Cloud Engineer

Cloud Engineer — Job Description

Role summary

Design, build, and operate cloud infrastructure and platforms to deliver scalable, secure, and cost‑effective services supporting applications and DevOps workflows.

Key responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure (IaaS/PaaS) on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Implement and manage IaC using Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates, or Pulumi.
• Build and operate container platforms and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS/GKE/AKS).
• Automate provisioning, configuration, and deployments with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins).
• Implement networking, VPC/subnet design, load balancing, DNS, and hybrid connectivity (VPN/Direct Connect).
• Manage identity, access, and security controls (IAM, RBAC, secrets management, KMS).
• Monitor, log, and instrument systems (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Stack driver, Datadog); respond to incidents and perform root‑cause analysis.
• Optimize cost, capacity, and performance; implement autoscaling and resource tagging.
• Support backup, disaster recovery, and high‑availability architectures.
• Collaborate with developers to design cloud-native architectures, microservices, and serverless functions.
• Enforce compliance and governance: policy as code, auditing, and remediation.
• Create and maintain runbooks, architecture diagrams, and operational documentation.
• Mentor engineers, perform architecture reviews, and contribute to platform roadmap.

Required skills & experience

• 3–5 years cloud engineering or site reliability experience (adjust for level).
• Hands‑on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or CloudFormation) and CI/CD tooling.
• Experience with container technologies and Kubernetes administration.
• Strong Linux systems administration and scripting (Bash, Python, Go).
• Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, routing, firewalls, load balancers).
• Security best practices for cloud environments (IAM, encryption, VPC security).
• Monitoring, alerting, and log aggregation experience.
• Familiarity with databases and managed services (RDS, Cloud SQL, DynamoDB, Big Query).
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and collaboration skills.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: QAR161.12 - QAR356.12 per month

Work Location: On the road