Cloud Engineer - 13+ YEARS experience

Job Title: Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

13+ YEARS experience

Job Description

The Cloud Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for developing and modifying scalable cloud architecture to support Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) environments. This role ensures the security, compliance, performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness of cloud infrastructure.

The engineer will be responsible for migrating existing on-premises applications, workloads, and databases to public cloud platforms while ensuring secure and reliable operations. The role also involves monitoring cloud infrastructure, proactively identifying and resolving issues, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and modify scalable cloud architectures supporting IaaS and PaaS platforms.
• Ensure security, compliance, data protection, and privacy across cloud environments.
• Plan and execute the migration of on-premises applications, workloads, and databases to public cloud platforms.
• Monitor and analyze cloud infrastructure performance and proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize cloud environments for performance, scalability, availability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Design and implement cloud controls, processes, and governance mechanisms using available audit tools.
• Manage and maintain cloud infrastructure, virtual machines, networking, and security components.
• Stay current with cloud products, services, technologies, and industry best practices.

Required Skills

• Proficiency in at least one major public cloud platform:
• AWS
• Microsoft Azure
• Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform)
• Experience with automation and scripting using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, including:
• Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs)
• Subnets
• Routing
• Firewalls
• Security Groups / Network Security
• Advanced experience with virtual machine (VM) management.
• Strong knowledge of Windows Server and Active Directory.
• Experience with Linux administration.
• Understanding of cloud security, compliance, governance, and auditing.

Preferred Skills / Experience

• 13+ years of experience working with AWS or Microsoft Azure.
• Previous experience in a government or regulated-industry environment.
• Experience with cloud migration, infrastructure modernization, and hybrid cloud environments.