Cloud Automation Engineer Full Remote Role

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Job description

Cloud Automation Engineer Full Remote Role

My name is Bill Stevens and I have a new contract to hire full remote Cloud Automation Engineer position available for a major firm located in Holmdel, New Jersey that could be of interest to you, please review my specification below and I am available at any time to speak with you so please feel free to call me 1- 9 7 3 - 7 3 2 - 5 4 5 4 x21. Candidates should be capable of working on Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Please let me know your hourly rate, this position is for independent contractors only and not third-party firms.

The Cloud Automation Engineer is responsible for managing design and engineering activities related to cloud initiatives and the DevOps suite of tools used to deploy applications to the cloud.

Key Responsibilities:

Responsible for designing, building, and supporting advanced cloud automation workflows and tools used to support automated CI/CD pipeline application deployments into AWS using Jenkins, Artifactory, Puppet, Packer and Terraform

Responsible for designing and implementing enterprise-wide layered cloud image management and deployment optimization system with support for public/private software repositories

Design, development, and support of automation modules using Puppet Enterprise integrated with enterprise metadata

Adhere to the process and security standards when building application infrastructure in AWS

Serve as enforcer for DevOps practices to prevent "technical drift"

Maintain key service level agreements

Onboarding of new applications into standardized release pipeline

Work closely and collaborate with technical peers, business operations and enterprise testing teams

Provide guidance and direction to App Dev teams in regard to DevOps processes and technical/pipeline standards

Participate in team wide Change Management process as both implementer and verifier ensuring changes are completed efficiently and correctly

Keeper and enforcer of the technical and tools standards

Participate in security reviews for application security groups

Qualifications:

Minimum 4 - 5 years of experience with DevOps practices and automation tooling

Experience with Terraform or Cloud Formation scripting

Puppet Development experience

Experience with DevOps orchestration tools such as Jenkins

Experience with AWS cloud services

Experience with managed container services (ECS, EKS, and Fargate) is a plus

Experience with Thick AMIs (Amazon Machine Images)

Familiarity with Packer

Understanding of application code and build scripts

Strong understanding of infrastructure components and how they are architected in AWS

Must be able to multi-task and work well with changing priorities in a fast paced, 24x7 environment

Experience with public cloud migrations/transformations

Must be highly collaborative and be able to work in a team environment, with technical and business people

Experience with java, python, .Net scripting

Excellent communication, problem solving and customer service skills with the ability to translate technical detail into non-technical information

A strong ability to learn new technologies

Strong ability to coordinate activities in a coordinated and highly visible manner

Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science or workforce equivalent Technical certifications preferred

The interview process will include an initial telephone or Zoom screening.

Please let me know your interest for this position, availability to interview and start for this position along with a copy of your recent resume or please feel free to call me at any time with any questions.

Regards

Bill Stevens

Senior Technical Recruiter

PRI Technology

Denville, New Jersey 07834

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