AWS Platform Engineer

Overview

On Site
$50 - $59
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 6 Month(s)

Skills

AWS
Terraform
Ansible
Tower
Landing
Zone
Tower Control
Docker
Public Cloud
Cloud
Azure

Job Details

Job: Platform Specialist I

Rate: $50/hr - $59/hr W2 All Inc - No Benefits - This is Max rate

Location: Houston, Texas, 77064

Term: 1 year Contract with possibility of extension or conversion to direct hire

Hours: 5 days a week onsite | 7:30am-5pm | **Fridays are half days** (totaling 40 hrs./week)

Interview Process: Initial interview will be conducted virtually via zoom. Must be available to attend a 2nd face-to-face interview at the Houston Corporate office.

Only W2 Candidates who can work on Temp-hire role


The candidate must also be willing to go onsite 5x a week.

The end client is Enterprise Products located here in Houston. They are looking for a Platform Specialist that will be a 1-year contract, but they would like the employee to be able to convert to a direct hire and be able to work W2 without sponsorship in the future.

TOP SKILLS:

  • Experience in deploying and managing Landing Zone, Control Tower, Guard rails etc.
  • Expertise in Azure and AWS infrastructure engineering & cloud architecture
  • Terraform and Ansible automation

FORMAL HR JOB DESCRIPTION:

You will be responsible for supporting the development and maturation of Azure and AWS tenants, subscriptions, landing zones, networking, security, and infrastructure through implementation of best practices and infrastructure as code (IaC). The ideal candidate will bring a blend of subject matter expertise, effective leadership capabilities, hands-on Azure and AWS technical skills, and strong written and verbal communication skills. In addition to cloud development, supporting on premise Kubernetes clusters is required.

Responsibilities include:

  • Implement best practices in cloud infrastructure, emphasizing Site Reliability, Observability, and Scalability.
  • Foster strong collaboration with various teams, working closely with Product, DBAs, Developers, DevOps, SRE, and Data Engineers to implement AWS standard methodologies, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and cost optimizations early in the design process.
  • Identify and eliminate bottlenecks, manage issues, and allocate support as necessary.
  • Architect and implement technical solutions which improve the service level of the on premise and cloud platform
  • Perform incident investigation, diagnosis, and provide resolution
  • Manage cluster provisioning, performance tuning, and security configuration
  • Perform system monitoring and remediation of any platform related issue
  • Identify recurring problems and perform root cause analysis
  • Ensure continuous availability of data platform services.
  • Document and maintain environment architecture
  • Identify opportunities for platform improvements and present recommendations to management

Qualifications

The successful candidate will meet the following qualifications:

  • 5+ years experience working with AWS and Azure (professional certification or equivalent work experience).
  • 5+ years experience in application deployment automation and DevOps practice
  • 5+ years experience installing, administering, and maintaining Linux based software
  • 3+ years experience with IT automation tools such as Ansible, Salt and Terraform
  • Extensive knowledge of Azure DevOps
  • Experience designing and implementing redundant systems including data backups/recoveries, high availability, load balancing, and disaster recovery
  • Experience designing, analyzing, and repairing large-scale distributed systems
  • Exceptional documentation and communication skills, with the ability to present technical content effectively to both management and engineering teams
  • Knowledgeable of core IT infrastructure technologies including virtualization, networking, and storage management
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