AWS Cloud Solutions Engineer

$193,190 - $193,190/Yr

Talentburst - Little Rock, AR

Full-time - Mid Level

Little Rock, AR

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The AWS Cloud Solutions Engineer at DFA is a pivotal 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, ensuring that workflows are optimized for efficiency and security. The engineer will play a crucial role in the migration of the Arkansas Integrate Revenue System Tax (AIRS Tax) and Driver Services/Motor Vehicle (AIRS DSMV) COTS systems 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. The responsibilities include planning, designing, and implementing workload migrations from on-premises to AWS Cloud, configuring and monitoring the infrastructure environment, and maintaining AWS services such as CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and GuardDuty. The engineer will also be tasked with setting up and maintaining security measures, ensuring compliance with various frameworks, and collaborating with IT resources and vendors to resolve any application or infrastructure-related issues. Additionally, the AWS Cloud Solutions Engineer will be responsible for maintaining technical documentation related to the AWS environment, participating in the selection of new technologies, and effectively communicating with management and business partners. This role requires a proactive approach to problem-solving and a commitment to maintaining high standards of security and efficiency in cloud operations.

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, GuardDuty, Security Hub, Systems Manager, Network Firewall, WAF, Security Group, Tagging, Network ACL's and Routing Tables.
• Setup and maintain Gateway Load Balancer and Internet Gateway.
• Setup and maintain VPC's 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

• Experience with AWS services and cloud architecture.
• Strong understanding of cloud migration strategies and best practices.
• Proficiency in configuring and managing AWS services such as EC2, S3, VPC, and IAM.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like CloudFormation and Terraform.
• Knowledge of security best practices in AWS and compliance frameworks such as NIST and Pub 1075.
• Ability to analyze user requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively with teams.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with monitoring and logging tools like AWS CloudWatch and CloudTrail.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of database services in AWS, such as RDS and DynamoDB.
• Experience with automation and scripting languages like Python or Bash.

Benefits

• Competitive hourly rate of $92.88 per hour.
• Opportunity to work on a significant cloud migration project.
• Gain experience with a variety of AWS services and cloud technologies.