Location:
Gurugram / Noida / Hyderabad / Bangalore / Mohali / Panchkula / Navi Mumbai
Experience:
7+ Years
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced
AWS Cost Optimization Engineer
with a strong engineering background and deep expertise in cloud architecture, infrastructure optimization, and distributed systems. The ideal candidate should be capable of driving cloud cost optimization initiatives while contributing hands-on to implementation across infrastructure and application layers.
The role requires someone who can balance cost, performance, scalability, and reliability while enabling engineering teams to adopt cost-efficient practices across AWS environments.
Roles & Responsibilities
Architecture & Cost Optimization
Drive cloud cost optimization strategies across AWS environments.
Design scalable and cost-efficient architectures for distributed systems.
Evaluate trade-offs between performance, scalability, and infrastructure cost.
Identify opportunities to reduce overall cloud infrastructure footprint.
Hands-on Engineering Contribution
Contribute to optimization implementations using Terraform, AWS CDK, and application-level changes.
Collaborate with engineering teams to implement cost-efficient solutions.
Review and recommend improvements for existing infrastructure and workloads.
AWS Service Optimization
Optimize AWS services including RDS, Aurora PostgreSQL, Lambda, DynamoDB, EC2, and ML workloads.
Perform workload right-sizing and redesign initiatives.
Improve utilization efficiency and reduce unnecessary resource consumption.
Database & Storage Optimization
Improve PostgreSQL query performance, indexing, and database efficiency.
Recommend storage lifecycle policies and cost-efficient storage strategies.
Optimize database architecture for both performance and operational cost.
System Design & Architecture
Work on event-driven and asynchronous system architectures.
Guide teams on serverless vs serverful architecture decisions.
Support modernization and optimization of distributed applications.
Observability & Monitoring Optimization
Optimize CloudWatch and New Relic usage to reduce monitoring costs.
Eliminate excessive logging, metrics, and alerting overhead.
Improve observability practices while maintaining operational visibility.
Cost Governance & Enablement
Implement cloud cost governance and engineering guardrails.
Promote cost awareness across the software development lifecycle.
Support development of cost visibility dashboards and tooling.
Collaboration
Work closely with cross-functional engineering and platform teams.
Drive adoption of cloud cost optimization best practices organization-wide.
Mentor teams on sustainable and efficient cloud engineering practices.
Required Skills
Strong experience in AWS cloud architecture and distributed systems.
Hands-on expertise with Terraform and AWS CDK.
Deep understanding of RDS, Aurora PostgreSQL, and database optimization.
Experience with Lambda, DynamoDB, EC2, and serverless architectures.
Knowledge of event-driven and asynchronous systems.
Exposure to FinOps concepts and cloud cost optimization frameworks.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
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