Cloud Operations Specialist

Job Summary

Job Title: Cloud Operations Specialist
Industry: Technology / Aviation
Job Type: Full-time (Remote)
Location: United Kingdom
Headquarters: Ottawa, Canada

Searidge Technologies, a global leader and preferred partner for Remote Tower and Digital Airport solutions is currently recruiting for a Cloud Operations Specialist who is ready to work in a fast pace, dynamic environment. The Cloud Operations Specialist is responsible for maintaining, monitoring, and optimizing the Searidge AWS-based infrastructure to ensure high availability, scalability, and security. You will work closely with development, DevOps, and security teams to support day-to-day operations, troubleshoot issues, and continuously improve our cloud environment.

Key Responsibilities

Manage and Monitor AWS Infrastructure

• Oversee CloudWatch, Amazon Kinesis, SES, SQS, MSK, EC2, RDS, S3, VPC, IAM, EKS, and other AWS services
• Set up and maintain monitoring, alerting, and logging to ensure system health and performance
• Optimize cloud resources for cost efficiency and reliability

Operational Excellence

• Perform routine system checks, patching, and upgrades
• Respond to incidents, participate in on-call rotation, and perform root-cause analysis
• Ensure adherence to SLAs for availability and performance

Automation & Continuous Improvement

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Automate operational tasks (deployments, backups, scaling)
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes and improve system reliability

Collaboration & Documentation

• Work with development teams to enable smooth CI/CD deployments
• Create and maintain clear documentation for infrastructure, runbooks, and incident response
• Communicate clearly about outages, upgrades, and changes to stakeholders

Security & Compliance

• Implement and maintain best practices for AWS security (IAM policies, security groups, encryption)
• Support audits and compliance requirements

Key Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience managing AWS environments in production
• Strong understanding of core AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, ALB/NLB, GuardDuty)
• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS) or container orchestration
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Proven Experience with Infrastructure modification thorough Terraform as well as application upgrades/rollback with Helm.
• Hands-on experience with Linux administration and networking fundamentals
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Bash, Python, or similar)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
• Good communication and documentation skills

Bonus Qualifications

• Knowledge of AWS Well-Architected Framework
• Experience with cost optimization strategies
• Familiarity with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, etc.)
  

Why Searidge?

Searidge Technologies is an innovative technology company working in the mission critical world of aviation. As a pioneer and global leader in Digital Tower and Advanced Airport solutions, our team is on the forefront of technology and driving change in how aircraft and vehicles in the vicinity of an airport have been traditionally managed.

As a member of the Searidge team, you will be part of exciting industry firsts, encounter challenging problems, be exposed to a variety of internal functions, and encouraged to learn, grow and expand both professionally and personally.

We are an equal opportunity employer offering competitive compensation, a respectful and positive work environment where creative solutions, empowerment, and collaboration to achieve our shared goals are part of our corporate DNA.