IT AWS Cloud Engineer

Tampa, Florida

CyberTec
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This role is back open at Bayview
Please only send top 1-2 candidates.

The people they had selected to interview did not do well because: 1 was too focused on automation, another was not strong enough during interview could not dive in technical answers and the last one had poor communication

I think we can open this to the state of Florida. If they speak Spanish, that would be a huge plus, but they must communicate 10/10 in english
Looking for a Se Cloud Engineer with at least 5 years of experience in AWS and must have current valid AWS Certifications. If they come from Financial services industry that would be very helpful, or any regulated environment.
Spanish is a big plus
Must be comfortable working on support issues, in the company even the Architects work on support they all collaborate

Rate: Market
6-12mo contract potential hire. USC or GC only
Excellent communication skills.
LinkedIn must have with photo.
Title: IT AWS Cloud Engineer Reports to: Director, IT Operations Status: Exempt
POSITION SUMMARY:
The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining our cloud infrastructure on AWS, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security. The candidate should have a deep understanding of Amazon Web Services and be proficient in managing cloud infrastructure.
The AWS Cloud Engineer is responsible for providing technical leadership in support of corporate initiatives in cloud computing and automation, with a focus on the support of systems and services that run on cloud platforms. They develop and coordinate cloud solutions across diverse areas including application development, identity and access management, networking, security, data management, and more.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Design, deploy, and maintain AWS infrastructure and services, including EC2 instances, S3 buckets, RDS databases, and Lambda functions
  • Ensure high availability and scalability of AWS resources
  • Develop and implement security best practices to ensure the security and compliance of AWS resources
  • utomate infrastructure provisioning and management using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible
  • Deploy, configure, and manage virtual machines, storage, network, and security resources
  • Monitor AWS resources and troubleshoot issues as they arise
  • Work with development teams to optimize application performance on AWS infrastructure
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members
  • Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of the cloud infrastructure
  • Work with development and operations teams to optimize application performance and troubleshoot issues.
  • Implement security and compliance policies and procedures
  • Create and maintain documentation for the cloud infrastructure and services
  • Stay up-to-date with the latest AWS technologies and features and provide recommendations to improve the cloud infrastructure
  • Setup Backups and Monitoring of resources
  • Participate in operational triage calls to help resolve issues when they arise
  • Experience in triaging components of traditional on-premises distributed systems (storage, network, compute).
  • Ensure delivered solutions meet/perform to technical and functional/non-functional requirements
  • Provide technical expertise and ownership in the diagnosis and resolution of an issue, including the determination and provision of workaround solution or escalation to service owners
SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/ABILITIES REQUIREMENTS:
  • Successfully prioritize and oversee multiple simultaneous work streams
  • Must be able to work in a demanding environment; flexible work scheduled can be required
  • Comfortable with providing Tier I and Tier II problem resolution with team members and business community users within expected SLAs
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills as well as oral and written communication skills.
  • Hands On with PaaS and IaaS cloud ecosystems
  • Minimum of 5 years' experience within the financial industry and/or at a highly complex regulated technology organization desired
  • Knowledge and expertise with Cloud technology architecture and design in a hybrid environment a plus
  • Excellent communication skills
  • daptable, innovative and stays current in Cloud technologies.
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, systems analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience
  • 7 + years of experience spanning at least two IT disciplines, including technical architecture, network management, application development, middleware, database management or operations
  • bility to provide technical documentation, diagrams, process flows, data flows and artifacts is required
  • Must possess solid hands on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Enterprise environments
  • Experience with mutli-cloud environments a plus
  • Experience with Azure Engineer role highly valued
  • Strong understanding of operating systems such as Linux, Unix, Solaris, & Windows. Familiar with the concepts, pros, and cons of the various operating systems.
  • High level understanding of vital cyber security concepts. Basic knowledge of firewall and other security components is necessary
  • Understanding of network architecture and application development methodologies
  • Knowledge of business process re-engineering principles and procedures
  • Certifications in AWS required
Date Posted: 28 April 2025
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