Atlanta, Georgia
Job Type: CTH
Rate: 90.00
AWS Cloud Engineer Job Opening in Atlanta, Georgia - Principal Cloud Engineer Ideal Profile (Per Kinect Specifications)
Minimum 7+ yrs experience across the key domains of the AWS Cloud
Architecture (high level across all key factors, includes framework, scalability, resiliency, performance, optimization, automation, etc.)
Infrastructure (Compute, Storage, Network, VPN)
Dev/Ops (CI/CD, Automation, Pipeline systems, tools, languages, workflows, testing)
Security (Across Infra, Apps, DevOps, Cloud providers, etc. includes IAM, Layered Defense, etc.)
Governance/Compliance (HIPPA, PCI, etc., regulatories, standards, industry best practices, etc.)
Most Cloud Engineers will not have all the above. But a suitable engineer will be stronger with at least 2 or 3 areas. And, each cloud engineer should be strong with Governance/Compliance as that is the foundation for a good cloud architecture. For example: someone with AWS Infrastructure and Gov/Compliance is good. Or, DevOps/Automation with Security. Or, Architecture with Gov/Compliance.
Cloud Engineers are both hands one and customer facing so comm skills are essential.
Experience typically shows a clear track record of growing from a Jr to Sr level engineer focused on several key technologies, should have strong hands-on experience with the design, installation, configuration and testing of various tools and technologies
Has a strong basic/fundamentals understanding of the key components of the Cloud Architecture Domains. Able to clearly define each function and the differences between similar tools and technologies and when one is more applicable than the other
They will be able to distinguish the nuances between tools, when it?s better to use certain tools, etc.
Regarding DevOps, Cloud Engineers should be able to articulate how DevOps works, differentiate the key elements, key integration points, but not necessarily how to configure each technology. Should be able to articulate the process how an App goes from conception to production. Able to discuss Kubernetes is good. Has coached DevOps engineers to design or tweek the devOps environment to help improve the overall Cloud Architecture.
BTW, Principal Consultants are on the top of the food chain: AWS charges $800/hr for their PCs. They are the absolute superstars, called in to fix what everyone else could not fix and do it in record time.
Some screening questions:
Understanding Python and Nodejs is great, but what are the best ways to leverage it within AWS Lambda
Is Ansible or Chef an Infrastructure as Code tool? Ans is neither as they are more of a Configuration Management Tools
Why is Ansible not an IaC tool?
What are the top IaC tools? Ans is CloudFormation and Terraform
When would you choose to use CloudFormation over Terraform?
What?s the difference between Configuration Management and Iac?
We are staffing a contract to hire role for Principal Cloud Engineer with Kinect. This is a Remote role with 50% travel requirement. Please take a look at the job description and click on the Apply Here Button in the bottom right corner to apply for the role.
Job Description:
You are a motivated engineer who is passionate about building at scale on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and defining how hundreds of engineers can be productive on AWS. You thrive at simplifying hard problems and can articulate the solution to both technical and non-technical
stakeholders.
You know there are tradeoffs between short-term productivity and long-term vision for the team, while being pragmatic about it. You are an expert in AWS services and Cloud Infrastructure (DNS, Networking, VPC, EC2, Lambda, CloudFormation, Ansible, etc...), are passionate about cloud/infrastructure automation, and closely follow enhancements in the cloud industry.
Responsibilities
? Provide technical leadership, deep technology expertise and architecture experience
? Provide hands-on technical design and implementation ensuring technologies are successfully incorporated into our environments
? Design and define AWS architecture for new cloud computing systems or existing systems migrating to cloud architectures
? Perform expert-level systems AWS development and design work that may include logical system design; I/O design; cloud architecture analysis and design; and systems engineering
? Write clean, extensible code with appropriate test coverage and documentation
? Ensure security is integrated into all cloud architecture solutions.
? Develop technical roadmaps for future AWS cloud implementations
? Mentor other members of the cloud engineering team
Skills
Required
? Advanced knowledge of AWS security/governance/compliance tools
? Advanced knowledge on AWS Lambda using python/nodejs
? Advanced knowledge on IaC, AWS CloudFormation, Terraform
? Advanced knowledge on configuration management tools Ansible, Chef
? Advanced knowledge on Kubernetes/AWS EKS and multi-cluster kubernetes management
? Advanced knowledge on cloud native CICD tools AWS CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline
? Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Preferred
? AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or Professional
? AWS Certified DevOps Engineer ? Professional
? Experience in nonrelational databases Cassandra/Solr, AWS DynamoDB
? Experience in designing, developing and maintaining PaaS solutions
? Experience in designing, developing and maintaining SaaS solutions
Minimum Requirements
? Bachelor?s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
? The expected length of relevant prior experience beyond formal education is 7 or more years
? Verified AWS Certification with validity of 1 year or more
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