Cloud SME(Only local to Dallas TX)

Role: Cloud SME

Location: Dallas, TX

Duration: 6 Months CTH

 

The Cloud SME is the go‑to expert for AWS and Azure cloud platforms.

This role designs, reviews, and supports cloud solutions to make sure they are secure, reliable, cost‑effective, and compliant.
The SME guides teams, supports projects, resolves complex issues, and advises leadership and customers on cloud best practices.

 

Key Responsibilities

1. Cloud Architecture & Design

Design and review AWS and Azure cloud architectures (IaaS, PaaS, limited SaaS).

Ensure solutions follow best practices for security, scalability, high availability, and DR.

Support hybrid and multi‑cloud environments.

Define standard architectures, templates, and guardrails.

 

2. Cloud Operations & Support

Act as Level‑3 / SME escalation for AWS and Azure issues.

Troubleshoot complex issues related to:

Compute (EC2, Azure VMs)

Storage (S3, EBS, Azure Blob, Disk)

Networking (VPC, VNets, VPN, Load Balancers)

Identity & Access (IAM, Azure AD)

Support 24x7 operations model (on‑call or advisory).

 

3. Security & Compliance

Enforce least‑privilege access, IAM best practices, and RBAC.

Implement and review:

Network security (NSG, Security Groups, NACLs)

Encryption, Key Management (KMS, Key Vault)

Logging and monitoring (CloudTrail, Azure Monitor)

Support compliance, audits, and security reviews.

 

4. Automation & Infrastructure as Code

Drive automation using:

Terraform / CloudFormation / ARM / Bicep

Standardize repeatable builds and reduce manual work.

Integrate cloud automation with CI/CD pipelines.

 

5. Cost Management & Optimization

Monitor cloud spend and optimize costs using:

Budgets, alerts, tagging, and chargeback/showback models

Identify unused or oversized resources and recommend savings.

 

6. Cloud Migration & Modernization

Support cloud migration strategies:

Lift‑and‑shift

Re‑platform

Refactor

Advise on application modernization, containers, and cloud‑native services.

 

7. Stakeholder & Team Enablement

Act as technical advisor for:

Project Managers

Delivery teams

Customers

Review designs, provide approvals, and mentor engineers.

Create documentation, SOPs, and runbooks.

 

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Skills

AWS Services: EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, RDS, CloudWatch, Route53, Lambda (basic)

Azure Services: Azure VMs, VNets, Azure AD, Storage, Azure Monitor, Key Vault

Strong understanding of:

Networking

Security

Backup & DR

Monitoring & logging

Hands‑on experience with Terraform or equivalent IaC tools

 

 

 

Mayank Tiwari (MT)

InfiCare Staffing | 22375 Broderick Drive #225 Dulles, VA 20166

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