What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud Specialist position at iVoyant?
We are looking for an experienced Cloud Specialist to join our team for one of our clients in the public sector. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in cloud platforms, infrastructure, networking, Windows Server, and cloud migration.
Position: Cloud Specialist
Experience: 5–6 years
Location: 200 North St, Jackson, MS 39201.
Work Model: 100% Onsite
Employment Type: Contract
Contract Duration: November 2026 – June 2027
Work Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM
Education: Bachelor's degree preferred/required as per requirement
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and modify scalable cloud architectures supporting IaaS and PaaS environments.
- Ensure security, compliance, data protection, and privacy across cloud environments.
- Support the migration of existing on-premises applications, workloads, and databases to public cloud platforms.
- Monitor and analyze cloud infrastructure performance and proactively troubleshoot issues.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize cloud environments for performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
- Design and maintain controls and processes using available cloud audit tools.
- Stay current with cloud products, services, technologies, and best practices.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 5–6 years of experience working with AWS or Microsoft Azure.
- Strong proficiency in at least one major public cloud platform: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Strong understanding of cloud networking, VPCs, and firewalls.
- Advanced experience with VM management.
- Strong experience with Microsoft Windows Server and Active Directory.
- Experience with PowerShell scripting.
- Experience with cloud automation and scripting.
- Strong networking knowledge.
Good to Have:
- Experience with Linux administration
- Experience with Python and Bash
- Experience with Microsoft 365
- Knowledge of vSphere
- Experience with storage technologies
- Previous experience working in government or regulated industries.