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Cloud SME
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This role is for a Cloud SME in Dallas, TX (hybrid) with a contract length of "unknown" and a pay rate of "unknown." Key skills include AWS and Azure expertise, cloud architecture, automation (Terraform), and security compliance.
🌎 - Country
United States
💱 - Currency
$ USD
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💰 - Day rate
Unknown
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🗓️ - Date
July 18, 2026
🕒 - Duration
Unknown
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🏝️ - Location
Hybrid
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📄 - Contract
Unknown
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🔒 - Security
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Documentation #S3 (Amazon Simple Storage Service) #Compliance #Lambda (AWS Lambda) #Terraform #Infrastructure as Code (IaC) #Storage #Scala #Containers #RDS (Amazon Relational Database Service) #VPN (Virtual Private Network) #AWS (Amazon Web Services) #Monitoring #Automation #Vault #VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) #Network Security #Azure cloud #"ETL (Extract #Transform #Load)" #Migration #Security #IAM (Identity and Access Management) #Logging #Cloud #EC2 #SaaS (Software as a Service) #Alation #Leadership #Azure
Role description
Role: Cloud SME
Location: Dallas, TX- hybrid
• The Cloud SME is the go‑to expert for AWS and Azure cloud platforms.
• This role designs, reviews, and supports cloud solutions to make sure they are secure, reliable, cost‑effective, and compliant.
• The SME guides teams, supports projects, resolves complex issues, and advises leadership and customers on cloud best practices.
Key Responsibilities
1. Cloud Architecture & Design
• Design and review AWS and Azure cloud architectures (IaaS, PaaS, limited SaaS).
• Ensure solutions follow best practices for security, scalability, high availability, and DR.
• Support hybrid and multi‑cloud environments.
• Define standard architectures, templates, and guardrails.
1. Cloud Operations & Support
• Act as Level‑3 / SME escalation for AWS and Azure issues.
• Troubleshoot complex issues related to:
• Compute (EC2, Azure VMs)
• Storage (S3, EBS, Azure Blob, Disk)
• Networking (VPC, VNets, VPN, Load Balancers)
• Identity & Access (IAM, Azure AD)
• Support 24x7 operations model (on‑call or advisory).
1. Security & Compliance
• Enforce least‑privilege access, IAM best practices, and RBAC.
• Implement and review:
• Network security (NSG, Security Groups, NACLs)
• Encryption, Key Management (KMS, Key Vault)
• Logging and monitoring (CloudTrail, Azure Monitor)
• Support compliance, audits, and security reviews.
1. Automation & Infrastructure as Code
• Drive automation using:
• Terraform / CloudFormation / ARM / Bicep
• Standardize repeatable builds and reduce manual work.
• Integrate cloud automation with CI/CD pipelines.
1. Cost Management & Optimization
• Monitor cloud spend and optimize costs using:
• Budgets, alerts, tagging, and chargeback/showback models
• Identify unused or oversized resources and recommend savings.
1. Cloud Migration & Modernization
• Support cloud migration strategies:
• Lift‑and‑shift
• Re‑platform
• Refactor
• Advise on application modernization, containers, and cloud‑native services.
1. Stakeholder & Team Enablement
• Act as technical advisor for:
• Project Managers
• Delivery teams
• Customers
• Review designs, provide approvals, and mentor engineers.
• Create documentation, SOPs, and runbooks.
Required Skills & Experience
Technical Skills
• AWS Services: EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, RDS, CloudWatch, Route53, Lambda (basic)
• Azure Services: Azure VMs, VNets, Azure AD, Storage, Azure Monitor, Key Vault
• Strong understanding of:
• Networking
• Security
• Backup & DR
• Monitoring & logging
• Hands‑on experience with Terraform or equivalent IaC tools
Role: Cloud SME
Location: Dallas, TX- hybrid
• The Cloud SME is the go‑to expert for AWS and Azure cloud platforms.
• This role designs, reviews, and supports cloud solutions to make sure they are secure, reliable, cost‑effective, and compliant.
• The SME guides teams, supports projects, resolves complex issues, and advises leadership and customers on cloud best practices.
Key Responsibilities
1. Cloud Architecture & Design
• Design and review AWS and Azure cloud architectures (IaaS, PaaS, limited SaaS).
• Ensure solutions follow best practices for security, scalability, high availability, and DR.
• Support hybrid and multi‑cloud environments.
• Define standard architectures, templates, and guardrails.
1. Cloud Operations & Support
• Act as Level‑3 / SME escalation for AWS and Azure issues.
• Troubleshoot complex issues related to:
• Compute (EC2, Azure VMs)
• Storage (S3, EBS, Azure Blob, Disk)
• Networking (VPC, VNets, VPN, Load Balancers)
• Identity & Access (IAM, Azure AD)
• Support 24x7 operations model (on‑call or advisory).
1. Security & Compliance
• Enforce least‑privilege access, IAM best practices, and RBAC.
• Implement and review:
• Network security (NSG, Security Groups, NACLs)
• Encryption, Key Management (KMS, Key Vault)
• Logging and monitoring (CloudTrail, Azure Monitor)
• Support compliance, audits, and security reviews.
1. Automation & Infrastructure as Code
• Drive automation using:
• Terraform / CloudFormation / ARM / Bicep
• Standardize repeatable builds and reduce manual work.
• Integrate cloud automation with CI/CD pipelines.
1. Cost Management & Optimization
• Monitor cloud spend and optimize costs using:
• Budgets, alerts, tagging, and chargeback/showback models
• Identify unused or oversized resources and recommend savings.
1. Cloud Migration & Modernization
• Support cloud migration strategies:
• Lift‑and‑shift
• Re‑platform
• Refactor
• Advise on application modernization, containers, and cloud‑native services.
1. Stakeholder & Team Enablement
• Act as technical advisor for:
• Project Managers
• Delivery teams
• Customers
• Review designs, provide approvals, and mentor engineers.
• Create documentation, SOPs, and runbooks.
Required Skills & Experience
Technical Skills
• AWS Services: EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, RDS, CloudWatch, Route53, Lambda (basic)
• Azure Services: Azure VMs, VNets, Azure AD, Storage, Azure Monitor, Key Vault
• Strong understanding of:
• Networking
• Security
• Backup & DR
• Monitoring & logging
• Hands‑on experience with Terraform or equivalent IaC tools
