Cloud Engineer (AWS)

TL;DR

Cloud Engineer (AWS): Designing, implementing, and maintaining secure and scalable cloud-native solutions with an accent on AWS, Infrastructure-as-Code, and DevSecOps. Focus on influencing system architecture, shaping engineering practices, and ensuring platform observability, maintainability, and resilience.

Location: Hybrid work options: work from home with the option to use our cozy office space whenever needed in Ukraine.

Company

hirify.global provides premium IT and engineering nearshore solutions to global customers, focusing on travel, media, and fintech innovation.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and maintain secure and scalable cloud-native solutions using AWS and modern infrastructure tools.
• Ensure system observability and support effective change, configuration, and incident management processes.
• Contribute to the improvement of CI/CD pipelines, automation, and DevSecOps maturity.
• Support production environments by enabling rapid response to incidents and minimizing downtime.
• Promote best practices in cloud solution architecture, infrastructure-as-code, security, and reliability.
• Collaborate with product teams to embed operational readiness and quality throughout the development lifecycle.

Requirements

• Proven hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), including architecture and deployment of distributed systems.
• Strong expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform and Terragrunt.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, preferably GitLab CI or Jenkins.
• Solid understanding of DevSecOps practices and automation-first approaches.
• Proficient with monitoring/observability tools (e.g., Datadog) and incident management platforms (e.g., PagerDuty).
• Competency in a programming or scripting language such as Python, Node.js, or Bash.
• Strong experience with Linux system administration and understanding of Windows systems.
• Good working knowledge of networking and security principles, including DNS, firewalls, load balancing, and VPNs.
• Experience with Kubernetes cluster administration and orchestration.
• English: Upper-intermediate level required.

Culture & Benefits

• 24 working days of paid vacation and 11 paid national holidays.
• Health care: up to 10 paid sick days, on-demand medical insurance, vaccinations.
• Mental health support: webinars, resources, and compensation for therapy sessions.
• Access to our corporate learning platform and language classes (English).
• Flexible benefits budget for medical insurance, sports, leisure, fuel, and more.
• Engaging team events and thoughtful gifts throughout the year.