Cloud Engineer

Duties and Responsibilities 

• A cloud engineer is an IT professional responsible for any technological duties associated with cloud computing, including design, planning, management, maintenance and support.  
• Job Responsibilities for Cloud Engineer: 
• Installs and maintains cloud-based applications, systems, and associated infrastructures.  
• Translates business requirements into code and documentation while managing the life-cycle and communication for assigned projects.  
• Analyzes and defines business requirements to determine specifications and standards.  
• Oversees the proper implementation and integration of web and cloud-based applications.  
• Stays informed of emerging cloud technologies and evaluates the value to the organizations operations.  
• Monitors system performance, troubleshooting and resolving errors.  
• Ability to consult with internal and external resources to develop cloud solutions for a range of products. 
•  Ensures quality of the solutions are robust, scalable and efficient to meet the needs of the business.  

Non-negotiable/Required:

• Airflow 
• AWS 
• EMR 
• ETL 
• Glue 
• Python 
• Knowledge and Skills for Cloud Engineer 
• Requires experience with one or more cloud platform.  
• Experience working with large infrastructure hosting environments including knowledge of Application Hosting, distributed messaging architectures, network technologies (Ex: VPNs, TCP/IP, Firewalls, Routing, etc.), security technologies (Ex: public key cryptography and infrastructure, smart cards, authentication, authorization, etc.).  
• Demonstration of thorough understanding of how discrete infrastructure components work together to provide reliable and secure hosting environment.  
• Vast understanding of cloud services and solutions in platforms such as Azure or AWS  
• Comprehensive understanding of IT security best practices and threat protection  
• Must have a good understanding of connected embedded systems tradeoffs, protocols, etc.