AWS Cloud Engineer

Long-term contract 12 months to start with annual full-year renewals (likely a 3-4 year project)

Fully remote (EST Hours)

Note : Only W2 Candidate

Develops conceptual, logical and physical IT engineering designs, that support the infrastructure requirements of varying levels of technical and business application projects. Completes analysis of business requirements, as it relates to technical infrastructure design, and ensure traceability of the design to the business requirements. Assesses testing requirements and prepares testing strategies, as well as preparing implementation and transition plans. Senior level position requires a seasoned professional with a full understanding of industry practices. Requires high level of experience and proficiency in field.

Principal Duties And Responsibilities

The Senior Cloud Engineer will be accountable for:

• Working knowledge of architecture and design of solutions using cloud-based technologies
• Serving as a hands on technical Engineer to provide key technology on system project focused on development and implementation of strategic technological directives.
• Performs resolution of complex hardware, environmental software operating systems and subsystems.
• Oversees problem avoidance actions in the Cloud hosting environments
• Implement changes to business information and technical systems
• Analyzes and revises existing system logic and documentation as necessary
• May authorize risk level changes and recommend solutions to minimize and/or prevent system interruption
• Evaluates, recommends and selects new software/hardware
• Performs change and problem management using standard tools
• Ensures conformance and compliance with existing system standards. Measures performance to ensure proper operation
• Leads highly technical/complex projects utilizing staff and resources
• Follows and ensures adherence to technical standards for programming and design techniques.
• Trains System technical staff on use of software/hardware tools in accordance with required standards and procedures
• Monitors compliance with internal audit requirements and Information Security Manual guidelines
• Performs other related duties as assigned
  
  

Position Requirements:

• 6+ years with IT solution delivery Engineer experience and hands on experience with public, private and hybrid cloud services including; planning, development, migration and integration of applications and services from on premises infrastructure to cloud based platforms as-a-Service and infrastructure -as-a-Service.
• Experience with Terraform, ARM Templates, Cloud Formations, AWS Config, AWS Inspector, Guard Duty
• Experience with Microsoft Azure and AWS Cloud technologies.
• Flexibility to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity, and rapid change.
• Software Development experience with, but not limited to one or more of the following technologies: NodeJS, Java, Python, Angular, GO, etc.
  
  

Education/Experience

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience with 6 to 9+ years of relevant work experience.