Dice is the leading career destination for tech experts at every stage of their careers. Our client, DP Professionals Inc, is seeking the following. Apply via Dice today! DPP is seeking a Cloud Engineer for an opportunity in Columbia, SC. Work arrangement: • Onsite is highly preferred, but open to remote • W2 position; 6 months • Candidates who are foreign nationals must have resided in the US for at least three (3) of the last five (5) years prior to assignment to the client s applicable government contract. Position summary: • A typical day for a Cloud Engineer involves a mix of building, supporting, automating, and optimizing cloud infrastructure to ensure secure, scalable, and efficient operations. • The day often begins with monitoring cloud environments using tools like Azure Monitor or AWS CloudWatch to check for performance issues, outages, or anomalies. • The Engineer may then use Terraform or ARM templates to provision or update infrastructure, ensuring consistency and compliance with organizational standards. • They frequently work in Linux-based environments, using Bash or Python scripts to automate routine tasks, manage configurations, or troubleshoot system-level issues. • Throughout the day, they may collaborate with DevOps, security, and application teams to integrate new services, deploy updates, or optimize resource usage. • While not required, experience with Kubernetes, Ansible, or cloud security tools may come into play when supporting containerized workloads or implementing secure configurations. • The role is hands-on and dynamic, requiring both technical depth and adaptability to evolving cloud technologies. Required technologies: • Full stack Java implementation with JSPs, JS, and others • Microsoft Azure and/or AWS, hands-on experience with core services such as virtual machines, networking, storage, and identity management in Azure or AWS is essential for managing and deploying cloud infrastructure. • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - Terraform or ARM Templates, proficiency in using Terraform or Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates to automate the provisioning and configuration of cloud resources is critical for scalability and consistency. • Linux/Unix Operating Systems, strong experience with Linux-based systems is required for managing cloud-hosted environments, scripting, and troubleshooting. • Cloud Monitoring and Management Tools - Azure Monitor, AWS CloudWatch, or similar, familiarity with tools used to monitor performance, availability, and security of cloud environments is necessary for maintaining operational health. • Agile Business Analyst experience Nice to have: • Cloud Security Tools and Practices • Understanding of cloud-native security tools (e.g., Azure Security Center, AWS IAM policies) and best practices for securing cloud infrastructure is a strong asset, especially in regulated environments. Minimum required work experience: • 6 years of technical experience with systems analysis, design, and/or programming experience or other job-related IT experience. Job/class description: • Make recommendations to management to adjust system performance parameters. Delegate problem resolution to other team members and conduct follow-up. • Provide enhancement recommendations based on long-term IT organization strategy. Analyze new/revised processes/change requests from the maintainer. Collaborate with various internal groups and external vendors to ensure all specifications are met and problems are resolved as they arise. • Participate in the development of custom integration solutions. Review and research issues reported from external/internal customers. Evaluate interrelationships in projects to determine how changes/installations of one program will affect others. • Participate in work sessions and walkthroughs for quality and production implementations, releases, data conversion projects and/or disaster recovery exercises. Attend implementation meetings to determine impact to system availability and assignment of team resources for these implementations. • Work closely with team members to understand business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions. Act as an internal consultant, advocate, mentor, and change agent. Answer questions and/or provide training for the Production Support team on the current system. • Perform installations, configuration, analysis, scheduling and tuning on complex projects. Ensure Production and Test environments are up and functioning properly. Perform corrective actions whenever possible to fix applications that end abnormally. Required knowledge, skills, and abilities: • Comprehends data storage techniques, database philosophy, database management, and complex programming techniques. • In-depth understanding of the requirements for maintaining production systems and the effect of program changes. • Understands how to use structured techniques in new program development. • Comprehensive understanding of development, quality assurance, and integration methodologies. • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. • Able to work well under pressure and as part of a team. • Pays attention to detail. • In-depth knowledge of relevant operating systems, programming languages, and/or development/productivity tools and their usage in the company. Required education/equivalencies: • Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or other job-related degree; • OR, Associates degree in CS, IT, or other job-related degree plus 2 years of work-related experience; • OR, 4 years job-related work experience (total 10 years without a degree) Interested? Learn more: Click the apply button or contact our recruiter Carolyn at to learn more about this position (#25-00372). Authorized US Worker - s and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time. EOE/AA/V/D DPP offers a range of compensation and benefits packages to our employees and their eligible dependents. Call today to learn more about working with DPP.