Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Senior Cloud Engineer Long - Term Contract Atlanta, GA

Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience in designing and implementing large-scale enterprise public cloud environments, with a focus on AWS.
• AWS Certified Professional (preferred), with 2+ years of hands-on experience integrating mission-critical applications into AWS.
• In-depth expertise in AWS services including IAM, VPCs, Landing Zone, EC2, ECS, KMS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Systems Manager, S3, RDS, Route 53, Lambda, and AWS Config.
• Proven experience in infrastructure as code using tools such as CloudFormation, Ansible, SAM, and similar platforms.
• Proficient in one or more scripting/coding languages such as Java, JavaScript, Python, bash, REST, and JSON.
• Hands-on experience with logging and monitoring solutions in cloud environments.
• Expertise in cloud-native architectures and microservices design.
• Deep understanding of the AWS shared responsibility model.
• Demonstrated success in delivering enterprise-level projects.
• Experience in designing complex, distributed systems and scalable cloud solutions.
• Strong ability to think strategically about business, products, and technical challenges.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to clearly present and explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Independent, self-motivated, and thorough work execution.
• Collaborative team player with a proactive approach to problem-solving and innovation.

Additional Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Strong teamwork, innovation, and problem-solving abilities.

**Responsibilities:

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• Provide technical leadership and design expertise for the integration of AWS Foundation services.
• Define standards and patterns for leveraging AWS services efficiently across the organization.
• Lead the automation of AWS integration processes and tasks, driving operational efficiency.
• Develop and maintain Public Cloud Usage Statistics and Reporting dashboards for account owners.
• Design frameworks and tools to enable development teams to consume authorized AWS services with ease.
• Collaborate with the DevTools team to develop and deploy a robust CI/CD pipeline, utilizing tools such as GitLab, Maven, and Jenkins.
• Lead the automation development using Ansible or CloudFormation to accelerate application delivery to AWS.
• Ensure Security-by-Design is a core principle in every application deployed to AWS.
• Implement enterprise-level monitoring standards for each AWS application deployment.
• Contribute to the creation, management, and upkeep of Intranet FAQs, user guides, knowledgebase articles, and build documentation for AWS Foundations integration.
• Lead efforts in identifying and implementing new concepts, technologies, and best practices for AWS integration, ensuring high-quality, secure, and maintainable designs.
• Perform cost-benefit analysis to determine the most efficient system architecture, considering software, hardware, internal cloud, and externally hosted solutions.
• Mentor engineering and development teams on cloud integration best practices, promoting consistency, resiliency, security, and scalability in designs.
• Collaborate with infrastructure teams to provide a seamless, enterprise-class AWS integration.
• Design and maintain standard templates, reference architectures, and design patterns to support cloud engineers in developing standardized designs.

*"All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.