AWS Cloud Engineer
Infrastructure
Lawrenceville Georgia Direct Hire Jul 27, 2022

As a trusted partner, Converge Technology Solutions is helping our client identify, screen and secure an AWS Cloud Engineer to join their team as a full-time, permanent employee.  This role is 100% remote anywhere in the United States.  

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for design, implementation and maintenance of Infrastructure systems including Applications, services, servers, management tools, performance tools on-prem or in the Cloud
  • Work in tandem with our engineering team to identify and implement the most optimal solutions for the company
  • Define and document best practices and strategies regarding application deployment and infrastructure maintenance
  • Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards of code quality and thoughtful design
  • Leverages technical expertise to address escalated issues from within the IT organization.
  • Identify, analyze, define, and coordinate user, customer and stakeholder needs and translates them into technical requirements.
  • Typically manages several projects at a time with limited supervision. Work is performed with general direction and is reviewed periodically throughout the assignment and at major milestones for policy compliance and alignment with project requirements.
  • Assist business units in expressing their needs in terms that can be used to generate valid requirements.
  • Work with stakeholders as well as technical and analytical counterparts to define constraints and develop requirements and concept of operations documentation.
  • Provide assistance to project or program teams by identifying technical risks and develop mitigation strategies.
  • Performs project assessments, scoping and cost estimates and implementation plans.
  • Troubleshoot, analyze, and resolve difficult business and technical issues.
  • Provides advanced technical support for server-based systems and environment as a whole
  • Ensures change control and other processes and procedures are followed, and that configuration documentation is completed when systems are deployed or modified
  • Training teams on the implementation of new or cloud-based initiatives, providing associated training as required.

Cloud Engineering Experience Preferred:

  • In-depth understanding of Designing, Building, and deploying applications on the cloud and automation framework
  • In-depth knowledge of managing cloud environments in accordance with company security guidelines.
  • In-depth knowledge of identifying and using appropriate cloud services to support applications on the cloud
  • In-depth skillset of Migrating on-premises applications of the organization to the cloud
  • In-depth understanding of Maintaining the usage of cloud services and implementing cost-saving strategies
  • In-depth familiarization with containerization technologies and tools (Docker and Kubernetes)

Windows Engineering Experience Preferred:

  • In-depth knowledge of authentication and directory services (Active Directory), etc.
  • In-depth knowledge with Windows system management tools, philosophies, and methods
  • In-depth understanding of Windows automation (scripting, imaging, installation, management)
  • In-depth understanding of TCP/IP networking (DNS, DHCP, RAS, VPN)
  • In-depth understanding of virtualization concepts and functional working skills with various virtualization technologies

Converge Technology Solutions offers equal opportunity to employees and applicants regardless of race, color, creed, sex, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. Converge Technology Solutions does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party vendors associated with fees.