AWS Cloud Engineer

Spencer Stuart is the client

75 c2c is max

USC GC

Can be remote, EST CST candidates preferred

Vendor will conduct a technical screen first and they must be certified AWS Associates and send me a copy.

STELLAR PERSON I NEED

We are seeking an AWS Cloud Engineer with a focus on Cloud Infrastructure to participate in a number of product migration projects, as part of our Chicago based team. This scope for this role is improving cloud-based products by evolving to newer product solutions and will involve architecting, implementing, and supporting loud-based architecture strategies. The role will work with a small team of seasoned and certified AWS Architects and interact with other functional teams. This is a hands-on role, working in AWS using DevOps practices.

Key Responsibilities

Use DevOps Automation focused on Infrastructure concerns utilizing CALMS principles. Automate provisioning of cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

Identify, develop, implement, and improve infrastructure management/operational activities using automated cloud-based solutions. Develop, modify, support, and maintain AWS based infrastructure. Migrate existing Cloud infrastructure to managed IaC using terraform and/or CloudFormation.

AWS Security leadership and incorporation of security as "job zero" in the infrastructure space.

Implement strategies aligned to AWS's Well Architected Framework principles, with emphasis on Performance Optimization and continuous improvement.

Player / coach: willing to share knowledge and experience with the team.

Contribute to team efforts to maintain solutions, processes, and infrastructure tooling supported with clear documentation.

Participate in Socratic Methods with other Architects and colleagues on technical solution proposals, including Architecture reviews to drive optimal solutions.

Must be able to work in a Sprint-oriented manner, where a Sprint may have multiple work streams.

Must be a self-starter and be comfortable in working in a Remote Work environment.

Incident response support as appropriate.

Qualifications

Minimum: current/verifiable AWS Solution Architect Associate Certification.

Good understanding of infrastructure network, DNS, compute, storage, and security.

3+ years of IaaS experience including designing, building, deploying, and migrating workloads.

3+ years hands-on CloudFormation.

2+ years' experience with Python - the candidate must be comfortable with and have a demonstrated ability to create Python/boto3 code.

2+ years of hands-on AWS experience with VPC EC2/EBS/ALB, S3, Route 53.

2+ years hands-on AWS Security experience in IAM Roles & Policies, Bucket Policies, CloudTrail, and Config.

2+ years with AWS Developer Tools CodeCommit/git, CodePipeline, Terraform, AWS CLI.

Understanding of infrastructure operations best practices, including experience in IT Operations in a high availability model.

Comfortable operating in a matrix organization, strong ability to communicate across teams to ensure alignment of technology strategy, best practices, and successful delivery.

Available to support systems on-call after hours as needed. Experienced in troubleshooting, deep-dives, and debugging.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience and/or interest in developing Cloud Native Architectures.

Experience with Fargate and containerization of workloads.

Experience with CloudFront, DNS/BIND, AWS Networking Services.