Job Specifications
We are seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (Azure & AWS) to work on our W2. (no sponsorship or C2Cs). Must reside in Texas. Preferred no more than 1 hour from Austin, Texas.
You would support our Austin client's Data Center Operations - AI & Application Platform for Excellence (APEX) hub-and-spoke cloud infrastructure on Azure and AWS. You will need to live in Texas, preferably within one hour of Austin. This position will join our clients' APEX team and focus on APEX cloud services (IaaS, PaaS, and serverless). This position will build, implement, configure, monitor, administer, and secure cloud services (IaaS, PaaS, and serverless), as well as support steady-state cloud activities and cloud migrations for our client's Data Center Operations APEX team. This is in support of migrating and supporting applications geared to be migrated to supported cloud providers.
Required:
Must be on our W2
Minimum of 6+ years of experience as a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (Azure & AWS)
Knowledge and experience in solutioning, configuring, integrating, and securing cloud networking and cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Serverless) in Azure and/or AWS.
Experience and understanding of cloud computing, DevOps principles, and Continuous Integration/Continuous Design (CI/CD).
Experience with Containerization, deploying, and configuring microservices.
Kubernetes architecture deployment, scaling, and maintenance.
Proficient automation skillset using a combination of command language scripting (Bash, Korn, PowerShell, Cloud CLI, Kubernetes Helm) and third-party tools.
Experience with declarative and imperative languages (YAML, JSON, Ruby, HCL, etc.) and tools that are leveraged (Ansible, Docker, Terraform, etc) to leverage infrastructure-as-code (IaC).
Experience with cloud and performance monitoring, auditing, logging, and operations tools such as: Sysdig Secure (CNAPP), Dynatrace, Cloud native toolsets (AWS CloudWatch, GCP Cloud Operations, Azure Monitor, OCI Monitoring, etc.).
Experience and knowledge of cloud recovery strategies for storage replication, automated recovery plans, and protecting data for cloud disaster recovery.
Knowledge and/or hands-on experience with cloud database services (relational/NoSQL and SQL/Oracle), data lakes, and cloud ETL/ELT best practices, suitable frameworks for handling all types of data for structured and unstructured information.
Understanding cloud services like Azure Data Factory, OCI Data Integrator, Google Data Fusion, AWS Kinesis, Data Sync, and Data copy.
Experience and understanding of best practices for optimizing IT cloud infrastructure, tracing, and troubleshooting, aligning with standards, policy, and IT information security controls.
Effective written and oral communication
Preferred
One or more Cloud certifications for Azure, AWS, Google, or Oracle Certified Engineer, Cloud Certified Solutions Architect, Data Architect, DevOps Engineer, and/or equivalent work experience
Experience in solutioning, configuring, integrating, and securing cloud networking and cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Serverless).
Highly organized, responsive, and highly detailed problem solver.
Worked for or have experience with Texas Health and Human Services Commission or other Texas state IT agencies.