Senior) Cloud Engineer

**About GFT**

Since 2001, we have been pioneers of near-shore delivery, now boasting an international team spanning 16 countries and a global workforce of over 9000 professionals. GFT is recognized by industry analysts such as Everest Group as a leader among global mid-sized Service Integrators and ranks in the Top 20 for leading global Service Integrators in exponential technologies like Open Banking, Blockchain, Digital Banking, and App Services.

**Role Summary**

**Key Responsibilities**
- **Tooling Development**: Develop and codify shared tooling for repeatable build and deploy patterns across the organization.
- **Legacy Migration**:**Migrate legacy infrastructure and delivery pipelines to modern, modular AWS-based architectures.
- **Continuous Improvement**: Review and enhance Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) for scalability, performance, and maintainability.
- **Team Collaboration**: Work closely with product and development teams to deliver functionality in a repeatable, automated manner.
- **Operational Support**:**Participate in weekly prioritization, release, and change management meetings.
- **Monitoring & Reliability**:**Define and implement service level objectives (SLOs/SLIs) and ensure system observability on AWS.
- **On-call Rotation**:**Provide support for AWS-based infrastructure as part of an on-call schedule.
- **Tool Identification**: Identify and recommend AWS-native tools and services that reduce manual effort and improve efficiency.

**Required Skills & Experience**
- **AWS Expertise**: 4-6 years of hands-on experience with AWS services (e.g., EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, RDS, IAM, Lambda, CloudFormation).
- **Automation & IaC**:**Strong experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or AWS CloudFormation preferred).
- **Architectural Design**: Ability to design, document, and own AWS-native cloud architecture patterns.
- **Scalability & Security**:**Solid understanding of designing highly scalable, fault-tolerant, and secure AWS environments (including compliance frameworks such as PCI-DSS).
- **Containerization**:**Experience with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS preferred).
- **Monitoring & Alerting**: Experience implementing monitoring and alerting using AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, or similar tools.
- **Messaging Systems**: Experience with Kafka or AWS-native equivalents (e.g., Kinesis, MSK).
- **Migration Experience**: Proven experience migrating on-premise systems to AWS cloud.
- **Collaboration & Communication**: Strong stakeholder management and ability to work in fast-paced delivery environments.

**Nice-to-Have**
- AWS Tooling: Proficiency with AWS-native CI/CD tools (CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy).
- DevOps Tools: GitLab, Jenkins, Nexus/Artifactory, SonarQube, Snyk.
- Observability Tools: ELK, Prometheus, Grafana for advanced monitoring and logging.
- Databases: Experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases on AWS (RDS, Aurora).
- Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect or equivalent certification.
- Security Practices: Knowledge of advanced AWS security practices, IAM policies, and compliance frameworks.
- Development Background: Software development experience (Java, Python) to collaborate effectively with dev teams.

**About Us**:
We show commitment to our investors and stand for solid, long-term growth performance. Founded in Germany in 1987 and in American territory since 2008, GFT expanded globally to over 10,000 experts. And to more than 15 markets to ensure proximity to clients. With new opportunities from Asia to Brazil, the international growth story continues. We are committed to grow tech talents worldwide. Because our team’s strong consulting and development skills across legacy and pioneering technologies, like GreenCoding, underpin success. We maintain a family atmosphere in an inclusive work environment.

**Why Choose GFT?**:

- Competitive Compensation
- Benefits package including comprehensive medical, dental, vision and others
- Company Culture based on our Core Values
- Professional Development Training with Individual Development Plans to map out your career growth
- Opportunity to work in a global environment with diverse teams built with colleagues from around the world
- Opportunity to work with technology industry leaders in the financial services industry
- Opportunity to work for big name clients in capital markets, banking and other industries