Skills Required
- AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud: Deep understanding and hands-on experience with one or more major cloud platforms.
- Cloud Services: Proficiency with core cloud services such as compute (EC2, VMs), storage (S3, Blob, Cloud Storage), databases (RDS, Azure SQL, BigQuery), networking (VPC, VNets, Cloud Load Balancers), and security services (IAM, Azure AD).
- Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Environments: Experience in managing and integrating hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructures.
- Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM Templates: Proficiency in using IaC tools to automate the provisioning and management of cloud infrastructure.
- Version Control: Knowledge of Git or other version control systems to manage IaC scripts.
- Python, Bash, PowerShell: Strong scripting skills for automating cloud operations.
- Configuration Management: Experience with tools like Ansible, Puppet, or Chef for automating server configuration.
- Solution Architecture: Ability to design scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud solutions.
- Microservices and Containers: Experience with microservices architecture, Docker, and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
- Serverless Computing: Knowledge of serverless architectures using AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, or Google Cloud Functions.
- Cloud Databases: Experience with cloud-native databases such as Amazon RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, Google Cloud Spanner, Azure Cosmos DB, and SQL/NoSQL
databases. - Backup and Recovery: Implementing and managing database backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies in cloud environments.
- Performance Tuning: Skills in optimizing cloud resources for performance and cost efficiency, including resizing instances, selecting appropriate storage
options, and load testing. - Cost Management: Proficiency with cloud cost management tools and strategies, including budgeting, cost forecasting, and using reserved instances or savings
plans. - Cloud Migration: Experience with migrating on-premises applications to the cloud, including planning, executing, and validating the migration.
- DR Planning: Designing and implementing disaster recovery solutions in the cloud.
- High Availability: Architecting solutions with redundancy and failover capabilities to ensure high availability.
- Leadership and Team Collaboration: Ability to lead teams, manage projects, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Problem-Solving: Ability to troubleshoot complex cloud-related issues quickly and efficiently.
- Continuous Learning: Staying up-to-date with the latest cloud technologies, trends, and best practices.