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Remote 4d ago

Location:

Florida, FL, US

Company:

Client is a city municipality located in the Tampa area.

Summary:

The Cloud Operations Engineer will design, maintain, and optimize AWS cloud infrastructure while providing leadership in cloud operations. Candidates should possess a minimum of 4 years of experience in AWS, including experience with EC2, ELB, and automation.

Requirements:

Technology: AWS, CloudFormation, Terraform, Docker, Git

Hard Skills: AWS EC2, AWS ELB, AWS Storage, AWS System Manager Services, Cloud Monitoring, CloudWatch, Infrastructure-as-Code, Containers, AWS Networking concepts

Credentials: Associate-level AWS certification, Linux Certification (RHEL Admin preferred)

Experience: 4-10 years of experience with a minimum of 2+ years of experience in AWS, Experience with AWS EC2 and ELB, Patching and automation experience, Experience with AWS Cloud Monitoring and Alerting with CloudWatch, AWS Backup and Disaster Recovery implementation experience, Scripting experience in Python, Bash, or similar

Job Description:

Description

Client: City Municipality Located in Tampa Area

Title: Cloud Operations Engineer

Contract Paying - $50/Hr - $55/Hr - 6-month contract to hire with conversion salary of $108K

Work Authorization: USC or Green Card only

Location: Must reside in the State of Florida - Remote

Certifications:

  • At least one associate-level AWS certification
  • Linux Certification (RHEL Admin preferred)

Experience:

  • Must have 4-10 years of experience with a minimum of 2+ years of experience in AWS.
  • Must have AWS EC2 (Amazon Linux - must, RedHat - must, Windows Server - highly desired) and ELB (Application and Network load balancer).
  • AWS Storage and System Manager Services
  • Must have patching and automation experience.
  • Experience with each of the Systems Manager Node, Change Management, and Operations tools.
  • Experience implementing AWS Cloud Monitoring and Alerting with CloudWatch, especially for EC2, ELB, EFS, EBS, and RDS.
  • AWS Backup and Disaster Recovery implementation experience.
  • Scripting experience in Python, Bash, or similar and proficient in using Git.

Desired Skills:

  • Experience architecting enterprise-level cloud infrastructures on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
  • Writing Infrastructure-as-Code using tools like CloudFormation or Terraform.
  • Experience with Containers (ECS, EKS, Fargate, and Docker).
  • Experience with AWS Networking concepts including but not limited to VPC, Subnet, Security Group, NACL, DNS, Transit Gateways.
  • Strong knowledge of Control Tower, Lambda, SQS, SNS, S3, and IAM is a plus.

Responsibilities:

  • Design, plan, provision, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure, including containers.
  • Ensure the highest level of Cloud systems and infrastructure availability.
  • Provides expert guidance and leadership to colleagues.
  • Ensure critical systems are monitored, patched, and maintained.
  • Migrate infrastructure with zero downtime to a highly available, scalable, secure Cloud solution.
  • Build automations that include IaC through the DevOps Pipeline.
  • Some after-hours weekend support may be required to maintain mission-critical integrations for some county organizations operating 24/7.