Job Title : AWS Cloud Engineer
Job Location : Jersey City, NJ (5 days onsite)
Project Duration : 8 months (Contract to Hire)
Industry experience required : Banking Financial Industry
Job responsibilities
- Cloud teams and external lines of business to determine enhancements to cloud capabilities and products
- Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
- Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems
- Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
- Gathers, analyzes, synthesizes, and develops visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets in service of continuous improvement of software applications and systems
- Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture
- Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies
- Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 3+ years applied cloud experienceApplied proficiency developing, enhancing and supporting next-generation IaC cloud modules and functionality with TerraformHands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stabilityDemonstrable proficiency for coding Python, Go or other automation scripting languageStrong SDLC skills, including configuration of build pipelines, release management, change management and GitOps modelSolid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI / CD, Applicant Resiliency, and SecurityDesigns and implements scalable, secure, and cost-effective AWS infrastructure solutionsDevelops and maintains infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.Automates infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployment processesProficiency with cloud architecture design principles for security, resiliency, cost optimization, observabilityDevelops and maintain scripts and tools to enhance operational efficiencyParticipates in continuous learning and professional development opportunitiesAbility to triage and debug code to identify and resolve issues in automation scripts and frameworksExperience in using Cucumber for behavior-driven development (BDD) and test automationPreferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Demonstrable proficiency for coding Python, Go or other automation scripting languageExposure to cloud technologiesExperience with container technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, AWS ECS and AWS EKSKey Skills : AWS, Cloud Engineer, Terraform