Job Description
AWS Cloud Engineer - Mid Level - 100% Remote - Must Live In Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
6 months contract, potential to hire
We're in search of a Cloud Engineer who can seamlessly mesh tech know-how with business acumen to help us navigate all our cloud computing needs, including infrastructure design, maintenance, support and planning, and everything in between. Not only are you experienced in cloud-based tech, but you have a firm grasp of IaaS technologies, platforms and applications, and have intimate knowledge of how best to customize these attributes to our business to help us become more secure and efficient. Not only can you help us connect the dots and evolve our cloud capabilities over time, but you're also evolving your own capabilities as an engineer and keeping an eye on developments that can support our expansion-and help us implement those, too.
Responsibilities:
Working in tandem with our engineering team to identify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the company. Planning, designing and developing AWS cloud-based services including IAM, EC2, RDS, EKS, S3. Managing AWS cloud environments in accordance with company security guidelines. Deploying and debugging cloud initiatives as needed in accordance with best practices throughout the development lifecycle. Employing exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to see and solve issues before they snowball into problems. Using your extensive knowledge of APIs to design RESTful services, and integrate them with existing data providers, using JSON or XML as needed. Building and designing web services in the cloud, along with implementing the set-up of geographically redundant services. Orchestrating and automating cloud-based platforms throughout the company. Use CloudFormation for IaaS provisioning and modeling your third party application resources. Follow AGILE methodology and use JIRA. Create CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins. Support and administer Windows/Linux Servers. Stay current with industry trends, making recommendations as needed to help the company excel.
Cloud Engineer Requirements:
Certification as an AWS Solutions Architect - Associate or AWS DevOps Engineer - Professional Three to five years' experience in a Cloud Engineer role or related position. Experience with SOA applications and cloud-based services, preferably AWS. CI/CD Tools such as Jenkins, Octopus Deploy, or Artifactory. Windows/Linux Server Administration experience. IaaS in CloudFormation, Service Catalog, or Terraform. Strong awareness of networking and internet protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP and distributed networks. Database experience, including knowledge of SQL and NoSQL, and related data stores such as Postgres. Extensive experience with open-source technology, software development and system engineering.