Cloud Engineer

Overview

On Site
Contract - W2
Contract - 6+ month(s)

Skills

DevOps
Ansible
Terraform
Cloudformation
IAC
CDK
Bicep

Job Details

Role: Cloud Engineer

Location: Des Moines, IA

Top 3 Required Technical Skills:
IaC, DevOps
CDK/CloudFormation, Bicep, Terraform, Ansible, or Pulumi.
Understanding of Design and Reference Architecture, Security, Automation

Business Initiatives/Project Candidate will be working on:
Lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and standardized cloud frameworks across our enterprise. This role is critical in establishing the foundational architecture, governance, and automation that enable efficient and compliant cloud operations. You will work closely with engineering, security, compliance, and business teams to align cloud frameworks with strategic objectives

Job Description:
We are looking for a Strategic Cloud Framework Engineer to lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and standardized cloud frameworks across our enterprise. This role is critical in establishing the foundational architecture, governance, and automation that enable efficient and compliant cloud operations. You will work closely with engineering, security, compliance, and business teams to align cloud frameworks with strategic objectives.
Key Responsibilities:

Framework Design: Develop and maintain enterprise-grade cloud frameworks, including landing zones, reference architectures, and governance models.

Cloud Governance: Define and implement policies for security, compliance, identity, cost management, and operational excellence.

Automation & Infrastructure as Code: Build reusable templates and automation pipelines using tools like CDK/CloudFormation, Bicep, Terraform, Ansible, or Pulumi.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with security, DevOps, and application teams to ensure frameworks meet technical and business requirements.

Cloud Strategy Enablement: Translate strategic cloud goals into actionable frameworks and technical standards.

Monitoring & Optimization: Establish observability standards and ensure frameworks support performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency.

Documentation & Enablement: Create clear documentation and provide training to teams adopting the cloud framework.

Innovation: Stay current with cloud trends and continuously improve frameworks to support evolving business needs.


Additional Details:
Cloud Services Department and prefer someone with 5+ years of experience

Specific Industry/Company experience required: Medium to large company experience preferred, healthcare even better.

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