AWS Cloud Engineer
About the role
About Qualysoft · 25 years of experience in software engineering, established in Vienna, Austria · Active in Romania since 2007, with office in central Bucharest (Bd. Iancu de Hunedoara 54B) · Delivering End to End IT Consulting Services - From Team Augmentation and Dedicated Teams to Custom Software Development · We deliver scalable enterprise systems, intelligent automation frameworks, and digital transformation platforms · Cross-industry experience by sustaining global players in BSFI (Banking, financial services and insurance), Telecom,Retail & E-commerce, Energy and Utilities, Automotive, Manufacturing, Logitics, High Tech · Global Presence: Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia, Romania, and Indonesia · International team of 500+ software engineers · Strategic partnerships: Microsoft Cloud Certified Partner, Tricentis Solutions Partner in Test Automation and Test Management, Creatio Exclusive Partner, Doxee Implementation Partner · Powered by cutting-edge technologies: AI, Data & Analytics, Cloud, DevOps, IoT, and Test Automation. · Project beneficiaries ranging from large-scale enterprises to startups · Stable growth and revenue increase year over year, a resilient organisation in volatile IT market conditions · Quality-first mindset, culture of innovation, and long-term client partnerships · Global and local reach – trusted by key industry players in Europe and the US
Responsibilities
- Act as a trusted technical advisor for enterprise customers, working closely with executive stakeholders, architects, and engineering teams.
- Lead discovery sessions, architecture workshops, technical design reviews, and cloud strategy engagements.
- Design secure, scalable, highly available, and cost-optimized AWS architectures aligned with the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
- Design and implement AWS landing zones, multi-account environments, hybrid connectivity, disaster recovery, and enterprise networking solutions.
- Architect and operate production-grade Amazon EKS and Kubernetes platforms, including networking, security, autoscaling, monitoring, and high availability.
- Lead cloud migration and modernization initiatives involving containers, microservices, serverless services, and cloud-native architectures.
- Design and implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, including reusable modules, remote state management, and multi-account deployments.
- Integrate Terraform and infrastructure automation into CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows.
- Design AWS networking solutions using VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPN, Route 53, and hybrid connectivity.
- Define and implement IAM, security, encryption, governance, compliance, and FinOps best practices.
- Troubleshoot Windows Server and Linux environments, including networking, system services, performance, application issues, and production incidents.
- Support enterprise web platforms including IIS, Apache, and Nginx.
- Develop operational and infrastructure automation using PowerShell, Bash, and Python.
- Perform root cause analysis and drive preventive improvements across cloud and infrastructure environments.
- Produce architecture documentation including HLDs, LLDs, architecture diagrams, migration plans, technical proposals, and SOWs.
- Mentor engineering teams, conduct architecture reviews, and establish cloud and platform engineering best practices.
- Support pre-sales activities through technical solution design, estimation, proposals, and customer presentations.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in Cloud Architecture, Infrastructure Engineering, DevOps, or Platform Engineering.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and implementing enterprise AWS environments.
- Strong hands-on expertise with Amazon EKS and Kubernetes in production environments.
- Advanced Terraform experience, including reusable modules, remote state, enterprise landing zones, and multi-account architectures.
- Strong AWS networking knowledge, including VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPN, Route 53, and hybrid connectivity.
- Strong experience with IAM, cloud security, encryption, governance, compliance, and AWS security best practices.
- Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
- Solid understanding of cloud cost optimization, FinOps, reliability, and operational excellence.
- Strong troubleshooting and administration experience across both Linux and Windows Server environments.
- Experience with IIS, Apache HTTP Server, and Nginx.
- Strong scripting and automation skills using PowerShell, Bash, and Python.
- Experience with monitoring and observability solutions such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, or Datadog.
- Strong customer-facing consulting, stakeholder management, and technical communication skills.
- Experience producing enterprise architecture documentation and leading technical workshops.
- Experience with cloud migration, modernization, hybrid cloud, and multi-cloud environments is highly desirable.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.
Mandatory certification
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional OR AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional.