Remote Cloud Engineer
Apex Systems is looking for a qualified individual to fill an opening for a remote Cloud Engineer role. Please see the job description below for details of the role.
Responsibilities:
- Implement, support, and/or migrate applications (lift and shift, refactor) onto Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, OCI or VMC on AWS).
- Implement, support DevOps toolsets e.g. configuration management, automation, containers, CI/CD, Source Control and IaC).
- Proactively seek new value-add automation opportunities for internal customers and converts those new opportunities to realized value.
- On-time delivery of projects while striving for high degree of automation.
Required Qualifications:
- College, university, or equivalent degree in Information Technology, Business or a related subject required.
- Highly technical and analytical 6 years of IT implementation experience in infrastructure engineering and automation/DevOps
- Strong experience in Linux or Windows operating systems
- 2 years of hands on programming skills (e.g. Python, Ruby, Perl, JavaScript, Go, Shell scripting etc.)
- Experience administering and deploying development CI/CD tools e.g. Gitlab (must have), Puppet (nice to have), Ansible, Artifactory, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes and SCCM in production environment
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM template) either /or
- Experience with cloud management platform (e.g. VMware vRealize Automation, OpenStack) is preferred
- Experience with creating reference architectures, implementation, and system design documentation.
- Experience in working in an Agile environment and on multiple projects simultaneously
- One or more cloud certifications (AWS Professional Certifications, Azure Professional Certifications, Oracle Cloud Certifications)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills, and the ability to communicate technical concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences
- Openness and ability to learn new skills and technologies in a fast-paced environment.