Senior Cloud Engineer(AWS)

Location: Athens or Thessaloniki

Working model: Hybrid

Salary: 60,000 gross/year

About the Opportunity

Are you a Senior Cloud Engineer (AWS) looking to drive cloud-native transformations within a leading global Fintech and Trading group?

Beyond standard solutions, deep troubleshooting, and project execution, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our long-term cloud strategy. You will establish robust processes, best practices, and risk assessments while serving as a dedicated technical mentor to a team of 3 mid-level engineers.

Key Responsibilities

• Mentorship & Technical Leadership: Actively mentor, guide, and upskill a dedicated team of 3 mid-level Cloud Engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and engineering excellence.
• Architecture & Standards: Design and consult on the re-platforming and refactoring of current cloud infrastructure. Define, oversee, and enforce deployment standards and pillars across all cloud resources.
• Well-Architected Framework: Practice and champion the Well-Architected Framework across all tasks to ensure security, reliability, and performance.
• Cloud Migration & Strategy: Research, design, orchestrate, and track large-scale cloud migration projects, ensuring minimal interruption and operational impact.
• Risk & Compliance Management: Investigate and assess cloud deployments regularly. Design and orchestrate a risk register, communicating findings to project managers, senior leadership, and cross-functional IT teams.
• Cost Optimization (FinOps): Proactively analyze, oversee, and remediate cloud costs to ensure maximum efficiency.
• Innovation & PoCs: Drive the adoption of new technologies and solutions. Design, document, and deploy Proof-of-Concepts (PoCs) for internal customers in compliance with company frameworks.
• Policy Development: Research, develop, and implement fair use policies and best practices for cloud services.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaborate seamlessly with other IT departments to align their infrastructure with the organization's cloud vision.

Main Requirements

• University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with cloud services, including at least 3 years specifically dedicated to the AWS ecosystem.
• Advanced expertise in solution design and enterprise-level deployment projects.
• Deep understanding and practical application of the Well-Architected Framework.
• Advanced knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and tools, specifically HCL Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
• Strong Linux, networking, and shell scripting (Bash) skills.
• Proficiency with version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Familiarity with modern operational practices such as Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and FinOps.
• Methodical troubleshooting skills and a passion for mentoring junior/mid-level team members.
• Exceptional organizational and technical documentation abilities.

Bonus Points / Nice-to-Haves

• Proficiency in scripting or programming languages such as Python or Go.
• Experience managing Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS), preferably PostgreSQL and MySQL.
• Experience working within Windows OS environments.

Sounds interesting ? Apply and Let's Talk!