Junior Cloud Engineer

The position

The role is new and comes from growth in our client base. Seacoast Data Systems needs another Junior Cloud Engineer to design, build and support our AWS and Azure environments. Our headquarters is in New York City, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. This is a full-time remote role. We use an employer of record in India, so you get a proper employment contract, not a freelance agreement. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Eastern time. A quiet workspace and good internet are required.

What you'll be doing

• Design VPCs and VNets, subnets, routing, VPN and Direct Connect or ExpressRoute links.
• Keep architecture diagrams and runbooks current.
• Apply security controls and fix findings from AWS Security Hub, Defender for Cloud or Wiz.
• Automate routine tasks with Python, PowerShell or Lambda functions.
• Write and review Terraform, Bicep or CloudFormation.
• Migrate on-premises VMware workloads to EC2 or Azure VMs.
• Patch cloud VMs with SSM Patch Manager or Azure Update Manager.
• Manage IAM roles, policies and Azure RBAC with least-privilege access.

Who you are

• 1-2 years of hands-on cloud infrastructure experience.
• Familiarity with CIS benchmarks, NIST or similar security frameworks.
• Scripting in Python, PowerShell or Bash.
• Understanding of identity integration with Entra ID (Azure AD) or Okta.
• Ability to explain cloud costs and tradeoffs to non-technical managers.

Also helpful

• FinOps practices and tools like CloudHealth or Vantage.
• GCP experience.
• Background in a regulated industry such as healthcare or finance.

Compensation and benefits

Pay: ₹24,50,000 - ₹29,00,000 per annum

• 24 days paid time off.
• Monthly internet allowance.
• Co-working space stipend.
• Health insurance through our employer-of-record partner.
• Performance bonus.
• Paid sick days.

The company

Enterprise clients outsource service desk, end-user support and data centre operations to us under multi-year contracts. Certifications include ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II, and we hold partner status with Microsoft, Cisco and VMware.

Candidates must be eligible to work in India.

Start: Within 30 days.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Seacoast Data Systems LLC.