What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Cloud Engineer position at ExecutivePlacements.com?
Required Qualifications, Skills, Experience Or Certifications
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- years experience in information technology WITH years of focused, HANDS ON experience deploying/configuring workloads within EITHER AWS or Azure preferred experience is DevOps focused
- Experience designing and implementing cloud architectures
- Good understanding of FedRAMP services and best practices for their consumption
- Experience managing AWS Public and GovCloud across regions
- Experience deploying stack sets and using AWS Control Tower
- Strong knowledge of enterprise computing and operating systems such as Linux and Windows, and experience with troubleshooting
- Proficiency in automating processes with Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Packer, PowerShell, or Python, including use of remote APIs
- Demonstrated proficiency with implementing and managing AWS services via AWS Console or CLI of AWS accounts, IAM users, IAM roles, VPCs, and load balancers
- Demonstrated understanding of cloud engineering methods, applications, and best practices across cloud service providers
- Knowledge of Agile Project Management methodologies
- Experience documenting requirements, user stories, and use cases
- Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and team environment
- Professional Architect Certification within EITHER AWS or Azure
- Producing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) or Configuration as Code (CaC), delivering solutions with a code first approach with sufficient comments and structure
- Collaborating with engineering and development teams to evaluate and identify optimal cloud solutions
- Diagnosing and resolving complex performance, security, and/or technical challenges
- Supporting all tiers of applications deployed in the cloud, configuring network, cloud native services, infrastructure, and privileges for development teams
- Identifying opportunities for optimizing cloud consumption by the agency and providing strategic direction for addressing those opportunities
- Creating/updating cloud environment configurations to establish/support application workloads, including
- Azure Focused: Configuration of Subscriptions, Resource Groups, VNets, Subnets, load balancers, App Services, Azure Batch, Virtual Machines, resource tagging, billing, policy implementation, and security controls
- AWS Focused: Configuration of AWS Accounts, IAM Users and Roles, VPCs, subnets, load balancers, Network routes, Transit Gateway, Control Tower, Systems Manager, Config Manager, stack sets, WAF, CloudFront, and Route
PEAK's benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Dependent Care Savings Account (DCA), and K plan.PEAK believes that taking care of our team is essential for success and we are proud to provide benefits that enhance both your well-being and your future. Additionally, our associates may be eligible for Paid Sick Leave as required by Federal, State, or local laws.
Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO)
PEAK Technical Staffing is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. PEAK does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. All employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit, and business need. We encourage all individuals to apply.
Candidate Privacy
To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please navigate to and
AI Recruiting Disclosure
We use AI-assisted tools to help review applications and compare your experience to job requirements, but all hiring decisions are made by human recruiters. You may request a human-only process or opt out of automated communication at any time. Required notices and our latest bias audit are available on our website: .