Cloud Engineer

Description:
On-site in Washington, DC
Our client seeks a Cloud Engineer to architect, build, and design solutions that integrate public cloud services. The role requires implementing Infrastructure as Code for repeatable deployments and providing expertise aligned to cloud reference architectures in a DevOps environment. The environment includes both Microsoft Exchange and Google Workspace, so experience supporting both is required. The Cloud Engineer should demonstrate excellent troubleshooting skills, maintain current knowledge of industry trends, and collaborate as a team player.
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.
Rate: $55.00 to $60.00/hr. w2
Responsibilities:

• Create and update cloud environment configurations to establish and support application workloads.
• Configure Azure resources including subscriptions, resource groups, VNets, subnets, load balancers, App Services, Azure Batch, virtual machines, resource tagging, billing, policy, and security controls.
• Configure AWS resources including accounts, IAM users and roles, VPCs, subnets, load balancers, routes, Transit Gateway, Control Tower, Systems Manager, Config, stack sets, WAF, CloudFront, and Route 53.
• Use shell scripting and command line execution.
• Design and build automation platforms using Infrastructure as Code with CloudFormation and/or Terraform, and scripting with PowerShell and Python.
• Support operational requests and communicate level of effort and status to cloud leadership.
• Support data calls for provisioned cloud resources and report status.
• Identify and communicate opportunities to improve agency security posture within cloud environments.
• Collaborate with external development teams on cloud workload solution architecture in AWS and Azure.
• Coordinate change and release of Mail and MDM services including design, configuration, risk analysis, approvals, testing, implementation, and operations.
• Fulfill Mail and MDM service requests for access, permissions, communications, distribution groups, availability, and functionality.
• Assess and report on performance, access, licensing, and capacity, and recommend solutions.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation.
• Manage and report on daily operations, deliverables, expectations, communications, risks, and stakeholder reporting.
• Create and maintain designs, architectures, data profiles, licenses, support agreements, SOPs, work instructions, and knowledge articles.

Experience Requirements:

• Five years of experience deploying and configuring application workloads in Microsoft Azure Commercial Cloud or AWS.
• Seven years of hands-on technology experience with compute, network, and storage principles.
• Demonstrated understanding of configuring and supporting application workloads in Azure or AWS.
• Proven experience with design, configuration, integration, testing, release, maintenance, and support of Microsoft O365 Cloud, Exchange, Intune with Apple Business Manager, Azure, Office Suite, Outlook, OneDrive for Business, and Microsoft Security & Compliance.
• Preferred: Strong understanding of cloud engineering methods and best practices across providers.
• Preferred: Experience assessing, customizing, troubleshooting, and optimizing technologies across network, compute, and storage.
• Preferred: Experience with cloud orchestration tools and continuous delivery for infrastructure.
• Preferred: Proficiency automating with Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Packer, PowerShell, or Python, including remote APIs.
• Preferred: Experience with containers, orchestration systems, and hardening practices.
• Preferred: AWS Solutions Architect Associate and/or Azure Administrator Associate certifications.
• Preferred: Microsoft O365 certification or equivalent.
• Preferred: Ability to manage customer relationships and portfolios with Federal and Contractor leadership and end users for Mail and MDM services.
• Preferred: Cohesive team participant and change agent while serving as a consultant.

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W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
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About Eliassen Group:
Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients' capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.
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