AWS Cloud Engineer

Join Alphacomm as an AWS Cloud Engineer

Only applicants already living in The Netherlands.

Alphacomm makes large European companies more successful and financially healthier by securing their revenue. From increasing the average revenue per user, eliminating fraud in online transactions, and slashing the risk of non- and late payments, we are operating on top of our customers’ priorities. With locations in Romania, Rotterdam, UK, and Germany, we operate on an international scale as the trusted partner for many large organizations in Europe. With our experience-based knowledge and our ability to connect the dots, we help our customers to secure their revenue and have fun while working with us.

Your challenge

As an AWS Cloud Engineer, you will be responsible for maintaining and improving existing environments, constantly looking into new possibilities and betterment in the infrastructure as well as ways of working. You should also be optimizing processes on the infrastructure and suggesting efficiency-boosting strategies.

As an AWS Cloud Engineer you will be:

• Optimizing processes on the infrastructure
• Maintaining and improving existing environments
• Constantly looking into new possibilities
• Improving centralized logging on AWS CloudWatch Logs
• Integrating security practices into the CI/CD process
• Working closely with developers, QA, and IT teams to streamline delivery
• Troubleshooting production issues and providing operational support
• Analyzing and improving system performance
• Maintaining documentation for infrastructure, pipelines, and operations
• Building, managing, and improving Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment pipelines

Our core values are:

• Care
• Eyes on the prize
• Think different
• Walk the talk
• Have fun

Responsibilities:

1. Implement, manage, and optimize AWS services focusing on advanced and emerging technologies.
2. Design and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform, with a deep understanding of its best practices and advanced features.
3. Integrate DevOps practices with modern software development methodologies, including microservices, serverless computing, and Kubernetes.
4. Ensure high scalability and performance optimization in AWS cloud environments.
5. Stay abreast with the latest AWS features, updates, and DevOps methodologies.
6. Develop and maintain security practices, ensuring compliance with relevant standards in cloud infrastructure.
7. Collaborate cross-functionally, demonstrating strong teamwork skills.
8. Be available in morning/evening hours for Production deployments or System maintenance/upgrade.

Requirements:

1. Over 3 years of experience in Internet, e-Commerce, IT Software, or Telecommunications.
2. Advanced knowledge and hands-on experience in AWS (certification preferred).
3. Proficiency in Docker, CI/CD processes, and automation tools.
4. Expertise in Terraform and CloudFormation for infrastructure automation.
5. Experience with Python or similar programming languages.
6. Strong problem-solving, analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
7. Ability to work effectively under pressure and in a fast-paced environment.
8. Continuous learner with a passion for adopting new technologies and methodologies.

Additional Notes:

• This role requires a proactive approach to technology, with an emphasis on cloud services and infrastructure management.
• The ideal candidate will be a team player with a track record of successful projects in a similar role.

What you can expect from us:

• A good salary
• 25 days of vacation leave
• Travel allowance
• The opportunity to contribute and be part of a fast-growing company
• Direct lines of communication
• A great place to work with a bunch of fabulous international colleagues

Are you ready to work at a fast-growing company that is at the forefront of the industry? Make the best career decision ever and send us your resume and motivation today!