Cloud Engineer

W2 candidates will only be considered for this opportunity, C2Cs and 1099s are not eligible to be considered. Cloud Engineer Description As a Cloud Engineer, you will work within a complementary team comprised of passionate technologists who believe in the power of innovation and constant collaboration. We believe that small, empowered, self-motivated teams can achieve outstanding things. We are passionate about opensource contribution, sharing our expertise and knowledge with the engineering community while adopting a continuous learning approach supported by a dedicated learning day each week. The AWS Security and Service Enablement squad is seeking a highly technical engineer with experience on large-scale and/or business critical AWS environments and Software Development with Python. You will work on a wide variety of cloud native stacks and technologies, demonstrating innovative architectures and services. This squad is the starting point for all security capabilities, guardrail definition and service enablement for our AWS environment. • Designing, scaling, and deploying various cloud services • Building processes and workflows along with a consolidated and collaborative integration of IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS cloud services • Developing API's in Python. • Ensuring seamless user experience and compliance of our cloud infrastructure • Maintaining and containing business risk as it pertains to the AWS cloud infrastructure • Working across teams and Business Units to define requirements and deliver solutions • Supporting business unit technologists deploying to the public cloud Experience: • 5+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, Cloud Engineering and Software Development • A strong understanding of AWS cloud service provider • Engineering/operational support of cloud account configuration in AWS • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipeline or for cloud-native deployments • Need a strong background in developing API's, particularly within Python. • Experience building deployment pipelines: e.g. Jenkins • Looking for strong AWS Skills, working within S3, EKS, Lambda, etc... • Experience implementing infrastructure-as-code concepts and technologies • Experience with logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions • Strong ability to work with YAML and JSON markup languages • A strong understanding of various cloud service delivery models including IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS; automation; containers; virtual compute, storage, and networks; virtual infrastructure management; self-provisioning; and scaling • Ability to work with application and security teams to promote a secure posture in the cloud • You can mentor and train other team members to work effectively in the cloud • You are a self-starter who can independently by reading user documentation • Experience working within AWS Cloud Security is a big plus