Cloud Engineer (AWS)

This is an opportunity to become a direct hire as Lead Engineer in one of the public sector clients. This role will develop and design system/data product solutions with the purpose of improving business efficiency and productivity. This will also require to initiate the study and research of client business processes and requirements, information technology requirements, procedures or problems according to business needs. Feasibility of new systems and/or enhancements to existing systems will also be covered by this opportunity.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To manage & optimize the performance, availability, and security of application containers hosted on cloud platforms, as well as assess new capabilities and advice stakeholders to optimize their workloads.
• To automate and improve the process of software delivery to enhance collaboration and communication between application implementation and IT operations.

1) Application Maintenance

• Coordinate & execute application releases, considering dependencies, timelines & business objectives.
• Identify & manage risks associated with the releases, ensuring that releases are rolled out smoothly & coordinate rollback procedures if necessary.
• Optimize system performance and scalability, ensuring that applications containers can handle varying workloads and implementing monitoring, incident response & reliability best practices.
• Evaluate, select & integrate services or tools (e.g. AppStream) to enhance the efficiency & security of client services.

2) Cloud Service

• Collaborate with business to plan & manage budgets for cloud resources.
• Work closely with security specialists and compliance officers to identify and address potential security risks associated with the deployment and operation of application containers.
• Provision, configure & manage cloud infrastructure components such as virtual machines, storage & networking, including implementing automation scripts/tools to streamline KTLO operations & track the health/performance of cloud resources.
• Optimize application containers or virtual machines in a scalable manner, considering factors like load balancing, resource utilization & auto-scaling mechanisms.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be a graduate of Bachelor's Degree in IT or any related discipline
• Must have 3-5 years of relevant experience in AWS cloud
• Preferably AWS Certified Solution Architect
• Must have strong communication and collaboration skills
• Must have a passion for security and strong desire to continuously improve

Morgan McKinley Pte Ltd
Cedric Ferreras
EA Licence No: 11C5502
EA Registration No. R1870889