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ID #44909529
State Massachusetts
City Boston
Job type Contract
Salary USD $86.22 hr 86.22 hr
Source iTech Solutions
Showed 2022-08-16
Date 2022-08-15
Deadline 2022-10-14
Category Et cetera
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Cloud Engineer

Massachusetts, Boston, 02210 Boston USA

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Cloud Engineer Accountable for leading the planning, design, and engineering of enterprise-level infrastructure and platforms. Infrastructure includes hardware, operation systems, database management systems, network and security. IT deployments may involve Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Has significant experience in system development and has developed a broad and deep expertise in software, hardware, data structures, integration, communications technology, as well as other emerging services across multiple platforms. Works closely with Architects and Management to ensure the designs align with the technological and business directions of the enterprise. The work focuses on the overall design, build, and integration of solutions or platforms spanning multiple complex technical and/or business capability domains with significant cost / strategic implications. Solutions typically consist of unproven implementation technologies or multiple implementation techs at once within domains that experience rapid change.Job DescriptionAs a Cloud Engineer of the Cloud Platform team you will play a crucial role in architecting and implementing fully automated (IAAC/Terraform), secure, reliable, scalable & resilient multi-cloud/hybrid-cloud solutions. The Cloud Engineer will be part of a highly technical and cross functional team and work closely with cloud/DevOps engineers, platform delivery lead, solution architects, enterprise architects and other stakeholders. The ideal candidate for this role is a self-starter who can work independently with minimal oversight, has an agile/DevOps mindset, is an SME in building cloud products and has a passion to learn.Objectives and Responsibilities

  • Work closely with solution architects, cloud engineers and provide support to product manager, ensuring designs align with technical and business direction across the company
  • Write clean, high-performance, well tested infrastructure code (Terraform - Must have) with a focus on reusability and automation (i.e. Shell, Python, GoLang, Puppet, Terraform etc)
  • Work collaboratively with Cloud/DevOps developers, platform delivery lead, solution architects, enterprise architects to define and develop secured, highly scalable enterprise cloud products
  • Explore and recommend new technologies/services for implementing application patterns. Articulate the advantages of various solution options
  • Provide recommendations on architectural changes in order to improve efficiency, reliability and performance and to reduce cost
  • Support platform delivery lead on the prioritization of the product backlog, refining product roadmap, reporting, KPIs & releases
  • Actively participate and contribute on all sprint ceremonies (daily stand-up, sprint planning, sprint retro, sprint demo and backlog grooming)
  • Collaborate with Cloud/DevOps engineers to solve technical and design problems
  • Conduct and oversee design & code reviews
  • Define platform software engineering standards and ensure compliance
  • 100% remote in EST timezone is okay, as long as they work in EST time hours.
Qualifications
  • Ideal candidate has Enterprise cloud infrastructure engineer experience. (NOT looking for an architect because wont have specific skill set/technical skills required.)
  • Kubernetes AND Cloud experience both required, no exceptions. Don't submit anyone without this experience.
  • All required/highly preferred: Jenkins, CICD, Helm Charts, GitOps, GitHub Actions, Helm, Kubernetes, AWS Cloud experience.
  • Azure is nice to have.
  • 8 years in architecting and/or implementing fully automated (IAAC/Terraform), secure, reliable, scalable & resilient multi-cloud/hybrid-cloud solution highly preferred.
  • AWS /Azure certification e.g., Solution Architect, Developer, Administrator, Security, DevOps
  • 3+ Years of experience in AWS/AZURE cloud
  • CKA Certification - Certified Kubernetes Administrator or CKAD - Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
  • Subject matter expert in Cloud Security and/or Cloud Networking
  • Must have hands-on experience with Kubernetes, microservices architecture
  • Experience with network infrastructure skills (e.g. setting up and managing firewalls, WAFs, network segregation, VPNs and network ACLs)
  • Experience with DevOps concepts, tools (containers, (CI/CD - Github, Jenkins, Artifactory, Helm), Chef, Ansible, Puppet etc.) and emerging technologies
  • Experience with on-premise to cloud migration
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Able to thrive in a collaborative and cross-functional environment
  • Technical Design, Development & Problem Solving
  • Technical leader with specialized skills/knowledge, that is recognized across the organization for their expertise and technical leadership
  • Research new ways of developing complex solutions partnering with EA; be able to freely challenge solutions
  • Publishes articles or demo's technical advancements in their area to their team and the larger organization
  • Help others troubleshoot and resolve complex issues
  • Execution & Delivery
  • Provide technical leadership for complex, long term initiatives
  • Provide communication to leadership on progress & gaps
  • Provide authoritative expertise to others by advising on prioritization, planning, and execution of projects within the subdomain
  • Software Engineering Excellence
  • Collaborate with colleagues, share ideas, and contribute to the overall success of the group by enforcing software engineering standards
  • Leads research and initiatives pushing the boundaries for solutions solving technical problems
  • Leads the team and coaches other members on creating efficient and high performing frameworks
  • Leads and implements best practices for continuous delivery and continuous integration frameworks
  • Leadership
  • Mentor all team members regardless of their level
  • Develop collaborative partnerships with internal partners
  • Contribute material time to developing junior and mid-level team members
  • Leads the team on technical decisions and helps drive other team members towards solutions
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
For more information please contact Shashank Govardhana at or Since 1995, iTech Solutions Inc., has been providing IT Consulting and Direct Hire Services to the Insurance, Financial, Communications, Manufacturing and Government sectors with local offices in Connecticut, Minnesota, Colorado, Massachusetts, Tennessee, North Carolina, and New Jersey / Pennsylvania area. Our recruiting strategy is simple, if you want to find qualified IT professionals then use IT professionals to find them. So at iTech Solutions, our personnel are all career IT professionals with a wide range of IT experience. We can honestly say our staff understands the technologies, the complexities of finding and selecting the appropriate personnel and the pressures of running successful IT projects. Employer will not sponsor applicants for any employment visas, at hiring or in the future, including but not limited to H-1B visas. Corp-to-Corp or subcontract personnel will not be considered for this position.

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