Dice is the leading career destination for tech experts at every stage of their careers. Our client, Pyramid Consulting, Inc., is seeking the following. Apply via Dice today! Immediate need for a talented Cloud Engineer. This is a 17+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Westlake, TX (Onsite). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested. Job ID:25-64809 Pay Range: $70 - $80/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location). Key Requirements and Technology Experience: • Key Skills: Strong Unix/Linux knowledge and experience in configuring and deploying applications in a public cloud like Azure/AWS. • Very strong understanding and practical experience with implementing Infrastructure as Code using tools like Terraform or ARM. • Experience with Event Streaming platforms such as Kafka. • Expertise and hands-on experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment tools such as GitHub, Artifactory and Jenkins. • Proven knowledge and experience of building and managing cloud platforms (i.e. Kubernetes with a commitment to continuous learning and improvement. • Hands-on experience with all phases of the software development lifecycle, including design, development, testing, deployment and support. • Experience in designing, creating and deploying automated processes to install, upgrade and rehydrate Kafka platforms in a public cloud environment. • Excellent analytical skills to triage and resolve production issues and outages. • Experience with on-call support, resolving incidents and release management practices. • Strong communication and influencing skills. • Very strong technical capability and passionate about learning new technologies and cloud trends. • Experience and willingness to work in globally distributed agile teams. • Experience with Event Streaming platforms such as Kafka. • Certification in public cloud (Azure or AWS). • However, having strong Kafka experience is only a nice-to-have skillset; what this person is going to be doing, and needs to have experience within, is the following. • Need strong Kubernetes Experience, strong AWS public Cloud Experience, and lastly, they will be doing a lot of pipeline work in Jenkins for CI/CD so that is very important as well. • Nice to Have: Kafka and API skills. Our client is a leading Financial Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration. Pyramid Consulting, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. By applying to our jobs you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Pyramid Consulting, Inc. and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy .