AWS Cloud Engineer Hybrid Onsite - Locals Only

Remote or Onsite: Candidates MUST be local at time of submission within a commutable distance (11.5 hours). Hiring manager is not interested in candidates who need to relocate to accept the position. Will need to be onsite starting day 1 for hybrid work schedule In office 2 days a week. NO REMOTE ONLY OPTION.

Interview Process: Virtual Interview via MS Teams video. Please use laptop and be prepared so share screen if asked. Use of headphones is strongly discouraged. A screenshot photo of candidate will be required for any Teams interviews as well as a vendor present at beginning of interview to validate candidate.

Top Skills & Years of Experience:
7 years of Cloud technologies experience preferably in AWS.
Experience with AWS services like S3 EC2 VPC LAMDA Amazon manage streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK) B11ROSA (OpenShift).
Experience with installing and configuring Elastic stack on a containerized environment.
Experience with Kubernetes concepts such as Pods Deployments Services and Persistent Volumes.
AWS certifications (e.g. AWS Certified Solutions Architect AWS Certified DevOps Engineer) preferred.

Full Job Description:

This position is for an AWS Cloud Engineer who will support and complete the tasks necessary to design and implement cloud solutions for DTMB agency services supporting MDHHS. The resource will be pivotal in designing executing and managing our cloud projects to ensure scalability reliability and security. The position will collaborate closely with crossfunctional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable cloud solutions. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cloud technologies architecture design and handson experience with cloud platforms such as AWS. Not having a cloud Engineer on the team will impact the MDSS modernization project and support needed postimplementation..

Position Summary
This position is for an AWS Cloud Engineer who will support and complete the tasks necessary to design and implement cloud solutions for DTMB agency services supporting MDHHS. The resource will be pivotal in designing executing and managing our cloud projects to ensure scalability reliability and security. The position will collaborate closely with crossfunctional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable cloud solutions. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cloud technologies architecture design and handson experience with cloud platforms such as AWS.

Skill Descriptions
1. 7 years of Cloud technologies experience preferably in AWS.
2. Implement infrastructure as code using tools like AWS CloudFormation or Terraform to automate the provisioning and management of AWS resources.
3. Ensure that cloud solutions adhere to security best practices including data encryption identity and access management (IAM) network security and compliance with relevant regulations.
4. Optimize the performance of AWS resources and applications by tuning configurations leveraging caching mechanisms and implementing scalability features.
5. Experience with AWS services like S3 EC2 VPC LAMDA Amazon manage streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK) B11ROSA(OpenShift) EKS or ECS Fargate ECR
6. Implement costeffective solutions by analyzing AWS pricing models rightsizing resources leveraging spot instances and implementing cost monitoring and optimization strategies.
7. Implement monitoring and logging solutions using AWS CloudWatch AWS Config and other tools to ensure the health and performance of AWS resources as well as troubleshoot issues as they arise.
8. Experience with installing and configuring Elastic stack on a containerized environment.
9. Experience in writing customized filters on Logstash.
10. Working knowledge on all the Elastic agents.
11. Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts such as Pods Deployments Services and Persistent Volumes.
12. Skill in building managing and troubleshooting Docker containers.
13. AWS certifications (e.g. AWS Certified Solutions Architect AWS Certified DevOps Engineer) preferred.

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