Cloud Engineer

Roles and responsibilities

A highly profitable global business is urgently seeking experienced Cloud Engineers with a strong background in either Azure or GCP to help drive their Cloud Transformation efforts.

This exciting relocation opportunity to Qatar offers the chance to work with a dynamic team on cutting-edge cloud solutions, with a focus on building scalable, secure, and robust cloud infrastructure.

You'll get to:
Work closely with cross-functional teams to streamline CI/CD pipelines, automate cloud infrastructure, and enhance system reliability and scalability.
Assist in migrating legacy systems from on-premises to cloud-native technologies, ensuring seamless transitions and minimal disruption.
Cloud Architecture & Design:
Design scalable and reliable cloud infrastructure: Architect cloud environments that can scale according to the organization’s needs, using cloud services like compute power, storage, databases, networking, and other cloud offerings.
Assess cloud requirements: Evaluate technical and business requirements and design cloud solutions that meet these needs, ensuring high availability, security, and performance.
Cloud migration: Plan and execute migrations of on-premises infrastructure to the cloud, ensuring minimal disruption and optimal use of cloud resources.
Cost optimization: Design solutions that are both efficient and cost-effective, taking advantage of cloud pricing models and services that minimize costs while maintaining performance.
Cloud Deployment & Implementation:
Implement cloud services: Deploy, configure, and manage cloud services, including compute instances, storage, networking, and databases.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Utilize IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Azure Resource Manager) to automate cloud provisioning, configuration, and deployment.
CI/CD pipelines: Set up and manage Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment pipelines for cloud-based applications, ensuring seamless and automated code deployment.
Cloud Security & Compliance:
Security management: Implement cloud security best practices, including identity and access management (IAM), encryption, and securing cloud data.
Compliance: Ensure cloud infrastructure complies with industry regulations (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2) and organizational security policies.
Monitoring and auditing: Set up monitoring and alerting for cloud resources to ensure compliance, security, and optimal performance. Tools like AWS CloudTrail, Azure Security Center, and GCP Cloud Audit Logs may be used.
Performance Monitoring & Optimization:
Cloud monitoring: Continuously monitor cloud infrastructure for performance, availability, and utilization using tools like CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, or Google Stackdriver.
Troubleshooting and issue resolution: Quickly identify and resolve performance issues, outages, and bottlenecks in cloud systems to ensure optimal operation.
Optimizing costs and performance: Regularly review cloud usage and resource consumption, recommending optimizations in storage, compute, and networking to reduce costs while maintaining performance.
Collaboration & Support:
Work with developers and other teams: Collaborate with software engineers, DevOps, and system administrators to deploy, manage, and optimize cloud-based applications.
Customer support: Provide ongoing support to customers or internal stakeholders, offering troubleshooting, issue resolution, and guidance on cloud-related matters.
Documentation and reporting: Maintain thorough documentation of cloud architecture, procedures, and troubleshooting steps to ensure ease of maintenance and support.

Desired candidate profile

Cloud Platforms:

• AWS: Familiarity with core AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, etc.), architecture best practices, and security practices.
• Microsoft Azure: Knowledge of key Azure services (VMs, Azure Functions, Azure Storage, Networking, etc.), security, and Azure Active Directory.
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP): Understanding of GCP services (Compute Engine, App Engine, Kubernetes Engine, BigQuery, etc.) and cloud-native application management.

Cloud Management Tools & Automation:

• IaC Tools: Experience with Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Azure Resource Manager for automating infrastructure provisioning and configuration management.
• Containerization & Orchestration: Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS, AKS, and similar container orchestration platforms for managing cloud-based containerized applications.
• CI/CD: Familiarity with tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, and CircleCI for building, testing, and deploying applications in the cloud.

Networking and Security:

• Networking concepts: Understanding of networking basics like DNS, VPCs, VPNs, subnets, load balancing, and firewall management in the cloud.
• Security: Strong knowledge of cloud security practices, including IAM (Identity and Access Management), encryption (at rest and in transit), firewalls, and multi-factor authentication (MFA).

Databases and Storage:

• Cloud databases: Proficiency with cloud database services like Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, NoSQL databases (e.g., DynamoDB, MongoDB), and Cloud Spanner.
• Cloud storage: Knowledge of storage services such as Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, and file systems for scalable, distributed storage.

Monitoring and Logging:

• Monitoring Tools: Familiarity with tools like Amazon CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Google Stackdriver, and Prometheus for real-time monitoring of cloud infrastructure.
• Logging & Auditing: Experience with cloud-based logging and auditing tools, such as AWS CloudTrail, Azure Security Center, and Google Cloud Logging.

Scripting & Programming:

• Scripting languages: Strong knowledge of languages like Python, Bash, PowerShell, or Ruby to automate cloud operations and integrations.
• APIs: Understanding of RESTful APIs and how to integrate cloud services with applications using cloud SDKs (e.g., AWS SDK, Azure SDK, Google Cloud SDK).

4. Soft Skills:

Problem-Solving:

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills to resolve technical issues related to cloud infrastructure, applications, and services.

Collaboration:

• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities to work across cross-functional teams including software developers, system administrators, and operations teams.

Adaptability:

• Cloud environments evolve rapidly, so the ability to quickly learn and adapt to new cloud technologies, tools, and platforms is essential.

Project Management:

• The ability to manage cloud deployment projects, from planning to execution, ensuring that they meet deadlines and budget requirements.

Time Management:

• Prioritize and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment, balancing operational needs with project development.