Cloud Platform Engineer (Des Moines, IA -Hybrid)(12+ Years)

Role: Cloud Platform Engineer

Exp: 12+ Years

Location: Des Moines, IA (Hybrid 3 Days Onsite)

• Documenting system architectures and producing AWS architecture diagrams showing network topology, dependencies, and service interactions.

• Provides senior-tier support for issues escalated from Service Desk, Applications, Networking, or automation teams:

• Diagnosing complex AWS identity, network, or compute issues affecting dependent applications.

• Documenting troubleshooting workflows, root causes, and long-term mitigation strategies.

• Guiding teams through hybrid dependency failures such as directory sync disruptions, routing conflicts, or misconfigured IAM policies. Ensures platform resilience by monitoring, optimizing, and maintaining cloud and on-prem compute, storage, networking, and identity components:

• Eliminate single points of failure in designs patterns - Provide backup, recovery, and DR to meet all RTO/RPO requirements. - Implementing performance dashboards covering compute utilization, storage I/O, and network throughput across AWS and on-prem.

• Conducting root-cause analysis for performance issues and documenting remediation steps. - Identifying cost optimization opportunities through instance rightsizing, storage tier adjustments, and lifecycle automation.

• Maintaining architecture diagrams, standards, IaC manifests, and operational procedures in version-controlled environments. - Preparing change impact statements for major infrastructure modifications.

• Creating release documentation for platform updates promoted through CI/CD pipelines. Ensuring consistency across platform standards, enforcement rules, and automation artifacts. Works closely with automation specialist and other team members to ensure infrastructure deployments follow consistent, automated, and auditable patterns:

• Defining IaC patterns and collaborating on Terraform module designs. - Documenting provisioning workflows, configuration standards, and parameter usage for automated deployments.

• Supporting CI/CD infrastructure pipelines that promote test, staging, and production environments through automated checks. - Collaborate with engineering and application teams to optimize workloads for hybrid cloud environments.

• Provide guidance on migration strategies, performance tuning, and cost optimization for hybrid-cloud deployments. Maintain comprehensive documentation for hybrid cloud architecture, operational procedures, and automation workflows. Ensure documentation supports knowledge transfer and compliance audit