Hybrid Cloud Engineer

at ShyftLabs

• Job title: Cloud Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Azure, Cloud, Google Cloud Platform, Jenkins, Python, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Noida, India

About the role

• Cloud Engineer designing, implementing, and automating cloud infrastructure for ShyftLabs, focusing on AWS and GCP with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize production infrastructure across AWS and GCP (with secondary support for Azure).
• Act as a technical owner for assigned projects, resolving complex infrastructure challenges independently.
• Proactively identify performance bottlenecks and reliability risks, implementing solutions before they become incidents.
• Take full ownership of tasks from design to deployment.
• Design, write, and maintain high-quality Terraform code to manage infrastructure.
• Build and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins) to automate deployments and enforce guardrails.
• Automate repetitive operational tasks using scripting (Python/Bash) and serverless functions.
• Review peer code and enforce best practices for state management and modularization.
• Implement and enforce IAM policies, ensuring least-privilege access across cloud environments.
• Audit cloud resources for security compliance and cost optimization.
• Drive post-incident reviews (RCAs) and implement long-term fixes.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation and runbooks.
• Work collaboratively with engineering teams to ensure infrastructure meets application requirements.

Requirements

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps / Cloud Infrastructure roles.
• Proven production experience in AWS and/or GCP. (Experience in both is a strong plus; willingness to master both is required).
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform. You should be comfortable writing modules, managing state, and handling complex dependencies.
• Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitLab CI, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.
• Proficiency in Python or Bash for automation tasks.
• Extreme Ownership: You don't just "do tasks"—you own outcomes.
• Fast Learner: Ability to ramp up quickly on new technologies and existing codebases with minimal guidance.
• Self-Starter: You thrive in environments where you need to figure things out. You require minimal hand-holding and can unblock yourself effectively.
• Proactive Problem Solving: You identify issues early and come to the table with proposed solutions.

Benefits

• healthcare insurance
• extensive learning and development resources