Senior Cloud Engineer (AWS Focus) - Remote

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Hands-on Senior Cloud Engineer role focusing on AWS, automation, and optimizing legacy systems. Requires strong cloud infrastructure expertise, automation scripting, and DevOps mindset. Long-term contract or contract-to-hire with remote work flexibility.

Key Highlights
100% Remote position with Central Time Zone work hours.
Focus on AWS, automation, and optimizing legacy systems.
Requires 8+ years of IT experience, with 5+ years in major cloud providers and 2+ years specifically in AWS.
Technical Skills Required
AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform Oracle Cloud Python Ansible GitHub Terraform Linux Bash scripting Jenkins JSON Docker Kubernetes Splunk AppDynamics
Benefits & Perks
100% Remote Work
Provided Equipment
Long-term contract or contract-to-hire

Job Description


Sr. Cloud Engineer

Location: 100% Remote

  • Work Time Zone/Schedule: Central Time Zone
  • Can live in other time zones but must be willing to work in CT hours)

Employment Type: Long-term contract or contract-to-hire

Background Check: Standard

  • Can start after Medscan clears

Equipment: Provided by customer

The Sr. Cloud Engineer is a hands-on position that requires the ability to plan, design, and implement technical cloud solutions. You will help combine software and systems to develop creative engineering solutions for streamlined operations. Much of our support focuses on optimizing legacy systems, deploying new infrastructure and cloud services, and reducing work through automation of legacy processes. You will join a dedicated team of professionals with a diverse set of experience and skills. In this environment, you will take a hands-on lead for the dedicated support team, supported by a larger matrixed IT organization.

Required Skillsets

  • Strong combination of cloud technologies and automation scripting/tools - someone with cloud infrastructure expertise plus automation experience
  • Primary focus on AWS, but should have exposure to other cloud platforms as well

Job Responsibilities

  • Embrace and advocate a DevOps mindset
  • Troubleshoot major incidents, facilitate blameless post-mortem RCA documentation
  • Work with development teams throughout the software life cycle ensuring sustainable software releases
  • Perform analytics on previous incidents and usage patterns to better predict issues and take proactive corrective action
  • Build and drive adoption for greater reliability, resiliency, and scalability of our production applications, while maintaining a cost conscience approach
  • Lead and participate in performance tests; identify bottlenecks, opportunities for optimization, and capacity demands
  • Lead and participate in disaster recovery tests for the environments you manage
  • Perform hands on management of cloud infrastructure and automation tools
  • Document cloud architecture, security measures, and participate in client audits
  • Mentor and train other members of the dedicated DevOps team and collaborate with other cloud support teams that support the overall organization
  • Understanding cloud security best practices and work with security teams to design and implement a security plan
  • Serve as a technical point of contact for all cloud services consumed by the team, and communicate any new enterprise standards or best practices to be adopted by the DevOps teams
  • Participate in the 24x7 support coverage as needed

Experience Requirements

  • 8+ years of overall IT experience
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience in a major cloud provider (Azure, AWS, Google, Oracle)
  • 2+ years of hands-on AWS experience
  • 3+ years of scripting/automation experience
  • Working knowledge in scripting languages and automation tools (JSON, Python, Ansible, GitHub, CodeShuttle) with respect to managing deployment automation
  • Advanced knowledge of infrastructure components (networking, load balancing, cloud services, orchestration tools, containerization, compute, and storage systems)
  • Working knowledge of Windows and Unix based operating systems
  • Familiarity with Splunk, AppDynamics or other monitoring tools
  • Experience in a client facing production support environment
  • Technical proficiencies include Terraform, Linux/Bash scripting, GitHub, and Jenkins.

Education/Desired Certifications

  • Cloud Certifications Desired (ranked by preference)
  • AWS DevOps Engineer Professional
  • AWS SysOps Admin - Associate
  • AWS Solutions Architect - Associate or Professional
  • AWS Developer - Associate
  • SAFe Certifications Desired (not required)
  • SAFe Practitioner
  • SAFe DevOps Practitioner
  • Bachelor or master’s degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Equivalent experience considered in lieu of degree

Critical Soft Skills

  • Excellent interpersonal skills to interact with customers, peers, and executives
  • Excellent organization and communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Ability to multi-task and to prioritize rapidly changing client demands, in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment
  • Ability to work well both independently and in teams

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