AWS Cloud Solutions Engineer

Caresoft - Little Rock, AR

Full-time

Little Rock, AR

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The AWS Cloud Solutions Engineer is a critical role responsible for the migration and management of large-scale systems to the AWS Cloud environment. This position involves analyzing user requirements and procedures to effectively migrate, modify, and support existing systems. The engineer will review system-wide capabilities and workflows to ensure efficient management and security of these systems, particularly focusing on the Arkansas Integrate Revenue System Tax (AIRS Tax) and Driver Services/Motor Vehicle (AIRS DSMV) COTS systems, which are being transitioned from an on-premise data center to the AWS Cloud. In this role, the engineer will provide primary operational support and engineering for the public cloud platform, focusing on debugging and optimizing systems while automating routine tasks. Responsibilities include planning, designing, and implementing workload migrations from on-premises to AWS Cloud, as well as configuring, monitoring, and maintaining the infrastructure environment within AWS. The engineer will also be tasked with configuring and tuning various AWS services such as CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Guard Duty, and Security Hub, among others. The AWS Cloud Solutions Engineer will set up and maintain essential components like Gateway Load Balancer, Internet Gateway, and VPCs across different Availability Zones. They will also implement backup solutions using AWS native services, including EC2 instances and S3 storage types, and will be responsible for automating and monitoring AWS CloudWatch alarms for system health checks. Additionally, the engineer will design and maintain executive-level dashboards for system utilization, health, and cost management. Security is a paramount concern, and the engineer will set up and maintain security measures using tools like AWS Guard, IAM, and CrowdStrike, ensuring compliance with various frameworks such as Pub 1075, PII, and NIST. Collaboration with other IT resources and vendors is essential to resolve application and infrastructure-related issues, and maintaining technical documentation of the AWS environment is also a key responsibility. The engineer will participate in the selection of new technologies while adhering to departmental IT and security standards, and will communicate effectively with management, co-workers, and business partners.

Responsibilities

• Provide primary operational support and engineering for the public cloud platform, and debug and optimize systems and automate routine tasks.
• Plan, design, and implement workload migrations from on-premises to AWS Cloud.
• Configure, monitor, and assist with the maintenance and support of the infrastructure environment within the AWS environment.
• Configure, tune, and maintain AWS services like CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Guard Duty, Security Hub, Systems Manager, Network Firewall, WAF, Security Group, Tagging, Network ACLs, and Routing Tables.
• Setup and maintain Gateway Load Balancer and Internet Gateway.
• Setup and maintain VPCs in different Availability Zones, including WFCS and SQL installations and HAG.
• Setup and maintain backup solutions using AWS native services, including EC2 instances, FSX Servers, various S3 storage types, AMI, and Infrastructure as Code Scripts like Cloud Formation and Terraform.
• Configure, automate, and monitor AWS CloudWatch alarms and notifications for system(s) health checks.
• Design, develop, and maintain Executive Level dashboards for system(s) utilization, health, and cost.
• Setup and maintain security using tools like AWS Guard, AWS OU, IAM, CrowdStrike, and Tenable.
• Environment hardening to meet compliance requirements and configuration rules for Pub 1075, PII, and NIST frameworks.
• Collaborate with other IT resources and vendors to resolve application and/or infrastructure related issues to the existing AWS environment.
• Maintain technical documentation of the existing AWS environment related to storage, backups, & patching.
• Participate in the selection of new technologies while maintaining departmental information technology and security standards.
• Effectively communicate with Management, co-workers, AMS, and business partners.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Cloud Engineer or similar role with a focus on AWS services.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services including EC2, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, IAM, and Guard Duty.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Ability to configure and maintain VPCs, load balancers, and security groups in AWS.
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as NIST and Pub 1075.
• Strong debugging and optimization skills for cloud systems.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with team members and stakeholders.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with AWS security tools like CrowdStrike and Tenable.
• Knowledge of database management systems and SQL installations.
• Familiarity with network solutions and firewalls.