Cloud Engineer

US PERSONS ONLY - NO SPONSORSHIP Duration: 6 months REMOTE Pay Range: $95-105 per hour Qualifications : The Cloud Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, scalable, and reliable cloud-based solutions. This role supports business objectives by optimizing cloud infrastructure, automating deployments, and ensuring compliance with security and performance standard s. BASIC QUALIFICATI ONS – Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field — or equivalent professional experie nce.– 3+ years of hands-on cloud engineering experience in a production AWS enterprise environm ent.– Demonstrated proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, or equivalent) and version control (G it).– Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, or equivalent) for automation and tooling developm ent.– Strong understanding of cloud networking, virtualization, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud security princip les.– Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices in a cloud-native cont ext. PREFERRED QUALIFICA TIONS – AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional), AWS DevOps Engineer, or Azure Administrator/Architect certification strongly pref erred.– Experience with FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization at enterprise scale.– Familiarity with monitoring and observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, or equiva lent).– Experience in pharmaceutical, healthcare, life sciences, or other regulated industries — particularly with GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, or HIPAA cloud compliance require ments.– Experience with Kubernetes in production (EKS, AKS, or self-managed) including cluster operations and workload manag ement.– Background in cloud security architecture: IAM design, secrets management, network security groups, and cloud-native security tooling[M B1.1].– 3 years of experience delivering in an Agile metho dology WHAT YOU SHOUL D BRING – Deep, hands-on cloud expertise — you build and operate production cloud infrastructure, and you hold yourself accountable for its reliability, security, a nd cost.– Infrastructure-as-code as a default practice: you write Terraform or equivalent as naturally as you use the cloud console, and you understand why that matters for consistency, auditability, an d scale.– A security-conscious engineering mindset — you design with least privilege, defense in depth, and compliance requirements built in from the start, not retrofitted under p ressure.– A cost-conscious approach: you care about what cloud resources cost, you design systems that deliver value without unnecessary spend, and you proactively surface optimization opport unities.– The communication skills to work effectively with developers who need platform guidance and business stakeholders who need to understand cloud investment decisions — and to adjust your language f or each. KEY RESPONS IBILITIES Cloud Architecture & Infr astructure– Design and deploy cloud architectures across AWS that meet performance, security, availability, and cost-efficiency requirements for a diverse portfolio of enterprise and research app lications.– Architect and implement cloud networking, compute, storage, and identity constructs with security built in from the outset — applying least-privilege principles, network segmentation, encryption, and defense-in-depth across ev ery layer.– Evaluate and recommend cloud services, architectural patterns, and infrastructure approaches; build evidence-based adoption cases that account for engineering capability, operational cost, and long-term platform susta inability.Automation & Deployment– Implement and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC) frameworks using Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, or equivalent — making infrastructure provisioning repeatable, auditable, and developer -friendly.– Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for cloud infrastructure and application deployments; ensure changes are tested, validated, and deployed safely with automated rollback c apability.– Drive automation of operational tasks — patching, scaling, monitoring, alerting, and cost optimization — reducing manual intervention and improving platform reliability and resp onse time.Security & Compliance– Ensure cloud environments comply with client's security standards, regulatory requirements, and data governance policies; implement and maintain controls for identity management, secrets management, audit logging, and encryption at rest and i n transit.– Monitor cloud security posture continuously; identify and remediate misconfigurations, drift, and policy violations — integrating CSPM tooling into operational workflows for proactive compliance m anagement.– Partner with Cybersecurity teams to align cloud platform security with enterprise threat models and applicable regulatory frameworks including GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, HIPAA, and SOX where relevant.Optimisation & Operational Excellence– Monitor cloud environments for performance, availability, and cost efficiency; proactively identify waste, right-size resources, and drive FinOps practices that deliver cloud value without unnecess ary spend.– Contribute to platform engineering standards, reference architectures, and guardrails that simplify how development teams consume cloud infrastructure correctly and con sistently.– Troubleshoot and resolve cloud infrastructure issues with urgency and precision; contribute to post-incident analysis and implement preventive improvements that reduce r ecurrence. 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