Senior Cloud Engineer - AWS (Professional Services)
ZainTECH
Posted: April 27, 2026
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Design and deliver complex AWS solutions, combining technical expertise with strong leadership and client-facing capabilities.
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Job Description
The Senior Cloud Engineer – AWS plays a key role within the Professional Services team by designing and delivering complex, enterprise-grade AWS solutions. This role combines deep technical expertise with strong leadership and client-facing capabilities.
In addition to hands-on technical delivery, you will actively participate in client discussions, translating business requirements into actionable designs, and present recommendations to technical and non- technical stakeholders. Your work will directly impact the success of strategic cloud projects, helping clients maximize the value and resilience of their AWS environments
Responsibilities:
• Design and implement complex and scalable AWS architectures across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services.
• Lead technical workstreams within large, multi-phased migration or modernization projects.
• Conduct AWS Well-Architected Reviews and provide recommendations to improve clients' cloud environments.
• Design and implement secure networking architectures on AWS, ensuring high availability and compliance.
• Develop infrastructure as code using CloudFormation, Terraform, and scripting languages like Python.
• Lead or support migrations to AWS using native migration services, tools, and best practices.
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues across compute, networking, databases, and storage.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and present technical solutions to internal and client stakeholders.
• Provide technical mentorship to mid-level engineers, promoting best practices in design and delivery.
• Document technical designs, implementation plans, and operational runbooks.
• Support DevOps initiatives, CI/CD pipelines, and automation to increase efficiency and consistency
Requirements:
• 4–6 years of experience in cloud infrastructure and systems engineering, 3 years hands-on experience with AWS.
• Strong hands-on experience in AWS migration tools and frameworks.
• Experience with AWS database migrations.
• Strong knowledge of AWS networking, compute, storage, databases, IAM, and high availability design
• Good understanding of AWS disaster recovery, backup strategies, and cross-region deployments
• Solid Linux and Windows Server administration skills
• Working knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes for deploying and managing containerized workloads
• Experience in multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and hybrid cloud setups
• Excellent communication and client interaction skills
• AWS Architect Professional certification preferred
• Knowledge of Terraform, AWS CLI, and automation scripting (Shell, Python, PowerShell)