AWS Site Reliability Engineer

Role Summary The AWS Site reliability Engineer is responsible for managing optimizing troubleshooting and supporting cloud infrastructure hosted on Amazon Web Services AWS The role involves advanced technical support incident resolution automation security compliance and infrastructure improvements Key Responsibilities Manage and maintain AWS cloud environments Handle L3 escalations for critical incidents and complex technical issues Design implement and support highly available and scalable cloud solutions Monitor infrastructure health using CloudWatch and third-party tools Perform root cause analysis RCA for major incidents Implement disaster recovery and backup strategies Automate operational tasks using Python Shell scripting Terraform or CloudFormation Manage IAM policies roles and security controls Optimize AWS resource utilization and cloud costs Support patching upgrades and compliance requirements Collaborate with application security and DevOps teams Technical Skills Required AWS Services EC2 VPC S3 IAM RDS Route 53 ELBALBNLB Auto Scaling CloudWatch Lambda SNSSQS EKSECS CloudFormation Operating Systems Linux RHEL Amazon Linux Ubuntu Windows Server Automation DevOps Terraform CloudFormation Ansible Jenkins GitGitHubGitLab Scripting Python ShellBash PowerShell Monitoring Security CloudWatch Datadog Splunk Dynatrace AWS Security Hub GuardDuty AWS Config Experience 5+ years in Cloud OperationsInfrastructure Support 3+ years of hands-on AWS administration Experience managing production-critical environments Exposure to ITIL processes Incident Change Problem Management Certifications Preferred AWS Certified Solutions Architect AssociateProfessional AWS Certified SysOps Administrator AWS Certified Security Specialty Key Competencies Incident Management Problem Solving Automation Mindset Stakeholder Communication Team Collaboration Documentation and RCA Preparation Typical L3 Expectations Own critical P1P2 incidents Lead troubleshooting efforts Mentor L1L2 engineers Drive automation and operational excellence Participate in architecture reviews and cloud optimization initiatives For a Cloud Operations Manager transitioning into AWS L3Lead Engineer roles I can also provide a more senior AWS L3Lead Cloud Engineer JD aligned with your Cloud Ops background