Cloud Platform & AI Engineer (Mid)

Oct 1, 2026

  • Location: Hyderabad, Telangana,India
  • Type: Contract
  • Job 5152

HNM Systems
HNM Systems is the leading tech-enabled professional services provider, shaping the workforce across the telecom, energy, and technology sectors. We connect specialized talent with direct hire, contract-to-hire, and consulting opportunities that support fiber expansion, digital infrastructure, wireless networks, and smart grid energy solutions. Our innovative approach delivers high-impact outcomes, with a 94% success rate in talent placement and project execution. Relentlessly people-driven, HNM Systems sets the industry standard through exceptional employee experience and long-term client value.

Why This Opportunity Stands Out
This opportunity allows you to build and support modern cloud-native platforms that power advanced analytics, AI/ML innovation, and large-scale data processing initiatives. You will work with cutting-edge AWS technologies, Infrastructure as Code, generative AI solutions, and distributed computing frameworks in a highly collaborative engineering environment. The role offers meaningful ownership across platform engineering, automation, cloud operations, and AI enablement while providing exposure to rapidly evolving technologies. It is an excellent fit for engineers who enjoy solving complex technical challenges and driving innovation at scale.

Overview
Our customer is seeking an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer to design, build, and support cloud-native platforms and services within AWS environments. This role will focus on infrastructure automation, platform engineering, AI/ML enablement, data processing platforms, and operational excellence. The successful candidate will work closely with engineers, architects, and product teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure cloud solutions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and support cloud-native platforms and services running on AWS.
  • Manage and enhance AWS-based sandbox, data engineering, and AI/ML development environments.
  • Develop automation solutions, platform utilities, APIs, and operational tooling using Python.
  • Provision, maintain, and optimize cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices.
  • Develop, troubleshoot, and optimize Spark and PySpark workloads running on AWS EMR.
  • Support large-scale data processing, analytics, and AI/ML workloads.
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments and platform operations.
  • Collaborate with data engineers, AI engineers, architects, and product teams to deliver scalable solutions.
  • Monitor platform health, troubleshoot production issues, and drive operational excellence.
  • Evaluate and implement emerging cloud, AI, and automation technologies.
  • Ensure adherence to security, governance, reliability, and cloud engineering best practices.
  • All other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
  • 5 to 8 years of experience in cloud platform engineering, infrastructure automation, software development, or related technical roles.
  • Strong hands-on experience with AWS services including:
    • EC2
    • S3
    • IAM
    • VPC
    • RDS/Aurora
    • EMR
    • CloudWatch
    • Lambda
    • ECS/EKS
  • Strong Linux administration experience, including troubleshooting, networking, scripting, performance monitoring, and operational support.
  • Advanced Python programming skills for automation, API development, platform tooling, and data processing.
  • Strong Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform.
  • Experience developing, troubleshooting, and optimizing Apache Spark and PySpark workloads.
  • Experience provisioning, configuring, operating, and supporting AWS EMR clusters.
  • Practical experience with AI/ML and Generative AI technologies, including:
    • LLM-based applications
    • AI agents and agentic workflows
    • MCP servers and AI tool integrations
    • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
    • Prompt engineering
    • AI automation frameworks
  • Experience with CI/CD platforms such as Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, or similar tools.
  • Strong understanding of cloud security, access management, vulnerability remediation, and secure software development practices.
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Amazon EKS.
  • Experience designing and integrating REST APIs and microservices.
  • Experience with monitoring, observability, and logging frameworks.
  • Experience supporting JupyterHub, JupyterLab, or similar AI/ML development environments.
  • Familiarity with AI development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q, Cursor, Claude Code, or similar platforms.
  • Experience building AI-enabled platforms, enterprise AI solutions, or agentic workflows.
  • Knowledge of vector databases, embedding models, model gateways, and AI platform operations.
  • AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, or AI/ML certifications.

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage, Supplemental Insurance through Aflac, & 401K plan.

EEO / Disclaimer
HNM Systems is committed to providing equal employment opportunity and fair treatment in accordance with applicable Indian law. All qualified applicants will be considered based on merit, qualifications, business needs, and the requirements of the role. India’s legal framework includes protections around equal remuneration and specific protections related to disability and workplace harassment.

HNM Systems does not tolerate unlawful discrimination or harassment in recruitment or employment and is committed to maintaining a respectful workplace for all employees and applicants. HNM Systems will administer its employment practices in accordance with applicable laws and workplace policies in the relevant jurisdiction.

Where required by applicable law, HNM Systems will provide reasonable workplace support or accommodation and will consider qualified applicants in a manner consistent with applicable legal requirements. India’s Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act includes non-discrimination in employment and equal opportunity policy requirements for covered establishments.

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