Cloud Engineer - Las Vegas, NV

Description :

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Cloud Engineer to join our fast-paced Agile team. The ideal candidate will be a problem-solver with a good background in cloud-native technologies automation and security with a specific focus on the AWS ecosystem. Youll be responsible for designing implementing and maintaining scalable and secure cloud infrastructure while ensuring operational excellence and high availability.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure Management: Design deploy and manage robust cloud infrastructure primarily using AWS services.

Automation & CI/CD: Develop and maintain end-to-end automation pipelines using Terraform GitLab CI/CD and Shell scripting to streamline infrastructure provisioning and application deployment.

Networking & Connectivity: Configure and manage advanced networking solutions including AWS Transit Gateway (TGW) and Direct Connect to ensure secure and efficient hybrid cloud connectivity.

Containerization & Orchestration: Administer and support containerized workloads on Amazon EKS and leverage Istio for service mesh functionalities like traffic management and security.

Monitoring & Observability: Implement and manage monitoring solutions using tools like Amazon CloudWatch Grafana and OpenTelemetry (OTEL) to ensure proactive alerting and system health.

Security & Compliance: Enforce security best practices perform vulnerability remediation and patching and utilize services like AWS Security Hub and GuardDuty to maintain a secure and compliant environment.

Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams including development and operations to understand requirements and deliver reliable infrastructure solutions.

Scripting & Development: Write and maintain scripts and tooling using Python to automate repetitive tasks and improve operational efficiency.

Required Qualifications :

AWS Expertise: Good hands-on experience with core AWS services including VPC EC2 S3 IAM Route 53 EKS SSO and MSK.

Networking: Proven experience with advanced AWS networking concepts particularly Transit Gateway (TGW) and Direct Connect.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Proficient in Terraform for managing infrastructure.

CI/CD: Experience with GitLab CI/CD for building and deploying pipelines.

Containerization: Solid understanding of Kubernetes (EKS) and Istio service mesh.

Scripting: Hands-on experience with Python and Shell scripting.

Monitoring: Familiarity with monitoring tools such as CloudWatch Grafana and OpenTelemetry.

Security: Experience with patching vulnerability remediation and AWS security tools like Security Hub and GuardDuty.

Soft Skills: A proactive problem-solving mindset and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced Agile/Scrum environment.

Required Skills : Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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Additional Skills :

Background Check : No

Drug Screen : No