Cloud Engineer

Cloud Engineer Pay range: $45-50hr Location: remote Description: Backend engineer with specialty of ensuring application deployment, automated continuous integration testing, and ensuring visibility of performance and key metrics to inform developers’ decision making. Key Responsibilities: · Communication and Collaboration: have effective communication skills and the ability to collaborate within a team environment, including sharing progress, asking for help when needed, and providing constructive feedback. · Continuous Learning: have an eagerness to learn and adapt to new technologies, frameworks, and best practices in web development and cloud infrastructure management. · Technology Knowledge: maintain knowledge and skills on existing and emerging agile best practices, technologies relevant to supported projects, security best practices, etc. Skills & Qualifications: · Version Control: with version control systems like Git for collaborative development and managing codebase changes. · Terraform: Basic understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and experience with Terraform for provisioning and managing infrastructure resources on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform. · CI/CD Pipelines: GitHub Actions, CircleCI, GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, Jenkins. · Scripting & Automation – Python, Bash, Go, PowerShell. · Linux & System Administration – File systems, process management, performance tuning. · AWS Services: Familiarity with core AWS services such as: o AWS Lambda for serverless functions o AWS S3 for storage o AWS API Gateway for creating RESTful APIs o AWS DynamoDB for NoSQL database o AWS EC2 for virtual servers o AWS RDS for managed relational databases o AWS CloudFront for content delivery o AWS CloudWatch for Application Monitoring · Database Management – PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis. Education: · Bachelor’s in computer science or equivalent work experience Certification: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or AWS Certified Developer or AWS Cloud Architect Required Experience: · 5 years of experience working with AWS, infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.), CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, etc.), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.), and scripting (Python, Bash, etc.). · 3 years of experience working with TypeScript/JavaScript. Clearance Requirement: • Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance. This is a contract-to-hire opportunity. Applicants must be willing and able to work on a W2 basis and convert to FTE following contract duration. For our W2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance. Job ID: JN -092025-103578