Certified Cloud Engineer

Position Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, configure, support, and maintain hybrid private and public cloud platforms.


• Review and validate vendor-proposed cloud architectures, configurations, and implementation decisions.


• Identify architecture, security, scalability, reliability, performance, operational, and cost risks.


• Provide technical guidance concerning cloud networking, compute, storage, databases, identity, security services, monitoring, logging, and automation.


• Support cloud services across AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or comparable enterprise platforms.


• Work closely with .NET application development teams on application deployment, integration, configuration, APIs, containers, and environment management.


• Develop and support CI/CD pipelines, particularly GitHub-based delivery processes.


• Implement and maintain infrastructure as code and repeatable deployment automation.


• Incorporate security, privacy, and compliance requirements into cloud architecture and implementation.


• Support identity and access management, least privilege, encryption, network security, vulnerability management, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery.


• Help ensure cloud services align with applicable regulatory and security frameworks, including NIST and IRS Publication 1075.


• Perform complex scripting, programming, configuration, troubleshooting, automation, and issue-resolution activities.


• Develop monitoring standards, operational procedures, maintenance practices, and incident-response processes.


• Document cloud architecture, configurations, dependencies, operational procedures, and support requirements.


• Assume long-term responsibility for operational support, maintenance, optimization, and continuous improvement following implementation.


• Evaluate new cloud services and marketplace solutions for security, reliability, scalability, performance, and cost benefits.


• Transfer technical knowledge to internal employees through documentation, mentoring, and hands-on collaboration.


• Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience designing, developing, modifying, supporting, and maintaining AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or another major cloud platform.


• At least 3 years of cloud experience within a regulated organization.


• At least 5 years of infrastructure-as-code experience.


• At least 5 years of application containerization experience.


• At least 5 years of experience with GitHub-based CI/CD.


• At least 5 years of experience with enterprise networking, observability, and cloud cost management.


• At least 5 years of experience supporting Windows and .NET environments.


• Strong programming, scripting, configuration, and cloud troubleshooting skills.


• Demonstrated experience securing, automating, and supporting enterprise hybrid cloud environments.


• Experience transitioning newly implemented technology into sustainable, long-term operational support.


• Strong written, verbal, documentation, collaboration, and knowledge-transfer skills.

Certification Requirement

Location and Work Arrangement

• Candidate must currently reside in Wisconsin or relocate to Wisconsin within 30 days of starting.


• The position is approximately 90 to 100 percent remote.


• Occasional onsite attendance may be required when operational needs arise.