AWS Cloud Engineer

Job#: 3024425

Job Description:

Qualifications:


Background Check Required

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.

3+ (Senior) / 6+ (Advanced) years of experience providing technical delivery of large projects by working with stakeholders from business, development, and infrastructure domains.

2+ years of experience with Cloud-based technologies and concepts, including virtualization, containerization, and infrastructure as code.

Cloud Platform (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, etc) associate-level certification or equivalent experience Knowledge and hands-on experience developing solutions utilizing DevOps and / or Infrastructure as code.

Experience with IaC tools (Terraform, Cloudformation, CDK, etc).

Strategic thinking and demonstrated ability to provide high-level technical analysis and thorough research.

Experience working with large infrastructure hosting environments including knowledge of Application Hosting, distributed messaging architectures, network technologies (Ex: VPNs, TCP/IP, Firewalls, Routing, etc.), security technologies (Ex: public key cryptography and infrastructure, smart cards, authentication, authorization, etc.).

Demonstration of thorough understanding of how discrete infrastructure components work together to provide

Responsibilities:

Serve as a hands-on technical Engineer to provide leadership to products focused on development and implementation of strategic technological initiatives.

Develop Infrastructure as Code to support proof of concepts.

Review Infrastructure Code developed by peers and product teams to ensure alignment with business objectives and security standards.

Provide prioritization and technical leadership to product scrum teams in partnership with Product Owners.

Validate that new features meet business needs, security requirements and engineering patterns.

Provide technical leadership through design and implementation oversight to ensure alignment with strategic direction and best practices.

Lead architectural and engineering discussions for technical, business and management audiences.

Partner with Client Engagement teams to help applications adopt our products and integrate their applications into The Line of Business platform offerings.

Partner with our customers, The Greater Organization, and The Line of Business technical, operational, and business experts to detect critical architectural and infrastructure gaps and deficiencies in the environment and recommend solutions for improvement.

Analyze and revise existing system and product documentation as necessary.

Authorize risk level changes and recommend solutions to minimize and/or prevent system interruption.

Evaluate, recommend, and select new services, software, and hardware.

Follow and ensure adherence to technical standards for programming and design techniques, and train System technical staff on use of software/hardware tools in accordance with required standards and procedures.

Monitor compliance with internal

Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.