Position Title: Cloud Engineer (Advisor) (Confidential Client)
Location: Plano, TX | Hybrid
Employment Type: Permanent

Compensation

Salary: $155,000 - $209,000/yr
Bonus: 20%

Position Summary

As a valued contributor to our team, you will design and develop unprecedented solutions for Cloud Engineering, solving complex or unusual business problems across several projects, programs, or products. This work includes architecture, design, coding, testing, and certifying technology platforms, software, and applications.

The Cloud Infrastructure - Technology Engineering – Advisor role will afford you the opportunity to work as an individual contributor, while partnering with peers at the Manager and Senior Manager levels. The ideal candidate brings extensive experience in team building, collaboration, and facilitation of Cloud engineering in a large, multinational Fortune 500 enterprise. This individual will possess extensive experience in secure, scalable cloud infrastructure, with proven leadership capabilities. In this role, you will manage large-scale public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).

Primary Responsibilities

Develop and execute strategic cloud infrastructure plans and drive best practices
Design and implement cloud strategies and architectures
Build robust and modern solutions with hands-on coding
Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align cloud solutions with business goals
Stay current with cloud technologies and industry trends
Develop technical documentation and executive-level presentations
Mentor junior engineers
Ensure integration of cloud solutions with existing systems
Identify and mitigate risks; troubleshoot complex issues
Advocate for cloud best practices and standards

Must-Haves

6 years of hands-on experience engineering cloud platforms
Skilled in engineering resilient, highly available cloud solutions in secure multi-cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)
Deep knowledge of cloud infrastructure, network architecture, security, and identity management
Experience in building cloud environments (accounts and VPCs) and software-defined networking that allows for connectivity across enterprise platforms
Ability to design Fault Tolerant platforms and implement Failover and Recovery Strategies
Skilled in DevOps and modern CI/CD methodologies and tools
Automating cloud orchestration with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to scale services
Experience with Cloud-native development frameworks and tools (e.g., VPC, Lambda, SNS)
Understanding of modern cloud scalability to right-size resources to meet platform computing needs
Analytics and KPI usage to continuously evolve and improve Cloud Platforms
Knowledgeable of modern cloud architecture and holistic developer experience
Ability to train and develop mid-senior level engineers
Strong understanding of mission-critical environments
Ability to advise technical and non-technical stakeholders on Cloud Strategy and solutions
Strong problem solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent
Cloud Certifications
Experience working in mission-critical environments

Required Technical Skills and Tools

Public Cloud Services: AWS
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, CloudFormation, JSON, YAML, and ARM Templates
Programming/Scripting: Shell Script, Python, PHP, JavaScript, Perl, Ruby, and AWS Step Functions
OS: Linux
DevOps Practices: Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD)
Networking: Understanding cloud network architecture, VPCs, and load balancing
Security: Implementing security best practices, access control, and data encryption
Compliance: Adhering to industry regulations and compliance standards

Cloud Engineer (Advisor)

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