Job Title: Sr. AWS & Kafka Developer Cloud Engineer 100% Remote
Location: 100% Remote
Contract Type: Longterm
Start Date: ASAP
Eligibility: Must be an H1B GC or US Citizen (Due to previous issues eligibility will be verified)
Key Screening Focus:
Verify AWS services knowledge depth. Assess Kafka experience and problemsolving capabilities. Evaluate scripting and automation skills. Confirm CI/CD pipeline setup and management expertise. Check security best practices understanding and application. Assess containerization and orchestration familiarity. Ensure strong problemsolving and collaboration abilities. Evaluate continuous learning and knowledge update practices.
Job Description:
Our Client is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Sr. AWS & Kafka Developer Cloud Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of AWS services and Kafka with extensive experience in designing deploying and managing cloudbased solutions. This role requires a proactive individual who can drive innovation and efficiency in our cloud infrastructure while ensuring security scalability and reliability.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design implement and maintain scalable and secure cloud infrastructure using AWS services.
- Develop and deploy infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Optimize cloud resources for costefficiency and performance.
- Monitor and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure ensuring high availability and disaster recovery.
- Collaborate with development teams to integrate cloud solutions into applications and workflows.
- Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments.
- Ensure compliance with security policies and best practices.
- Conduct regular performance tuning monitoring and capacity planning.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.
- Design implement and manage Kafka clusters for data streaming and realtime processing.
- Ensure the reliability and performance of Kafka infrastructure.
- Integrate Kafka with AWS services and other applications.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field.
- At least 5 years of experience in AWS cloud engineering.
- Strong proficiency in AWS services such as EC2 S3 RDS Lambda VPC IAM CloudWatch and more.
- Extensive experience with Kafka including setup configuration and management of Kafka clusters.
- Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform CloudFormation or similar.
- Solid understanding of networking concepts and security best practices in the cloud.
- Proficient in scripting languages such as Python Bash or PowerShell.
- Handson experience with CI/CD tools and practices.
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
- Excellent problemsolving skills and ability to work in a fastpaced environment.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional) or equivalent certification.
- Experience with multicloud environments.
- Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools.
- Previous experience in the energy sector is a plus.
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