Overview
On Site
Depends on Experience
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - 1 Month(s)
Skills
API
Agile
Akamai
Amazon Web Services
Ansible
Caching
Change Management
Cloud Computing
Collaboration
Job Details
We are looking for Senior Cloud Engineer for our client in Issaquah, WA
Job Title: Senior Cloud Engineer
Job Type: Contract
Job Description:
Pay Range: $50hr - $55hr
- The Senior Cloud Engineer will be responsible for providing technical direction, mentorship, and support to junior engineers while leading the design, implementation, and maintenance of secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions.
- This role will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define infrastructure requirements, improve automation, ensure security compliance, and drive operational excellence across cloud environments.
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to junior engineers.
- Collaborate with product managers, security teams, and stakeholders to define infrastructure and platform requirements.
- Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions.
- Develop and review infrastructure code, enforce best practices, and ensure compliance with security standards.
- Support sprint planning, task allocation, and operational performance tracking.
- Identify and resolve technical challenges, including system reliability and performance issues.
- Foster a culture of automation, observability, and continuous improvement.
- Stay up to date with industry trends, cloud technologies, and DevOps practices.
- Create and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools using Ansible, Packer, and Python.
- Manage Web Application Firewall (WAF) configurations, certificates, and automations for web applications.
- Lead disaster recovery designs and automations for cloud-deployed components.
- Oversee ITIL processes including incident, request, and change management, coordinating with other teams as necessary.
- Bachelor s or Master s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering or operations, including at least 2 years in a senior role.
- 5+ years of experience with cloud PaaS services such as relational databases, API Gateways, storage, firewalls, caching, Lambda, AKS, EKS, etc.
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- 5+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, and Packer.
- 5 years of experience in automation programming using Python, Golang, or similar languages.
- 7+ years of experience with Agile and DevOps methodologies.
- 3 years of experience with Jenkins or GitLab CI/CD tools.
- 1 3 years of experience in cloud design patterns, containers/Kubernetes, and cloud solution design.
- 3+ years of experience with cloud networking, load balancers, Akamai WAF, and monitoring tools.
- 3+ years of experience with Wiz, GuardDuty, and application security tools such as WhiteSource or Checkmarx.
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