Skeps - Infrastructure Solution Engineer III - AWS/Azure

Job Description : Solution Engineer (Infrastructure SDE3) - Azure/AWS & PythonRole Summary : We're looking for a Solution Engineer (Infrastructure SDE3) to design, automate, and operate secure, scalable cloud infrastructure on Azure and/or AWS. You will coordinate production releases, own platform reliability, and lead deep-dive troubleshooting-using Python and modern DevOps tooling to reduce toil and improve time-to-recovery.Responsibilities- Release & Environment Management : Coordinate production deployments across environments; maintain CI/CD pipelines, versioning, and tested rollback paths; ensure clean promotion flows and audit-ready release notes.- Cloud Infrastructure Ownership : Design, implement, and maintain resilient networks and services (VNet/VPC, subnets, VPN/peering/gateways, load balancers, storage, IAM, secrets/keys); right-size and harden resources for security, cost, and performance.- Automation & Observability : Automate routine ops with Python and Bash (provisioning, health checks, drift detection, runbooks); improve metrics/logs/traces and build actionable dashboards/alerts.- Container & Build Tooling : Manage Docker images/registries, supply-chain basics; administer build systems (e.g., Jenkins/GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps) and enforce branch/release strategies in Git.- Incident Response & RCA : Triage infra, networking, and deployment issues; perform root-cause analysis; implement preventive fixes that reduce MTTR and alert noise; keep stakeholders informed.- Documentation & Enablement : Maintain up-to-date runbooks, architecture diagrams, and how-to guides; mentor engineers on platform usage and best practices.Required Qualifications : - Strong Python (3.x) for infra/ops automation; solid Bash on Linux.- Hands-on with Azure and/or AWS core services : networking (VNet/VPC, VPN, gateways), storage, compute, IAM/roles, secrets management, load balancing.- CI/CD expertise (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps) : pipeline design, artifact/version management, automated rollbacks, and environment promotions.- Containers (Docker) : image hardening, registry workflows, basic runtime troubleshooting.- Git proficiency : branching strategies, code review workflows, release tagging.- Observability : metrics, logs, and alerting (CloudWatch/Log Analytics/Prometheus/Grafana or similar).- Proven incident management experience : on-call participation, RCA writing, and stakeholder communication.Nice to Have : - Kubernetes (AKS/EKS) fundamentals.- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Bicep/CloudFormation) and policy-as-code (OPA/Azure Policy).- Security/compliance awareness (least privilege, key rotation, CIS benchmarks), and cost optimization.- RDBMS basics (MySQL/PostgreSQL) for operational tasks and performance triage.What Success Looks Like : - Reliable, repeatable releases with tested rollback paths.- Measurable reduction in manual ops through Python-driven automation.- Improved platform resilience and lower MTTR with clear RCAs and durable fixes.- Right-sized, well-documented cloud infrastructure aligned with security and cost goals.Experience : ~3-5+ years in Infra/Development. (ref: hirist.tech)