Cloud Architect (W2 Role)

Job Title: AWS Architect

Duration: 06-month contract to hire

Location: Alpharetta, GA (On-site)

Pay rate: Depends on experience, the pay rate may differ depending on your skills, education, experience, and other qualifications.

Featured Benefits:

• Medical Insurance in compliance with the ACA
• 401(k)
• Sick leave in compliance with applicable state, federal, and local laws

Required Qualifications:

• AWS Proficiency: Strong knowledge of AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, CloudFormation, and others.
• DevOps Tools: Experience with DevOps tools like Jenkins, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and others.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with offshore teams.
• Organizational Skills: Strong organizational and time-management skills to handle multiple tasks and priorities.
• Problem-Solving: Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in a timely manner.

Key Responsibilities:

• AWS Environment Management: Develop, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure using AWS services.
• Collaboration: Work closely with the offshore DevOps team to ensure smooth operations and effective communication.
• Support: Provide support for the cloud environment during US Eastern hours, including participating in daily calls with the offshore team at 8:30 AM Eastern.
• Module/Task Management: Take ownership of key modules and tasks within the cloud environment, ensuring their robust performance.
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines to ensure efficient and automated deployment processes.
• Monitoring and Optimization: Monitor system performance, identify issues, and implement optimizations for improved performance and cost-efficiency.
• Security: Ensure that the cloud environment adheres to security best practices and complies with relevant regulations and policies.
• Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation of the cloud infrastructure, processes, and procedures.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certification: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or similar certifications.
• Automation: Experience with automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
• Agile Methodologies: Familiarity with Agile and Scrum methodologies.
• Cloud Engineering Products: Experience with UST PACE or similar cloud engineering products.

Description:

• The ideal candidate will collaborate closely with our offshore DevOps team, utilizing the UST PACE cloud engineering product for DevOps functions. This role requires a solid understanding of cloud infrastructure, excellent communication and organizational skills, and the ability to support and manage key modules/tasks.