Hybrid Principal Cloud Engineer – AWS EKS, 8-10+ years experience

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• Job title: Principal Cloud Engineer – AWS EKS, 8-10+ years experience
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, EC2, Grafana, Kubernetes, Python, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Hyderabad, India

About the role

• Principal Cloud Engineer responsible for designing and maintaining scalable cloud environments at Keyloop. Focusing on AWS, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure-as-Code to support digital transformation.

Responsibilities

• Design, evolve, secure, and maintain scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient AWS cloud infrastructure and environments.
• Implement and manage Kubernetes (EKS) clusters to support modern containerised workloads.
• Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code using Terraform.
• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub and GitHub Actions.
• Implement and manage GitOps workflows with Argo CD.
• Ensure observability and system health through monitoring and logging tools, including Grafana and New Relic.
• Collaborate with Customer Success and Technical Support teams to ensure timely resolution of incidents within SLA objectives.
• Provide clear, accurate incident updates and stakeholder communications.
• Lead or actively contribute to process improvement initiatives to drive operational excellence.
• Mentor and coach team members, promoting knowledge sharing and technical growth.
• Maintain detailed configuration, infrastructure-as-code, and technical documentation.
• Stay ahead of emerging cloud technologies, including AI/ML, and proactively apply them to enhance platform capabilities.
• Achieve and maintain AWS certifications, supporting business credibility across key technology stacks.
• Contribute to strategic initiatives in security, performance, reliability, automation, and cost optimisation.
• Partner with Solutions Architects to deliver solution designs aligned with business strategies.
• Drive automation of repetitive tasks and workflows to maximise team efficiency.
• Support Agile delivery by providing input into planning, estimation, and backlog refinement.
• Collaborate closely with Software Engineers and QA teams to ensure smooth, secure delivery pipelines.
• Work independently, managing priorities and delivering high-quality outcomes with accountability.
• Participate in the On-Call rota, providing operational support as required.
• Take ownership of information security and data protection responsibilities, supporting compliance with regulatory and legal requirements.

Requirements

• 8-10+ years of experience in cloud engineering and infrastructure.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and services (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, Lambda, etc.).
• Proven expertise in Kubernetes and Amazon EKS (mandatory).
• Proficiency with Terraform for infrastructure-as-code (mandatory).
• Hands-on experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions for CI/CD automation (mandatory).
• Experience with Argo CD for GitOps workflows (mandatory).
• Strong knowledge of monitoring and observability tools, including Grafana and New Relic (mandatory).
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, or similar).
• Deep understanding of cloud security principles and practices.
• Excellent communication, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Highly Desirable - AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional or Associate).
• Exposure to AI/ML workloads and services (e.g., SageMaker, Bedrock, custom ML deployments).

Benefits

• We’re on a journey to become market leaders in our space – and with that comes some incredible opportunities.
• Collaborate and learn from industry experts from all over the globe.
• Work with game-changing products and services.
• Get the training and support you need to try new things, adapt to quick changes and explore different paths.
• Join Keyloop and progress your career, your way.
• An inclusive environment to thrive.
• We’re committed to fostering an inclusive work environment.
• We promote an inclusive culture within our business, and we celebrate different employees and lifestyles – not just on key days, but every day.
• Be rewarded for your efforts.
• We believe people should be paid based on their performance so our pay and benefits reflect this and are designed to attract the very best talent.