Romania - Cloud Operations / Platform

Are you a Cloud / Platform Operations Engineer with strong AWS experience, residing in Romania, and having solid hands-on experience operating production environments? If you haven’t been in contact with us before, a partnership with emagine might be of interest to you. emagine is a high-end consultancy firm headquartered in Copenhagen, delivering tailored services and expertise through a global network of expert consultants.As a freelance Cloud / Platform Operations Engineer, you can be involved in assignments as an expert advisor, as part of an emagine delivery team, or as a trusted consultant embedded within one of our client organizations. 📅 The project is scheduled to start in January. In Romania, we have a growing office in Bucharest, and across Europe, more than 5,000 consultants are working on exciting international projects. Benefits of joining our consultant database:• Access to a wide range of international projects where you can operate and scale real-world production platforms • Assignments aligned with your technical expertise and operational strengths • Opportunities to expand your cloud and platform portfolio and advance your consulting career Main Responsibilities:• Operate, scale, and secure AWS-based production platforms • Support containerized workloads running on ECS Fargate • Manage and operate large-scale or scheduled workloads using AWS Batch • Ensure secure access management using IAM (roles, policies, permission boundaries, cross-account access) • Operate and support Windows Server environments at scale • Manage Active Directory and its integration with AWS Directory Services • Participate in on-call rotations, incident handling, and root cause analysis • Collaborate closely with application, data, and infrastructure teams Key Requirements:• Strong general AWS knowledge, including networking, security, monitoring, and cost awareness • Hands-on experience with ECS Fargate and AWS Batch • Solid understanding of IAM concepts and best practices • Operational experience with Windows Server environments • Strong knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory • Experience supporting production systems and handling incidents • Strong English communication skills Related Technologies / Domain Knowledge:• Familiarity with data and ETL platforms in AWS (Athena, Glue, data lakes) • Experience working with relational databases (SQL, preferably MSSQL) • Experience with Python or scripting for automation and operational tooling Nice to Have:• Experience with event-driven or streaming architectures (Kafka, Flink) • Exposure to non-relational or column-oriented datastores