWS credentials and access policies.
    • Enable and manage Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).
  • Resource & Compute Management:
    • Launch, configure, and manage Amazon EC2 instances.
    • Manage Amazon S3 storage resources.
    • Provision and configure AWS resources based on operational requirements.
    • Monitor resource utilization and performance.
  • Monitoring & Troubleshooting:
    • Use Amazon CloudWatch to monitor server health and infrastructure performance.
    • Track CPU utilization, disk usage, and other critical metrics.
    • Identify and troubleshoot performance bottlenecks.
    • Proactively address infrastructure issues to minimize downtime.
  • Security & Compliance:
    • Establish security boundaries and implement AWS security controls.
    • Configure Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs), security groups, and network controls.
    • Implement firewall and security configurations.
    • Use AWS CloudTrail for activity logging, auditing, and compliance monitoring.
    • Identify and mitigate vulnerabilities within the AWS environment.
  • Backup & Disaster Recovery:
    • Design and implement automated, cost-effective backup solutions.
    • Develop disaster recovery strategies to support business continuity.
    • Design resilient solutions across multiple AWS regions.
    • Regularly assess backup and recovery processes.
  • Cost Management & FinOps:
    • Monitor and analyze AWS cloud spending using AWS Cost Explorer.
    • Identify and eliminate idle or underutilized resources.
    • Optimize AWS infrastructure for cost efficiency.
    • Apply FinOps practices to improve cloud financial management.
    • Work with stakeholders to balance cloud performance, reliability, and cost.
• Essential Skills:
  • Amazon EC2
  • AWS Lambda
  • Amazon EKS
  • Amazon VPC
  • Amazon S3
  • Amazon Route 53
  • Amazon CloudFront
  • Amazon RDS
  • AWS IAM
  • Amazon CloudWatch
  • AWS CloudTrail
  • Terraform
  • Python
  • AWS Cost Explorer
  • FinOps
• Desirable Skills:
  • Cloud consulting
  • FinOps
  • AWS Cloud Computing
  • Python development
  • AWS infrastructure automation
  • Cloud cost optimization