Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Beacon Hill provides technology staffing and IT professionals across a broad range of industries and technical functions. The Senior Cloud Engineer will support the design, implementation, security, automation, maintenance, and long-term operation of enterprise hybrid cloud environments while providing technical oversight, operational support, and collaboration with vendors and internal technical teams.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, configure, support, and maintain hybrid private and public cloud platforms
- Review and validate vendor-proposed cloud architectures, configurations, and implementation decisions
- Identify architecture, security, scalability, reliability, performance, operational, and cost risks
- Provide technical guidance concerning cloud networking, compute, storage, databases, identity, security services, monitoring, logging, and automation
- Support cloud services across AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or comparable enterprise platforms
- Work closely with .NET application development teams on application deployment, integration, configuration, APIs, containers, and environment management
- Develop and support CI/CD pipelines, particularly GitHub-based delivery processes
- Implement and maintain infrastructure as code and repeatable deployment automation
- Incorporate security, privacy, and compliance requirements into cloud architecture and implementation
- Support identity and access management, least privilege, encryption, network security, vulnerability management, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery
- Help ensure cloud services align with applicable regulatory and security frameworks, including NIST and IRS Publication 1075
- Perform complex scripting, programming, configuration, troubleshooting, automation, and issue-resolution activities
- Develop monitoring standards, operational procedures, maintenance practices, and incident-response processes
- Document cloud architecture, configurations, dependencies, operational procedures, and support requirements
- Assume long-term responsibility for operational support, maintenance, optimization, and continuous improvement following implementation
- Evaluate new cloud services and marketplace solutions for security, reliability, scalability, performance, and cost benefits
- Transfer technical knowledge to internal employees through documentation, mentoring, and hands-on collaboration
- Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to technical and nontechnical stakeholders
Skills
- • At least 3 years of experience designing, developing, modifying, supporting, and maintaining AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or another major cloud platform
- • At least 3 years of cloud experience within a regulated organization
- • At least 5 years of infrastructure-as-code experience
- • At least 5 years of application containerization experience
- • At least 5 years of experience with GitHub-based CI/CD
- • At least 5 years of experience with enterprise networking, observability, and cloud cost management
- • At least 5 years of experience supporting Windows and .NET environments
- • Strong programming, scripting, configuration, and cloud troubleshooting skills
- • Demonstrated experience securing, automating, and supporting enterprise hybrid cloud environments
- • Experience transitioning newly implemented technology into sustainable, long-term operational support
- • Strong written, verbal, documentation, collaboration, and knowledge-transfer skills
- The selected candidate must provide copies of applicable certifications during the hiring process
- • Candidate must currently reside in Wisconsin or relocate to Wisconsin within 30 days of starting
- • The position is approximately 90 to 100 percent remote
- • Occasional onsite attendance may be required when operational needs arise
- AWS certification is preferred
Benefits
- Approximately 90 to 100 percent remote work arrangement
- Medical coverage for eligible employees
- Dental coverage for eligible employees
- Vision coverage for eligible employees
- Federal and state leave programs for eligible employees, as required by applicable agency regulations
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