Cloud Engineer

Immediate need for a talented Cloud Engineer. This is a 06+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Oakland ,CA (Hybrid). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.
Job ID:26-30038
Pay Range: $80 - $106.05/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 Responsibilities:

• Own and evolve the hybrid cloud platform architecture across AWS, Azure, and Azure Local, ensuring coherence, scalability, and security.
• Define and drive the long-term technical roadmap for the platform team in partnership with the Sr. Cloud Principal Architect.
• Architect enterprise landing zones, subscription/account topology, and network segmentation strategies.
• Design complex hybrid networking solutions, including vWAN and ExpressRoute.
• Author and maintain enterprise Terraform module libraries, ensuring best practices and security defaults.
• Design and implement advanced CI/CD pipeline architectures in Azure DevOps.
• Build proof-of-concepts and reference implementations for team adoption.
• Mentor and elevate team capability through technical coaching and design reviews.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Key Skills: AWS Solutions Architect Professional or Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification.
• HashiCorp Terraform Associate or equivalent IaC certification.
• Kubernetes certification (CKA/CKAD) or equivalent hands-on container platform experience.
• Deep expertise in hybrid networking solutions.
• Experience with compliance-as-code and security architecture principles.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure, systems engineering, or cloud architecture roles.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience writing Terraform at scale.
• 4+ years of experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipeline architectures (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or equivalent).
• 3+ years of experience in a technical leadership or architecture role.
• Demonstrated experience architecting solutions across both AWS and Azure.
• At least 1-2 AWS or Azure certifications.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a job-related discipline, or equivalent experience.

Our client is a leading Utilities 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.
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