Cloud Engineer

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Cloud Engineer to join our payment gateway development team. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in designing, deploying, and managing cloud-based solutions on AWS, with additional exposure to Azure and GCP environments. The candidate should be proficient in cloud networking, container orchestration, data services, and have a strong understanding of event-driven and microservices architectures. Hands-on experience in Kong API Gateway and Java-based solutions is essential.

 

Key Responsibilities:

Cloud Architecture & Implementation

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud infrastructures on AWS.

• Architect and deploy multi-account, multi-region AWS environments using best practices.

• Implement and manage AWS networking services — including VPC, Transit Gateway, VPN, Direct Connect, Route 53, and Network Load Balancers.

• Set up and optimize ECS, EKS clusters for containerized microservices.

• Configure and manage AWS data services such as RDS, DynamoDB, Glue, S3, and SageMaker for analytics and AI workloads.

• Work with AWS Bedrock and other AI/ML services for intelligent automation and model deployment.

API & Event-driven Architecture

• Design and maintain Kong API Gateway for secure, scalable API management.

• Implement event-driven architectures using SNS, SQS, EventBridge, Lambda, and Kafka (if applicable).

• Ensure efficient communication and integration across microservices.

DevOps & Automation

• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployment using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or AWS CodePipeline.

• Manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.

• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK.

Security & Compliance

• Apply best practices for security, identity management (IAM), encryption, and compliance (PCI DSS) for payment systems.

• Ensure adherence to high-availability and disaster recovery architectures.

Cross-Cloud Exposure

• Collaborate with teams working on Azure and GCP to ensure interoperability and hybrid-cloud designs.

• Evaluate and integrate services across multiple cloud platforms when required.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Work closely with solution architects, backend developers, and data engineers.

• Contribute to architecture design reviews and technical documentation.

• Mentor junior cloud engineers and participate in code and infrastructure reviews.

 

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with AWS Cloud Services.

• Deep expertise in AWS Networking, Transit Gateway, ECS, EKS, RDS, DynamoDB, Glue, SageMaker, and Bedrock.

• Strong knowledge of event-driven architectures and microservices.

• Proficiency in Kong API Gateway implementation and management.

• Solid understanding of Java (Spring Boot / microservices).

• Exposure to Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

• Experience with CI/CD tools, Terraform, and CloudFormation.

• Excellent knowledge of monitoring, logging, and security best practices.

• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS Certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional).

• Experience in payment or fintech domain (PCI DSS, secure transaction systems).

• Familiarity with AI/ML workloads in AWS (SageMaker, Bedrock).

• Knowledge of container security and zero-trust network principles.

At Endava, we’re committed to creating an open, inclusive, and respectful environment where everyone feels safe, valued, and empowered to be their best. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives—because we know that inclusive teams help us deliver smarter, more innovative solutions for our customers. Hiring decisions are based on merit, skills, qualifications, and potential. If you need adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know.