Cloud/Platform/Systems Specialist - Need Local Des Moines, IA Candidates only!

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Job Title: Cloud/Platform/Systems Specialist
Location: 200 E Grand Avenue | Des Moines, IA 50309
Duration: Position budgeted through fiscal Year-End (6/30/2026) with probable 1 year renewal for fiscal year 2027.

NOTE:
Both Web Cam and In Person Interview
Fully Onsite Position
Need local IA candidate ONLY

Skill
Designing and administering AWS environments (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3) to support enterprise workloads.
Creating hybrid workload patterns where identity, authentication, and application services function seamlessly across cloud and on premises systems.
Migrating legacy systems to AWS, including developing modernization roadmaps and workload readiness assessments.
Documenting system architectures and producing AWS architecture diagrams showing network topology, dependencies, and service interactions.
Diagnosing complex AWS identity, network, or compute issues affecting dependent applications.
Guiding teams through hybrid dependency failures such as directory sync disruptions, routing conflicts, or misconfigured IAM policies.
Documenting troubleshooting workflows, root causes, and long term mitigation strategies.
Eliminate single points of failure in designs patterns
Provide backup, recovery, and DR to meet all RTO/RPO requirements.
Implementing performance dashboards covering compute utilization, storage I/O, and network throughput across AWS and on prem.
Conducting root cause analysis for performance issues and documenting remediation steps.
Identifying cost optimization opportunities through instance rightsizing, storage tier adjustments, and lifecycle automation.
Maintaining architecture diagrams, standards, IaC manifests, and operational procedures in version-controlled environments.
Preparing change impact statements for major infrastructure modifications.
Creating release documentation for platform updates promoted through CI/CD pipelines. Ensuring consistency across platform standards, enforcement
rules, and automation artifacts.
Defining IaC patterns and collaborating on Terraform module designs.
Documenting provisioning workflows, configuration standards, and parameter usage for automated deployments.
Supporting CI/CD infrastructure pipelines that promote test, staging, and production environments through automated checks.
Collaborate with engineering and application teams to optimize workloads for hybrid cloud environments.
Provide guidance on migration strategies, performance tuning, and cost optimization for hybrid-cloud deployments.
Enforcing AWS guardrails such as encryption, MFA, IAM role boundaries, and network segmentation.
Producing audit evidence packages (configuration exports, pipeline logs, screenshots).
Documenting platform hardening guidelines for compute, identity, and storage systems.
Creating policy interpretation guides to clarify required platform configurations for other technical teams.
Writing operational guides, onboarding materials, and “how to” documentation for AWS and hybrid operations.
Delivering platform standards, architecture reference materials, and annotated diagrams explaining system interactions.
Delivering platform standards, architecture reference materials, and annotated diagrams explaining system interactions.