Sr. Cloud Engineer

Peraton (Sr. Cloud Engineer)

Location: Remote

Responsibilities

• Deploy Cloud applications across dev, staging, and prod environments with consistency and stability.
• Build reusable CI/CD pipeline templates, jobs, and stages for cross-team consistency.
• Containerize and deploy applications using ECS and Lambda in collaboration with developers.
• Configure GitLab Runners and manage environment-specific variables and secrets.
• Define and deploy readiness and liveness probes for containers running in EKS and ECS.
• Develop custom scripts for CloudWatch custom metrics and alarms based on application probes.
• Monitor deployments and system health using CloudWatch and related tools.
• Implement rollback strategies and manage version control during deployments.
• Troubleshoot deployment issues and improve pipeline performance and reliability.
• Use Python, Bash, YAML/JSON, Node.js, and Lambda functions for automation and operations.
• Perform daily health checks using AWS CLI or scheduled Lambda scripts and report results.
• Set up monitoring thresholds, dashboards, and metrics for applications and infrastructure.
• Conduct root cause analysis and incident correlation using monitoring and performance tools.
• Maintain a central inventory of licensed software deployed in AWS environments.
• Maintain accurate documentation on infrastructure and operational procedures.
• Assess and apply patches for infrastructure and third-party software.
• Develop patch testing schedules and rollout plans with rollback and recovery.
• Create and manage change records and participate in PI planning and Agile ceremonies.
• Keep cloud environments compliant with security standards and best practices.
• Orchestrate failover and restoration of ECS/EKS services, Lambda functions, databases, and other components.
• Test and document regional failover playbooks and recovery runbooks.
• Ensure adherence to RTO and RPO requirements.
• Participate in on-call rotations to support 24/7 production systems and respond to incidents.

Experience Requirements

• 8+ years of IT experience, including 5+ years in cloud support, infrastructure maintenance, or IT operations.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Strong proficiency in AWS Lambda for writing, deploying, and optimizing functions.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and workflows, including GitHub or GitLab, EKS, Kubernetes, and DevOps practices.
• Scripting skills for automation and maintenance using Bash and Python.
• Cloud certifications such as AWS DevOps Engineer or Solutions Architect Associate.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to diagnose performance issues in cloud environments (preferred).
• Experience creating pre-check and post-check scripts for validating system health (preferred).
• Familiarity with container orchestration using Docker, ECS, or Kubernetes (preferred).
• Knowledge of ITIL practice or incident management frameworks (preferred).

Education Requirements

• BA/BS in IT, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• AWS certifications such as AWS DevOps Engineer or AWS Solutions Architect Associate.
• ITIL certification (preferred).