Senior Cloud Engineer/Developer

W2 only, no C2C, not remote

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with various teams within IT to provide hands-on engagement to develop, and implement reliable, secured and cost-effective cloud solutions in AWS environment.
• Participate with a cross department-functional team to establish a cloud operational governance framework.
• Lead significant production improvements, drive to achieve a high degree of automation, security, and performance management. Provide expertise and leadership in cloud services architecture and application space.
• Communicates effectively, works collaboratively and cooperatively with others.

Required Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

• At least 5 years of experience developing, deploying, and supporting Python applications in a production environment.
• At least 5 years of experience developing, deploying, and supporting Terraform scripts/ applications in a production environment to build and manage Cloud resources.
• Experience with Boto 3 SDK, Chalice, Chef, Puppet, Ansible and other frameworks for AWS
• AWS Solution Architect - Associate Certification is required.
• Demonstrated ability to write at least one scripting language and/or one programming language such as Shell, Python, Ruby, Java or other equivalent.
• AWS experience - experience of ingesting large volumes of data in the terabyte or petabyte range
• Demonstrated ability to write scripting/ programming languages such as Shell, Ruby, Java or other equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of AWS Cloud fundamentals including minimum of 3 years supporting AWS environments in both test and production, specific experience with the following:
• Lambda, API Gateway, S3, Dynamo DB, EC2, Glue, Kinesis, EMR, Glacier, IAM, ELB, VPC, Bash, CDN and Strong Networking knowledge

Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

• Certification in Terraform & Python
• AWS Solution Architect Certification is preferred.
• Strong knowledge around monitoring and load testing applications
• Software development experience in financial services or real estate related industries a plus
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and deadlines with attention to details.
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgment.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills (MS Visio, MS PowerPoint)
• Bachelor's degree in technical discipline or equivalent work experience