Cloud Engineer

RESPEC is hiring a mid-level Cloud Engineer to design build migrate and operate secure AWS environments for multiple private and public-sector projects. Youll lead environment buildouts support migrations implement automation and monitoring and collaborate closely with security and engineering. AWS is the priority; Azure is secondary and exposure to GCP is a bonus.

Responsibilities:

• Architect build and operate AWS environments (dev/test/UAT/prod) for web data and GIS workloads.
• Execute migrations (lift-and-shift/re-platform); plan cutovers validations and rollback strategies.
• Implement automation using IaC (CloudFormation or Terraform) and scripting (PowerShell/Bash/Python).
• Manage core AWS services: EC2 VPC S3 IAM ALB/NLB Auto Scaling Systems Manager CloudWatch/CloudTrail.
• Configure networking: VPCs subnets routing security groups/NACLs DNS; support VPN/Direct Connect concepts.
• Establish reliability: monitoring/alerting patching backup/restore performance tuning capacity planning.
• Apply security best practices: least-privilege IAM encryption key/secret management logging/guardrails.
• Stand up basic databases (Oracle/SQL Server/Postgres on RDS or EC2) manage connectivity and perform backups/restores.
• Optimize cost with tagging budgets lifecycle policies and rightsizing.
• Create documentation (diagrams runbooks SOPs) and share knowledge with the team.
• Engage with PMs and stakeholders to clarify requirements report status and mitigate risks.
• Provide occasional Tier II/Tier III escalation support during cutovers or incidents.

Qualifications :

• 57 years of IT/cloud engineering experience with production AWS workloads.
• Hands-on with IaC (CloudFormation or Terraform) and scripting (PowerShell/Bash/Python).
• Strong grasp of AWS operations networking fundamentals (TCP/IP DNS VPN concepts) and observability.
• Foundational DBA skills for Oracle/SQL Server/Postgres (deploy configure connectivity backup/restore).
• Clear communicator with solid troubleshooting and documentation habits.
• Able to work onsite in Albuquerque 3 days per week.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS certification (Solutions Architect Associate SysOps Administrator or Developer) or willingness to obtain within 6 months.
• Exposure to Azure; familiarity with GCP helpful.
• Experience with containers (Docker ECS/EKS basics) and CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps/Jenkins).
• Knowledge of HA/DR patterns (multi-AZ read replicas snapshots) and cost/performance trade-offs.
• Familiarity with ITSM environments (ServiceNow) and ITIL practices.

• Collaborative documentation-first approach; comfortable explaining trade-offs to technical and non-technical audiences.

Work Arrangement and Support

• Hybrid model: 3 days onsite in Albuquerque for collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Occasional after-hours work for migrations maintenance windows or incidents; primary help desk covered by others with escalation to this role as needed.

Additional Information :

Work Schedule:

• Hybrid schedule: 3 days/week in office; 2 days remote

Compensation: Salary depends on experience and expertise. Compensation includes a comprehensive fringe-benefits package. RESPEC is a 100% employee-owned company and employees are eligible for participation in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) after a qualifying period.

Featured benefits include:

Flexible Work Schedules

Paid Parental Leave

401(k) & ESOP (with company match up to 4%)

Professional Development and Training

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance Plans

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time