Full-Time Cloud Engineer

About UsIkerian AG (formerly RetinAI Medical) is a fast-growing medical device software company headquartered in Bern, Switzerland. Our mission is to enable the right decisions sooner in healthcare, through transformative AI & data management solutions for disease screening and monitoring. Join our diverse team of entrepreneurs, developers, researchers, and commercial experts who are collectively shaping the future of healthcare.We are looking for a Cloud Engineer to join our team, where you will play a critical role in optimising our cloud infrastructure to meet our customers’ needs. This position is pivotal to our mission of providing a seamless, secure, and scalable experience on our platform

Key Responsibilities

• Enhance and maintain highly available, secure, and scalable AWS cloud environments and services.
• Manage and prioritise tasks in the cloud infrastructure backlog to address immediate needs and plan long-term improvements.
• Set up infrastructure monitoring and observability solutions, proactively addressing availability, performance or security issues.
• Assess new technologies, systems, and services for production readiness, ensuring seamless and stable integration.
• Prepare and maintain documentation on cloud processes, procedures, and architectures to ensure clear understanding and team-wide knowledge.
• Apply AWS Well-Architected Framework principles to evaluate and optimise our current infrastructure.
• Conduct POCs (proof of concepts) on new AWS services, third-party tools, and technologies to drive continuous improvement in our infrastructure.

Requirements

• A demonstrated entrepreneurial and collaborative mindset with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• A university degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of hands-on experience with AWS cloud services in a professional setting.
• Proficiency with core AWS services, including IAM, S3, RDS, VPC, ECS, EC2, and more.
• Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, preferably Terraform.
• Scripting experience with one or more languages, such as Python, Bash, or Node.js.
• Good knowledge of cloud security principles and services, such as AWS WAF, GuardDuty, KMS, and CloudTrail.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools, including GitLab (preferred), GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.
• Basic understanding of cloud networking concepts, including VPC, Subnets, and Load Balancing.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools for cloud environments, such as Grafana, Prometheus, OpenSearch, and the ELK stack.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to challenges.
• A genuine interest in staying updated with new AWS services and features, integrating advancements into the cloud environment.
• Ability to work well in a flexible, startup environment, taking initiative to establish new processes when necessary.
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
• Familiarity with industry best practices in cloud architecture principles.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team setting.
• Availability to work during Central European Time (CET) business hours.

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