Lead Cloud Engineer

Job Description:

Lead Cloud Engineer Summary:

Signature Consultants has an opportunity for a motivated Lead Cloud Engineer in Hoboken, NJ. This role will focus on designing and developing enterprise cloud capabilities and solutions for all cloud service types; IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS. This role will collaborate with the Infrastructure, Technology Risk Management and Application Development organizations during design and development phases, providing guidance, interpretation, and engineering expertise. The role will additionally focus on the overall project technical and architecture design, cost effectiveness, quality of solution, knowledge transfer, and mentoring of the project technical team members. Lastly, the Cloud Engineer will need to be keenly aware of cloud computing industry trends with regards to technology and adoption while also being proficient in the understanding of and application of various automation related tools and languages.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to and support the corporate Enterprise Cloud strategy, standards and best practices associated with all aspects Cloud offerings
• Contribute to and support the corporate adoption of the DevOps methodology and Agile project management
• Provide expert level design and engineering support towards the successful delivery of IT’s cloud project portfolio
• Contribute towards continual service improvement activities related to the delivery of cloud services
• Develop and implement internal systems, processes, and best practices to be used by other teams designed to increase productivity
• Participate in deep architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment, security, cost effectiveness and high availability in the cloud
• Design, implement, and test disaster recovery and business continuity architecture
• Create and implement automation in the form of infrastructure as code for cloud platform solutions
• Ensure all infrastructure components meet proper performance and capacity standards
• Maintain current knowledge of marketplace changes, technology changes, and client businesses pertinent to cloud, server, storage and network virtualization

Requirements:  

• 5+ years’ experience in IT platform, storage, networking, and virtualization engineering
• 5+ years’ experience in the design & implementation of distributed applications (preferred)
• In depth, practical experience with Cloud methodologies (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), automation, orchestration, trends and industry-leading cloud vendor offerings
• Experience in architecting and implementing cloud based solutions with robust Business Continuity and Disaster Recover requirements
• 4+ years practical experience designing, building, and automating solutions utilizing AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, KMS, Route 53, Lambda, IAM, Kinesis, ECS and API Gateway
• 3+ years’ experience working with cloud automation tools such as Terraform. AWS CloudFormations experience is also a plus.
• 3+ years’ experience in building CI/CD pipeline automation in tools like Jenkins/Cloudbees with scripting languages such as Groovy, Ruby, or Python
• 3+ year’s practical experience working in DevOps team/organizations with applied Agile development practices
• 3+ years hands on experience with automated tooling such as Chef and Test Kitchen
• Hands on experience with Docker and container orchestration
• Possess a strong understanding of SDLC principles and processes
• Ability to succeed in a fast-paced, high demand environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrates strong customer service awareness and orientation
• Exemplifies leadership characteristics in support of corporate objectives
• Executive presence - ability to communicate effectively with levels of Senior Management
• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or engineering preferred
• AWS associate certifications or higher preferred
• Focus; Demonstrates Openness; Integrity and Trust; Embraces Innovation and Change
• Level Specific Competencies Aligns Performance for Success; Ensures Operational/Process Excellence

About Signature Consultants, LLC

Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Signature Consultants was established in 1997 with a singular focus: to provide clients and consultants with superior staffing solutions. For the seventh consecutive year, Signature was voted as one of the “Best Staffing Firms to Work For” and is now the 14th largest IT staffing firm in the United States (source: Staffing Industry Analysts). With 26 locations throughout North America, Signature annually deploys thousands of consultants to support, run, and manage their clients’ technology needs. Signature offers IT staffing, consulting, managed solutions, and direct placement services. For more information on the company, please visit www.sigconsult.com.