Cloud Platform Services Engineer

Requirements:

• U.S Citizenship is required.
• Candidate must be able to obtain Public Trust clearance.
• This position is hybrid and requires working onsite at minimum, two days a week.

Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure and services primarily on Microsoft Azure to support the organization's applications and platform.
• Design and implement cloud-based infrastructure solutions that are scalable, reliable, secure, and cost-effective.
• Implement continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) automation tools and frameworks to streamline the organization's deployments and scaling of applications.
• Implement monitoring solutions to ensure the cloud infrastructure is running smoothly. This includes setting up alerts, logging, and performance monitoring tools to quickly identify and resolve issues.
• Implement best practices for security, compliance, and incident response within the client's cloud operating environment.
• Collaborate with software engineers to design scalable and reliable services and infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to the organization's cloud services and infrastructure.
• Stay current with industry trends, making recommendations for future-proofing the environmental infrastructure.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Must have a minimum of 8 years' experience working as a Cloud Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or similar role.
• Strong proficiency with specific cloud platforms like Azure and its services (e.g., EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Azure App Service, GCP Compute Engine, etc.).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) and configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and related tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD).
• Solid understanding of networking concepts and protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, VPN).
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certifications related to specific cloud platforms like AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, Google Professional Cloud Architect.
• Experience with serverless computing (e.g., AWS Lambda, Azure Functions).
• Knowledge of databases (SQL and NoSQL) and data storage solutions in a cloud environment.