AWS Cloud Engineer

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Implement infrastructure delivery strategies, standards, processes, technologies, and tools in the technical visions.
• Understand use cases for Cloud services and technologies providing recommendations for the business.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of secure cloud solutions in support of rapid & secure development principles.
• Develop automation and self-service jobs for the app dev teams.
• Follow “infrastructure as code” principles, favoring automation over manual work.
• Build and support infrastructure to support new applications and microservices as we shift workload to the cloud and develop new cloud-native applications.
• Evaluate cloud application requirements and make architectural recommendations for implementation, deployment, and provisioning of applications.
• Develop tools to enable other engineers such as CI/CD pipelines, container schedulers, and custom applications.
• Regularly review existing systems and make recommendations for improvements.
• Maintain relevancy with commercial and open-source DevSecOps solutions, processes, and architectures.
• Coaches and reviews the work of lower-level professionals.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES:

• AD HOC REPORTING - (INTERMEDIATE): Demonstrates mastery of reporting in practical applications of a difficult nature. Able to sort through data to identify patterns and establish relationships. Possesses sufficient knowledge, training, and experience to be capable of successfully delivering complex reports from active and archived information in state-of-the-art databases without requiring support and instruction from others. Demonstrates knowledge of data mining and data warehousing.
• CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING - (ADVANCED): Demonstrates the ability to apply diverse areas of business knowledge to successfully meet broad objectives independently. Able to communicate intelligently with users, customers, management, and business leaders on the impact of technology changes. Demonstrates ability to anticipate resource needs, identify discrete tasks, set priorities, define dependencies, schedule activities, and organize work for a diverse, multi-functional configuration plan. Competently handles multiple plans and projects simultaneously managing commitments and deadlines while successfully navigating dependencies. Improves workflows and systems in the environment as plan results dictate.
• CORPORATE SYSTEMS ARCH STANDARDS (INTERMEDIATE): Has detailed knowledge of the architecture of the systems that support more than one core business area. Demonstrates knowledge of how the core business areas' applications and support systems are structured, how various components and parts interact, as well as what protocols and interfaces are used for communications and cooperation between modules and components. Participates in the overall planning and design of the specific core business systems. Able to train and educate others in the structure and components of systems architecture for those core business areas.
• EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES (ADVANCED): Demonstrates high levels of knowledge in new and emerging technologies. Contributes to strategic planning in areas that require expert knowledge and experience. Participates in advanced technology efforts for the company, evaluating and testing new products to determine their value and applicability to the organization. Often takes a lead role in critical situations where there is a need to apply knowledge of technological trends, emerging technology, and/or new tools and products. Successfully selects and implements new technology to meet the requirements of state-of-the-art systems and projects. Helps set standards and establish procedures relating to new technological products and services. Actively participates in outside professional organizations and forums.
• PROBLEM MANAGEMENT (EXPERT): Is a recognized expert and authority in Incident Tracking and Problem Reporting. Anticipates design and architectural flaws early in the testing process. Occupies the position which is the last internal resource for support or direction. Expected, as a result of the position, to have the ultimate knowledge, control, influence, and/or jurisdiction in the skill. Takes a lead role in developing best practices for the organization.
• SYSTEMS INTEGRATION (INTERMEDIATE): Demonstrates mastery of systems integration in practical applications of a difficult nature. Able to blend legacy systems with new systems and technology in a seamless solution. Possesses sufficient knowledge, training, and experience to be capable of successfully delivering systems integration solutions without requiring support and instruction from others.