job summary:
Randstad is seeking a highly skilled Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer on behalf of a premier client based in Washington, DC. In this role, you will act as a key technical lead responsible for designing, deploying, automating, and maintaining highly scalable, secure, enterprise-grade cloud environments-primarily within AWS, with secondary support for Azure. Leveraging your deep expertise across end-to-end cloud infrastructure, networking, security, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), you will drive major cloud migrations, establish cloud governance policies, and optimize multi-cloud operations. Working collaboratively with cross-functional teams in the DC area, you will lead modernization initiatives, mentor junior engineers, and deliver robust business continuity solutions to support critical organization-wide systems.
location: Washington, Washington, D.C.
job type: Contract
salary: $75 - 85 per hour
work hours: 9am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
Cloud Architecture & Engineering: Lead the end-to-end design, implementation, and operational management of scalable, resilient, and highly available AWS cloud infrastructure, with secondary support for Azure environments.
Automation & IaC: Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC) adoption using tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation to automate cloud provisioning, configuration management, patching, and deployments.
Migration & Modernization: Architect and execute enterprise cloud migration, application modernization, and continuous platform optimization strategies.
Platform & Reusability: Design and maintain standardized, reusable cloud platform templates and enterprise landing zones to accelerate secure team onboarding.
Operations & Governance: Establish enterprise cloud security standards, IAM best practices, compliance controls, governance policies, and operational workflows.
Disaster Recovery & Continuity: Design and implement comprehensive backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions across cloud workloads.
Troubleshooting & RCA: Resolve complex cloud networking, infrastructure, and application integration issues; perform root-cause analysis with a high sense of urgency and ownership.
Technical Leadership & Collaboration: Mentor junior cloud engineers, provide technical guidance across projects, and partner closely with DevOps, Security, Networking, and Application teams.
qualifications:
Overall IT Experience: 7+ years of broad IT background spanning systems architecture, infrastructure management, operating systems, databases, enterprise applications, and hybrid networking.
Hands-on Cloud Experience: 5+ years of dedicated, hands-on experience designing, deploying, and managing enterprise cloud infrastructure and applications.
AWS Expertise: Deep knowledge of core AWS services, including EC2, VPC, Route 53, ALB/NLB, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, SSM, RDS, Lambda, and container services (ECS/EKS).
Multi-Cloud Familiarity: Practical working knowledge of Azure services, including Virtual Machines, VNETs, Azure Storage, IAM, and Azure Backup.
Scripting & CI/CD: Strong automation capabilities using PowerShell, Python, or Bash, along with experience managing Git-based source control and CI/CD pipelines.
Networking & Security: Solid understanding of DNS, TCP/IP, VPNs, firewalls, hybrid cloud connectivity, secrets management, and cloud security compliance controls.
Containers & Orchestration: Hands-on experience with containerization technologies and platforms, including Docker and Kubernetes.
Soft Skills: Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, a self-motivated drive to work independently or in an integrated team environment, and strong problem-solving skills under tight SLAs.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact
Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
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