Senior Cloud Engineer

Every year, nearly 200 million travelers trust our client to get them where they're going. Take your career to new heights by working for this longstanding leader in air travel that services more worldwide destinations than any other airline.

Our client is hiring a Senior Cloud Developer to join their in Atlanta, GA!

Contract Duration: 12 Months

Required Skills & Experience

• Java and Python experience with AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, and IAM Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tools (e.g., GitLab CI, CodePipeline)
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with event-driven architectures and serverless computing
• Knowledge of data streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis)
• Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies
• 4+ years of experience in design and implementation of large enterprise public cloud environments
• 2+ years of hands-on experience integrating mission critical applications into AWS
• Deep understanding of AWS services (IAM, VPCs, Landing Zone, EC2, ECS, KMS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Systems Manager, S3, RDS, Route53, Lambda, AWS Config, etc.)
• Experience building and securing infrastructure as code using CloudFormation, Ansible, SAM and/or similar tools
• Fluency with one or more scripting/coding languages such as Java, Javascript, REST, JSON, Python, bash
• Experience implementing and leveraging the logging and monitoring solutions
• Experience in cloud native architectures and micro-services design
• Understanding of the shared responsibility model in AWS
• Proven record of accomplishments in major enterprise level projects
• Experience in design of complex distributed systems environments
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges
• Ability to clearly communicate and present to various levels of the organization

Desired Skills & Experience

• Preferred AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Developer, Solutions Architect – Professional)
• AWS Certified Professional preferred

What You Will Be Doing

• Provide technical leadership and design expertise for AWS Foundation integration
• Define standards and patterns for when and how to efficiently leverage AWS services
• Lead automation of AWS integration processes and tasks
• Aid development of Public Cloud Usage Statistics and Reporting dashboards for account owners
• Develop frameworks and tools to enable dev teams to consume authorized AWS services
• Partner with the DevTools team to develop and deploy a CI/CD pipeline leveraging tools such as Gitlab, Maven and Jenkins
• Lead automation development using Ansible or CloudFormation to support acceleration of application delivery into AWS
• Ensure Security-by-Design is a foundational component of every app deployed into AWS
• Ensure enterprise monitoring standards are applied to each AWS app deployment
• Contribute to creation, management and upkeep of Intranet FAQs, User guides and Knowledgebase, standards and build documents for AWS Foundations integration
• Provide leadership in identifying new concepts, ideas, techniques, and technology assistance (best practices, guidelines and design patterns for supported technologies)
• Perform cost benefit analysis to determine best system architecture via software, hardware, internal cloud, externally hosted or other defined model
• Mentor engineering and development staff on public cloud integration design and hygiene, driving quality, consistency, resiliency, security and supportability into designs
• Partner with peer Infrastructure teams to provide enterprise class AWS integration
• Design and maintain standard templates, reference architectures, and design patterns that aid other Cloud Engineers in development of standards-based designs

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
• Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options
• Paid Sick Time Leave
• Legal and Identity Protection Plans
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
• 529 College Saver Plan

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.