Cloud Platform Services Engineer

Requirements:

U.S Citizenship is required.
Candidate must be able to obtain Public Trust clearance.
This position is hybrid and requires working onsite at minimum, two days a week.

Responsibilities:

Design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure and services primarily on Microsoft Azure to support the organization's applications and platform.
Design and implement cloud-based infrastructure solutions that are scalable, reliable, secure, and cost-effective.
Implement continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) automation tools and frameworks to streamline the organization's deployments and scaling of applications.
Implement monitoring solutions to ensure the cloud infrastructure is running smoothly. This includes setting up alerts, logging, and performance monitoring tools to quickly identify and resolve issues.
Implement best practices for security, compliance, and incident response within the client's cloud operating environment.
Collaborate with software engineers to design scalable and reliable services and infrastructure.
Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to the organization's cloud services and infrastructure.
Stay current with industry trends, making recommendations for future-proofing the environmental infrastructure.

Qualifications and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
Must have a minimum of 8 years' experience working as a Cloud Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or similar role.
Strong proficiency with specific cloud platforms like Azure and its services (e.g., EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Azure App Service, GCP Compute Engine, etc.).
Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) and configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and related tools (e.g.,Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD).
Solid understanding of networking concepts and protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, VPN).
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Certifications related to specific cloud platform like AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, Google Professional Cloud Architect.
• Experience with serverless computing (e.g., AWS Lambda, Azure Functions).
• Knowledge of databases (SQL and NoSQL) and data storage solutions in a cloud environment.

Flexible work from home options available.

Compensation: $180,000.00 per year

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