AWS Cloud Engineer III

Role Overview

The L3 DevOps / Cloud Engineer will act as a senior technical resource responsible for leading complex infrastructure and DevOps activities, driving automation, defining technical standards, and improving platform reliability.

The role requires strong hands-on expertise in AWS, Terraform, AWX/Ansible, ArgoCD, GitOps, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and Disaster Recovery.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as theL3 escalation pointfor complex Cloud, DevOps, Kubernetes, infrastructure, and deployment issues.
• Lead major technical activities across production and non-production environments.
• Take ownership of complex infrastructure changes, upgrades, migrations, and platform improvements.
• Lead and coordinateDisaster Recovery (DR)activities, including:
  • DR planning
  • Restore testing
  • Failover/failback activities
  • Application and infrastructure recovery
  • DR validation
  • Runbook preparation and improvement
• Design and implement infrastructure usingTerraform.
• Develop and maintain reusableTerraform modules.
• Review Terraform code and infrastructure changes implemented by L1/L2 engineers.
• Define Terraform coding standards, repository structure, and implementation best practices.
• Strong hands-on experience withAWX / Ansible.
• Develop reusable Ansible roles, playbooks, and automation workflows.
• Use AWX to automate:
  • Server configuration
  • Patching
  • Application deployment
  • Infrastructure operations
  • Repetitive BAU activities
• Identify manual operational activities and convert them into automated workflows.
• Design and maintainArgoCD-based deployments.
• Implement and supportGitOps practicesfor Kubernetes and application deployments.
• Define GitOps repository structures and deployment standards.
• Manage and troubleshoot ArgoCD:
  • Applications
  • Sync issues
  • Configuration drift
  • Deployment failures
  • Environment promotion
  • Rollback activities
• Design and maintain Kubernetes workloads running onAmazon EKS.
• Develop and maintain reusableHelm Charts.
• Define standards for Helm values, templates, and environment-specific configurations.
• Design and improve CI/CD deployment processes.
• Support and improve Jenkins and other CI/CD automation.
• Define deployment strategies and operational standards.
• Lead automation initiatives across Cloud and DevOps platforms.
• Develop automation using:
  • Terraform
  • Ansible / AWX
  • Bash
  • Python
  • CI/CD pipelines
• Define and enforce technical standards for:
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • Terraform
  • GitOps
  • Kubernetes
  • Helm
  • CI/CD
  • Automation
  • Cloud operations
  • Patching
  • Deployment processes
• Establish reusable templates, modules, pipelines, and automation frameworks.
• Perform technical reviews for changes implemented by L1 and L2 engineers.
• Lead complex production incidents and perform Root Cause Analysis.
• Identify recurring issues and implement permanent automated solutions.
• Improve monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational reliability.
• Participate in architecture and technical design discussions.
• Lead production deployments, infrastructure upgrades, patching, and maintenance activities.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to L1 and L2 engineers.
• Create and maintain:
  • SOPs
  • Runbooks
  • Technical standards
  • Architecture documentation
  • DR documentation
  • Operational procedures