Description
We are looking for an experienced Cloud Engineer to join a healthcare organization on a contract-to-permanent basis. This role will shape cloud architecture decisions, strengthen secure and scalable platform design, and support modernization across enterprise environments. The position is ideal for a senior-level candidate who can balance hands-on engineering with architectural leadership while partnering with technical and business stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
Create and advance cloud architecture direction, technical standards, and long-term modernization plans that support enterprise goals.
Design scalable solutions across infrastructure, platform, and software service models while promoting reliable cloud-native patterns.
Lead the transformation of legacy and hybrid environments into modern cloud platforms with a focus on performance, resilience, and maintainability.
Establish best practices for infrastructure automation, policy-driven governance, and secure delivery processes across engineering teams.
Build and refine solutions using containers, microservices, serverless capabilities, and elastic cloud services to meet evolving business needs.
Drive cloud financial management efforts by improving resource utilization, forecasting demand, and identifying cost-saving opportunities.
Strengthen security architecture through identity controls, encryption strategies, recovery planning, and compliance-aligned safeguards.
Provide senior technical guidance to engineers and infrastructure teams through mentorship, design reviews, and architectural oversight.
Assess new tools and platform capabilities through research and proof-of-concept work to improve scalability, innovation, and operational effectiveness.
Requirements
At least 5 years of experience in cloud engineering, with a strong background in architecture, infrastructure, or platform design.
Hands-on expertise with AWS, including services such as EC2, Auto Scaling, and broader AWS technologies used in enterprise environments.
Experience with automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible, along with infrastructure-as-code practices.
Strong knowledge of cloud-native engineering concepts, including containers, microservices, and scalable distributed systems.
Practical understanding of CI/CD, DevSecOps, cloud governance, and secure deployment standards.
Familiarity with enterprise networking, access management, observability, and resilient system design.
Proven ability to support cloud migration or modernization initiatives within complex organizations.
Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field is preferred.
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- Dice Id: rhalfint
- Position Id: 02600-0013507939
- Posted 5 days ago
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