Sr. Cloud Engineer

About this role

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Peraton (Sr. Cloud Engineer)
*Location: Remote*
Responsibilities

• Deploy Cloud applications across dev, staging, and prod environments with consistency and stability.
• Build reusable CI/CD pipeline templates, jobs, and stages for cross-team consistency.
• Containerize and deploy applications using ECS and Lambda in collaboration with developers.
• Configure GitLab Runners and manage environment-specific variables and secrets.
• Define and deploy readiness and liveness probes for containers running in EKS and ECS.
• Develop custom scripts for CloudWatch custom metrics and alarms based on application probes.
• Monitor deployments and system health using CloudWatch and related tools.
• Implement rollback strategies and manage version control during deployments.
• Troubleshoot deployment issues and improve pipeline performance and reliability.
• Use Python, Bash, YAML/JSON, Node.js, and Lambda functions for automation and operations.
• Perform daily health checks using AWS CLI or scheduled Lambda scripts and report results.
• Set up monitoring thresholds, dashboards, and metrics for applications and infrastructure.
• Conduct root cause analysis and incident correlation using monitoring and performance tools.
• Maintain a central inventory of licensed software deployed in AWS environments.
• Maintain accurate documentation on infrastructure and operational procedures.
• Assess and apply patches for infrastructure and third-party software.
• Develop patch testing schedules and rollout plans with rollback and recovery.
• Create and manage change records and participate in PI planning and Agile ceremonies.
• Keep cloud environments compliant with security standards and best practices.
• Orchestrate failover and restoration of ECS/EKS services, Lambda functions, databases, and other compon...