Alluvial Concepts (Macro Pros) ยท 8 hours ago
Senior Cloud Engineer (AWS/Remote)
United States
Contract
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expAlluvial Concepts is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to join their dedicated team in a hands-on position focused on planning, designing, and implementing technical cloud solutions. The role involves optimizing legacy systems, deploying new infrastructure and cloud services, and reducing work through automation. The engineer will advocate a DevOps mindset and work closely with development teams to ensure sustainable software releases and enhance the reliability of production applications.
ConsultingInformation TechnologyStaffing Agency
Responsibilities
Embrace and advocate a DevOps mindset
Troubleshoot major incidents, facilitate blameless post-mortem RCA documentation
Work with development teams throughout the software life cycle ensuring sustainable software releases
Perform analytics on previous incidents and usage patterns to better predict issues and take proactive corrective action
Build and drive adoption for greater reliability, resiliency, and scalability of our production applications, while maintaining a cost conscience approach
Lead and participate in performance tests; identify bottlenecks, opportunities for optimization, and capacity demands
Lead and participate in disaster recovery tests for the environments you manage
Perform hands on management of cloud infrastructure and automation tools
Document cloud architecture, security measures, and participate in client audits
Mentor and train other members of the dedicated DevOps team and collaborate with other cloud support teams that support the overall organization
Understanding cloud security best practices and work with security teams to design and implement a security plan
Serve as a technical point of contact for all cloud services consumed by the team, and communicate any new enterprise standards or best practices to be adopted by the DevOps teams
Participate in the 24x7 support coverage as needed
Qualification
Required
Strong combination of cloud technologies and automation scripting/tools - someone with cloud infrastructure expertise plus automation experience
Primary focus on AWS, but should have exposure to other cloud platforms as well
8+ years of overall IT experience
5+ years of hands-on experience in a major cloud provider (Azure, AWS, Google, Oracle)
2+ years of hands-on AWS experience
3+ years of scripting/automation experience
Working knowledge in scripting languages and automation tools (JSON, Python, Ansible, GitHub, CodeShuttle) with respect to managing deployment automation
Advanced knowledge of infrastructure components (networking, load balancing, cloud services, orchestration tools, containerization, compute, and storage systems)
Working knowledge of Windows and Unix based operating systems
Familiarity with Splunk, AppDynamics or other monitoring tools
Experience in a client facing production support environment
Technical proficiencies include Terraform, Linux/Bash scripting, GitHub, and Jenkins
Excellent interpersonal skills to interact with customers, peers, and executives
Excellent organization and communication skills, both written and verbal
Ability to multi-task and to prioritize rapidly changing client demands, in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment
Ability to work well both independently and in teams
Preferred
Cloud Certifications Desired (ranked by preference)
AWS DevOps Engineer Professional
AWS SysOps Admin - Associate
AWS Solutions Architect - Associate or Professional
AWS Developer - Associate
SAFe Certifications Desired (not required)
SAFe Practitioner
SAFe DevOps Practitioner
Bachelor or master's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Equivalent experience considered in lieu of degree
Company
Alluvial Concepts (Macro Pros)
A boutique IT staffing solutions and services firm providing customized, flexible talent solutions designed around your specific projects and hiring needs.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase