Freelance Cloud Engineer - AWS/Azure

Role Overview

We are seeking a skilled and adaptable Freelance Cloud Engineer with strong expertise in AWS and/or Azure to support our cloud initiatives on a part-time basis. This role is highly flexible, requiring 2 to 3 hours of dedicated work over the weekends, with occasional, on-demand availability during weekdays for urgent tasks, demos, or brief alignment syncs.

If you are a cloud professional looking for a steady weekend side-gig where you can showcase your architecture, optimization, and solutioning skills, we want to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Solutioning & Demos: Design cloud architectures, evaluate third-party tools, and set up proof-of-concept (PoC) environments or live demos.
• Cloud Migration: Assist in planning, strategizing, and executing seamless migrations to AWS/Azure.
• FinOps & Cost Optimization: Utilize Cloud Calculators and FinOps best practices to estimate costs, analyze budgets, and recommend cost-reduction strategies.
• Cloud Security & Management: Implement security guardrails, monitor cloud environments, and ensure infrastructure compliance.
• Tool Configuration: Set up and configure cloud native and third-party monitoring, management, and deployment tools.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Cloud Expertise: Proven, solid experience hands-on with either AWS or Azure (multi-cloud experience is a major plus).
• Core Competencies: Strong background in Cloud Migration, Architecture/Solutioning, Security frameworks, and FinOps (Cost Management).
• Availability: Ability to dedicate 2–3 hours over weekends consistently, and flexibility to jump on short, on-demand tasks or syncs during weekdays.
• Communication: Excellent communication skills to effectively demonstrate tools and present solutions.

Nice-to-Have (Not Mandatory)

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) via Terraform.
• Proficiency with AWS CLI / Azure CLI for automated management tasks.

What We Offer

• Competitive Hourly Rate: ₹500 – ₹600 per hour (commensurate with experience).
• Ultimate Flexibility: Perfect side-hustle for full-time engineers looking to earn extra income on weekends.
• Diverse Technical Challenges: Work on varied tasks from tool evaluations to architectural solutioning.