Cloud and Datacenter Engineer

Title: Cloud and Data centre Engineer
Location: Walnut Creek, CA (Onsite)
Job Type: contract

Job Descriptions:-

A bachelor's or master's degree (preferred) in computer science, information systems, or other discipline.

• 8+ years of experience with both Data center and AWS cloud environments.
• Hands ‘on experience with VMware vSphere/vSAN, ESXi, vCenter, Windows Server administration, Linux systems administration (RHEL/Ubuntu preferred), enterprise compute/storage, and backup solutions,
• Cloud Architecture, Engineering & Operations (AWS)
• Design and integrate one prem datacenter with AWS cloud services to deliver a unified, secure hybrid environment.
• Architect, build, and operate AWS environments across multiple accounts and regions.
• Engineer solutions using EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, RDS, ECS/EKS, and Lambda.
• Design and operate containerized workloads using Amazon ECS/EKS, including cluster configuration, image lifecycle, scaling, and workload integration.
• Deep AWS expertise: EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, ECS/EKS, Lambda.
• Strong Infrastructure as a Code experience (Terraform, CloudFormation) and CI/CD automation.
• Strong networking fundamentals (DNS, DHCP, VLANs, routing, firewalls) and hybrid security controls.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools for VDI/EUC environments.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work cross functionally.
• Ability to independently manage cloud or datacenter domain end to end.
• Proven ability to document, present, and communicate complex infrastructure designs.
• Strong troubleshooting skills in hybrid environments.

Preferred Qualifications 

• Certifications: AWS Solutions Architect, VMware VCP, Cisco CCNA, RHCE, Nutanix NCP.
• Experience with Azure Infrastructure, VDI, identity (SSO/ MFA), and other security tools.
• Understanding of cybersecurity, infrastructure, SDLC, and change management control.
• Experience with ITIL, monitoring/logging tools, and DR architectures.
• Prior experience in regulated industries, ideally Logistics, Shipping, Transportation, or Finance.
  
  

Hands ‘on maritime industry experience working directly in vessel, cruise, port, or terminal operational environments is highly preferred and considered a strong differentiator