Senior Cloud Engineer - Public Sector Program Management

Position Overview

Effectual Cloud Engineers (CEs) are integral members of the Public Sector Program Management team, responsible for the successful delivery of customer-facing projects with a strong emphasis on customer satisfaction and technical excellence. CEs act as "Brand Ambassadors" and are expected to maintain up-to-date knowledge of leading practices to deliver high-quality, well-conceived solutions to customers.

A Glimpse into the Daily Routine of a Sr Cloud Engineer

• Lead engineering of state-of-the-art, automated, fault-tolerant, and scalable AWS environments following AWS best practices in standard and GovCloud regions.
• Engage in cross-functional collaboration to modernize and maintain a cloud platform.
• Migrate infrastructure and system/application workloads to AWS Cloud using various strategies including: Rehosting (Lift and Shift), Replatforming, Repurchasing, Refactoring/Re-architecting, Retiring, and Retaining.
• Deploy and manage data platforms and databases, ensuring scalability and high performance.
• Support data teams in implementing pipelines and optimizing data storage.
• Manage cloud infrastructure with supporting data-related tasks for efficient and reliable solutions.
• Stay updated on cloud technologies and industry best practices.
• Advise on the adoption of a cloud environment and support its institutionalization across the organization.
• Possess experience with cloud and data security, compliance, and accreditation.
• Possess experience with cloud cost estimation, management, and optimization.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain scalable and highly available cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and design cloud-based architectures that meet business needs.
• Implement and manage cloud services and resources, such as virtual machines, containers, storage, networking, and serverless computing.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) templates to streamline the provisioning and configuration of cloud resources.
• Monitor and optimize cloud infrastructure performance, ensuring efficient resource utilization and cost optimization.
• Provide technical guidance and expertise to junior cloud engineers and support teams.
• Collaborate with security teams to implement and enforce cloud security measures, including access controls, encryption, and threat detection.
• Collaborate with varied stakeholders for developing SA&A package documentation (e.g., Contingency Plans, System Security Plans, Privacy Impact Assessments, POA&Ms, etc.), reviewing, and revising for accuracy and quality.
• Monitor the remediation of critical, high, and medium findings and vulnerabilities.
• Research, analyze, correlate, and present vulnerability data from a variety of tools, including the analysis of multilevel security risks and problems.
• Assist in incident response and troubleshooting of cloud infrastructure-related issues, ensuring minimal service disruptions.
• Possess skills in data and database management, including data integration, ETL processes, SQL query optimization, and database administration.
• Collaborate with data teams to implement data pipelines, optimize data storage and retrieval, and support data analytics and reporting requirements.
• Assist in designing and implementing data storage solutions, including relational databases, NoSQL databases, data warehouses, and data lakes.
• Stay updated with emerging cloud technologies, industry trends, and best practices in cloud computing and data management.
• Continuously evaluate and recommend improvements to cloud infrastructure, processes, and tools to enhance efficiency, performance, and scalability.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in a related field.
  • Substitution: Must have at least 12 years of on-the-job experience.
• Minimum Years of Experience: Must have a minimum of 4 years of experience in specialized cloud technologies.
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Proven experience as a cloud engineer, with a focus on designing and managing cloud environments.