Senior Cloud Engineer

Job Description

A client of Insight Global is looking for a Senior AWS Could Engineer to join a large project team supporting the State of California. The Sr. Cloud Engineer applies deep technical expertise to the design, implementation, testing, and ongoing support of AWS services. The Cloud Engineer:

Troubleshoots and resolves AWS service issues across development, testing, and production environments.
Manages AWS services, working with internal service groups as required to ensure system availability meets project requirements.
Develops scripts to automate systems administration and monitoring activities.
Analyzes monitoring results to produce recommendations for improving system performance and operational efficiency.
Works with Infrastructure Engineer and Architect on issues related to AWS design and architecture and assists with Proof of Concept development and testing.
Works with peers within and beyond the Operations team to define and characterize complex technology or process problems and develop & implement new solutions.

Contract to Hire (6 Months)

4 Mid-Level, Remote , Pay: $57.69 – 62.50
1 Senior , Remote , Pay: $64.90 – 69.90

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Required Skills & Experience

AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification
5 or more years of AWS administration experience, including API Gateway, S3, ECS, EKS, Fargate, EC2, Lambda, WAF, and CloudTrail.
5 or more years deploying Infrastructure as Code using tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform.
Ability to exercise independent judgment in driving technical problems to resolution.
Excellent troubleshooting and root cause-analysis skills.
Excellent working knowledge of Windows and Linux server technologies.
3-5 years experience with Active Directory, LDAP or equivalent technologies.
Experience working with third party service providers such as vendors and internal support groups.
Ability to exercise independent judgment in driving technical problems to resolution.
Ability to plan and implement change for enterprise systems and adhere to standard change management processes
Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Familiarity with WebLogic or equivalent application server platforms.
Familiarity with Atlassian (Jira, Confluence, Bamboo, Bitbucket) and other DevOps tools.
Strong Working knowledge of Local and Wide area networking technologies.
Experience support fast-paced development environments utilizing Agile and DevOps methodologies

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.