AWS - Cloud Engineer 1

Primary Responsibilities: ● Work in tandem with our internal and external customers to identify and implement proper cloud based solutions. ● Demonstrate exceptional problem solving skills ● Help ensure cloud compute uptime, scalability, and maintainability. ● Champion managing cloud environments in accordance with cloud best practices and security guidelines. ● Assist with automated backup and recovery of systems running in the cloud environments ● Participate in an on-call rotation that provides 24x7 platform support. ● Lead vendors through feature tracking and prioritization ● Stay technically curious, research and implement new technical solutions ● Support integration with multiple cloud service providers Preferred Skills: ● Operational experience with scripting languages (Python, Bash) ● Operational experience with s3 CLI and API scripting ● Operational experience with middleware and telecom ● Operational experience with Linux distributions ● Operation experience with Ethernet, TCP/IP, routing protocols and general network communications ● Operational experience using or migrating continuous integration (CI) and continuous integration (CD) pipeline solutions or tools, including Git, Jenkins, CodePipeline, and CodeCommit ● Operational experience of virtualization and containerized orchestration technologies, such as Kubernetes and Docker (including disconnected installation, Kubernetes administration, and Kubernetes troubleshooting) ● Operational experience with Kubernetes networking, load balancing, pod security ● Operational experience of Kubernetes operational building blocks (Kube API, Kube Scheduler, Kube Controller Manager and etcd) ● Operational experience with Linux systems administration, networking, and troubleshooting ● Operational experience with, but not limited to, EC2, ALB/NLB, S3, IAM, Auto-Scaling, CloudWatch, RDS, CloudFront, API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, Aurora, Elastic Search, SSM, KMS, Kinesis, SNS, and SQS ● Operational experience with infrastructure or application automation ● Operational experience with IaC technologies like Terraform and Cloudformation, including activities around automated server and network configuration ● Operational experience supporting cloud hosted systems in a 24x7 environment including troubleshooting incidents, identifying root causes, fix and document problems, and implement preventative measures ● Operational experience with observability tools such as Datadog, ELK, Grafana, and Prometheus Qualifications: ● Bachelors or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical degree; six years related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience ● 2 or more years experience supporting public cloud platforms ● Must have excellent verbal and written communications ● Operational understanding of EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, SSM, SG, VPC, R53 ● Operational experience with Infrastructure as code solutions and tools, such as: Ansible, Terraform, and Cloudformation ● Conceptual knowledge of DevOps and agile methodologies ● 2 or more years experience with cloud system integration, support, and automation ● Ability to work well under pressure and manage tight deadlines ● Proven track record of operational process change and improvement ● AWS certifications (Associate level and higher) a plus ● Kubernetes certifications a plus