DevOps Cloud Engineer

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced DevOps Cloud Engineer with strong expertise in AWS ECS Fargate, Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK), and CI/CD automation . The ideal candidate will have proven experience in migrating .NET applications to containerized architectures and building scalable, secure cloud-native solutions on AWS.

Key Responsibilities

☁️ AWS Cloud & Architecture

• Design and implement scalable architectures using AWS ECS (Fargate)
• Apply AWS Well-Architected Framework principles
• Configure networking components: VPC, Subnets, Route Tables, Security Groups, NACLs
• Manage IAM roles, policies, task roles, and execution roles
• Set up Application Load Balancers (ALB), target groups, and health checks
• Configure CloudWatch logs, metrics, and alarms
• Implement ECS auto-scaling using CloudWatch metrics
• Manage secrets using AWS SSM Parameter Store and Secrets Manager
• Execute deployment strategies: Rolling and Blue/Green (CodeDeploy)

⚙️ Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK)

• Develop AWS CDK applications using TypeScript
• Define ECS/Fargate services using CDK constructs
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines using CDK Pipelines
• Perform Synth, Diff, and Deploy workflows
• Implement environment-based stacks (Dev/QA/Prod)
• Develop reusable CDK components for standardization

Containerization & Application Modernization

• Containerize applications using Docker (multi-stage builds)
• Migrate legacy .NET / on-prem applications to container-based deployments
• Optimize container performance and image sizes
• Work with ECS (mandatory) and Kubernetes (nice-to-have)

CI/CD & Automation

• Build and maintain GitHub Actions workflows (YAML-based)
• Automate Docker image builds and push to Amazon ECR
• Deploy ECS services via CI/CD pipelines
• Integrate unit testing, static code analysis, and CodeQL security scans
• Manage multi-environment pipelines (Dev/QA/Prod)

Development & Scripting

• Strong programming in TypeScript, JavaScript
• Experience with C# / .NET Core
• Write automation scripts using Bash and PowerShell

Monitoring & Observability (Datadog)

• Implement Datadog Agent as ECS Fargate sidecar
• Configure ECS integration for metrics and logs
• Set up log forwarding, filtering, and processing rules
• Build dashboards for ECS, ALB, and .NET performance metrics
• Create alerts for CPU, memory, latency, error rates

Security & Compliance

• Enforce container security best practices
• Implement IAM least privilege principles
• Ensure secure secrets management and encryption

️ Database & Storage

• Work with Amazon RDS (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL)
• Implement connection pooling strategies for scalability

Delivery & Documentation

• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies
• Perform cloud migration assessments and planning
• Create architecture diagrams, deployment guides, and runbooks

✅ Required Skills

• AWS ECS, Fargate, CloudWatch, IAM, ALB
• AWS CDK (TypeScript)
• Docker, ECR
• GitHub Actions CI/CD
• Datadog Monitoring
• .NET Core / C#
• Cloud Migration Experience

⭐ Preferred Skills

• Kubernetes
• AWS CodeDeploy (Blue/Green deployments)
• Advanced security and compliance experience
• Performance tuning for cloud-native applications

Key Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in DevOps / Cloud Engineering
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services
• Expertise in containerization and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience in modernizing legacy applications to cloud-native architectures

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Experience working in large-scale cloud migration projects
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills
• Ability to design scalable, highly available cloud solutions