AWS Cloud Engineer

Cheppers is looking for AWS Cloud Engineers to build and maintain cloud-based solutions for our clients and to enhance internal tools used by our development teams. We are AWS partners with extensive expertise in the platform and significant experience hosting highly available websites and applications. In addition to AWS, we are GitLab partners, and we offer a range of DevOps services, from infrastructure planning to implementing modern CI/CD pipelines.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain cloud infrastructure solutions for SaaS/PaaS products using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles
• Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines to enable efficient software delivery
• Create and maintain APIs and automation scripts to streamline infrastructure management
• Deploy and orchestrate containerized applications in production environments
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions for high-availability services
• Collaborate with development teams to troubleshoot infrastructure issues
• Participate in on-call rotations to ensure system reliability and uptime
• Contribute to architectural decisions and infrastructure planning discussions
• Stay up to date with cloud technology trends and implement best practices

Required qualifications

• 2-3 years of hands-on experience working with AWS
• Proficiency with at least one Infrastructure as Code(IaC) tool: Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Pulumi
• Strong experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Solid understanding of high-availability patterns and disaster recovery strategies
• Linux system administration skills (shell scripting, package management, networking)
• Experience with CI/CD tools and pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions etc.)
• Understanding of security best practices for cloud environments
• Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills in English (written and verbal)

Nice to have

• Active AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, SysOps Administrator)
• Expertise with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
• Programming experience in Python, Go, or similar languages
• Experience operating production services in a DevOps capacity
• Contributions to relevant open-source projects
• Experience with automated testing methodologies
• Familiarity with observability tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)

Benefits

• Participation in interesting, long-term projects
• Opportunities for continuous professional growth and valuable training (including AWS certifications)
• Access to cutting-edge cloud technologies, AI tools, and automation platforms
• Company English lessons with a native teacher
• Flexible working hours, home office options, and a healthy work-life balance
• Dog-friendly downtown office in Budapest
• Opportunities for career advancement and leadership roles

About us

Cheppers was founded in 2012 and today we are the market leaders among the Hungarian Drupal companies, with a strong international reputation. We currently have 40+ colleagues who work on cloud services and consulting (AWS) and Drupal based web solutions.

• We believe in continuous learning and we like to share knowledge with each other through in-house training.
• We are transparent and aim to be as open as possible with each other, and we strongly believe in growing together.
• Most of our colleagues have participated in open source projects.
• We are regular attendees/presenters/organizers/code sprinters/sponsors of professional conferences in Hungary and abroad.
• More than half of our team members have visited our clients in Western Europe and the USA to work on-site or to attend team building events.
• We have an office in Minneapolis and a constantly growing team in the USA.
• From 2019 we are a member of the AWS Partner Network.
• Lots of our colleagues have acquired AWS and Acquia certifications.
• In 2025, we became the first official GitLab partner in Hungary.

We work in two ways:

1. We team up with our international clients and work together with their colleagues - due to different working methods and approaches, this is an excellent opportunity to grow professionally and expand your network.
2. We work on full projects, forming our own in-house teams - because of this, we have the opportunity to take part in every step of the process.