Cloud Infrastructure Lead Specialist

Grand Rapids, MI - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Cloud Infrastructure Lead Specialist
Location: Grand Rapids Michigan
Experience: 12 Years
Employment Type: Contract
Interview Type: In-Person or Webcam

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Infrastructure Lead Specialist to oversee the design deployment and management of enterprise-level cloud environments. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in cloud architecture infrastructure automation security and high availability solutions. This role requires strong leadership the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and hands-on experience with large-scale cloud implementations.

The Cloud Infrastructure Lead Specialist will provide technical direction develop strategy for cloud adoption and ensure the stability performance and scalability of cloud systems. This role also involves guiding engineering teams troubleshooting complex issues and ensuring best practices and governance standards are followed.

Key Responsibilities

Lead design implementation and management of cloud infrastructure environments across public private and hybrid cloud platforms.
Define cloud strategy migration roadmaps and modernization frameworks aligned with business and technology objectives.
Architect and manage scalable secure resilient and cost-optimized cloud infrastructure services.
Oversee cloud network configuration identity and access management storage compute resources and monitoring solutions.
Implement automation and orchestration using tools such as Terraform Ansible or CloudFormation.
Ensure compliance with security standards governance policies disaster recovery and backup strategies.
Perform performance analysis capacity planning and cloud cost optimization.
Collaborate closely with development operations and security teams to standardize infrastructure practices.
Lead problem-resolution efforts for critical cloud systems and high-severity incidents.
Mentor engineering team members and provide technical guidance and documentation.

Required Skills and Qualifications

12 years of experience in IT infrastructure with at least 7 years focused on cloud engineering and architecture.
Hands-on expertise with AWS Azure or Google Cloud Platform (at least one major provider is required).
Strong understanding of virtualization container technologies (Docker Kubernetes) and microservices architecture.
Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform Ansible Helm or CloudFormation.
Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices using tools such as Jenkins GitLab or Azure DevOps.
Knowledge of networking technologies including VPN VPC load balancing DNS firewalls and routing protocols.
Strong understanding of cloud security identity management and compliance frameworks.
Experience with logging monitoring and performance tools such as CloudWatch Grafana Prometheus or Splunk.
Familiarity with automation scripting languages such as Python Bash or PowerShell.
Proven leadership with ability to influence technical direction and deliver enterprise cloud solutions.
Excellent analytical communication and problem-solving skills.

Job Title: Cloud Infrastructure Lead Specialist Location: Grand Rapids Michigan Experience: 12 Years Employment Type: Contract Interview Type: In-Person or Webcam Job Description We are seeking an experienced Cloud Infrastructure Lead Specialist to oversee the design deployment and management of ent...

Job Title: Cloud Infrastructure Lead Specialist
Location: Grand Rapids Michigan
Experience: 12 Years
Employment Type: Contract
Interview Type: In-Person or Webcam

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Lead design implementation and management of cloud infrastructure environments across public private and hybrid cloud platforms.
Define cloud strategy migration roadmaps and modernization frameworks aligned with business and technology objectives.
Architect and manage scalable secure resilient and cost-optimized cloud infrastructure services.
Oversee cloud network configuration identity and access management storage compute resources and monitoring solutions.
Implement automation and orchestration using tools such as Terraform Ansible or CloudFormation.
Ensure compliance with security standards governance policies disaster recovery and backup strategies.
Perform performance analysis capacity planning and cloud cost optimization.
Collaborate closely with development operations and security teams to standardize infrastructure practices.
Lead problem-resolution efforts for critical cloud systems and high-severity incidents.
Mentor engineering team members and provide technical guidance and documentation.

Required Skills and Qualifications

12 years of experience in IT infrastructure with at least 7 years focused on cloud engineering and architecture.
Hands-on expertise with AWS Azure or Google Cloud Platform (at least one major provider is required).
Strong understanding of virtualization container technologies (Docker Kubernetes) and microservices architecture.
Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform Ansible Helm or CloudFormation.
Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices using tools such as Jenkins GitLab or Azure DevOps.
Knowledge of networking technologies including VPN VPC load balancing DNS firewalls and routing protocols.
Strong understanding of cloud security identity management and compliance frameworks.
Experience with logging monitoring and performance tools such as CloudWatch Grafana Prometheus or Splunk.
Familiarity with automation scripting languages such as Python Bash or PowerShell.
Proven leadership with ability to influence technical direction and deliver enterprise cloud solutions.
Excellent analytical communication and problem-solving skills.