AWS Cloud Platform Specialist

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Short Description:

The Service Delivery Public Safety IT Team is seeking a

candidate for a critical cloud/platform/systems specialist to Support

senior resources.

Complete Description:

THIS IS AN ONSITE POSITION

Assignment will extend on 7/1/26. Additional background check requirements apply for Public Safety assignments. Due to the long-term nature of the assignment, DPS will require a Level 1 (L1) background check. To begin work, the contractor must first successfully complete the DOM DOIT background check and fingerprinting, as well as a DPS Level 2 (L2) background check. Continued employment after the start date is contingent upon the contractor successfully clearing the DPS L1 background check.

Note: Experience with Ansible would be handy; Experience related to AWS IAM functionality for controlling RBAC is needed. FIN OPS - strong understanding on how to estimate costs and delivery quickly needed.

The Service Delivery Public Safety IT Team is seeking a

candidate for a critical cloud/platform/systems specialist to Support

senior resources. Expectations include Leading infrastructure initiatives to

modernize IT infrastructure and operations to enhance efficiency, scalability,

and reliability across hybrid cloud environments. This role supports enterprise

modernization goals by providing support for modern approaches to hybrid-cloud

administrative and engineering practices to eliminate expensive and inefficient

legacy solutions, while improving operational efficiency, reducing manual

intervention, and enabling scalable infrastructure solutions.

5 or more years of experience required in the following

areas:

Designs, maintains, and optimizes hybrid platforms that bridge on‐premises

infrastructure with AWS cloud services, aligning with the shift toward cloud‐centric

operations:

• Designing and administering AWS environments (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3) to support
  
  

enterprise workloads.

• Creating hybrid workload patterns where identity, authentication, and
  
  

application services function seamlessly across cloud and on‐premises systems.

• Migrating legacy systems to AWS, including developing modernization roadmaps
  
  

and workload readiness assessments.

• Documenting system architectures and producing AWS architecture diagrams
  
  

showing network topology, dependencies, and service interactions.

Provides senior‐tier support for issues escalated from Service Desk,

Applications, Networking, or automation teams:

• Diagnosing complex AWS identity, network, or compute issues affecting
  
  

dependent applications.

• Documenting troubleshooting workflows, root causes, and long‐term mitigation
  
  

strategies.

• Guiding teams through hybrid dependency failures such as directory sync
  
  

disruptions, routing conflicts, or misconfigured IAM policies.

Ensures platform resilience by monitoring, optimizing, and maintaining cloud

and on‐prem compute, storage, networking, and identity components:

• Eliminate single points of failure in designs patterns
• Provide backup, recovery, and DR to meet all RTO/RPO requirements.
• Implementing performance dashboards covering compute utilization, storage
  
  

I/O, and network throughput across AWS and on‐prem.

• Conducting root‐cause analysis for performance issues and documenting
  
  

remediation steps.

• Identifying cost optimization opportunities through instance rightsizing,
  
  

storage tier adjustments, and lifecycle automation.

• Maintaining architecture diagrams, standards, IaC manifests, and operational
  
  

procedures in version‐controlled environments.

• Preparing change impact statements for major infrastructure modifications.
• Creating release documentation for platform updates promoted through CI/CD
  
  

pipelines. Ensuring consistency across platform standards, enforcement rules,

and automation artifacts.

Works closely with automation specialist and other team members to ensure

infrastructure deployments follow consistent, automated, and auditable

patterns:

• Defining IaC patterns and collaborating on Terraform module designs.
• Documenting provisioning workflows, configuration standards, and parameter
  
  

usage for automated deployments.

• Supporting CI/CD infrastructure pipelines that promote test, staging, and
  
  

production environments through automated checks.

• Collaborate with engineering and application teams to optimize workloads for
  
  

hybrid cloud environments.

• Provide guidance on migration strategies, performance tuning, and cost
  
  

optimization for hybrid-cloud deployments.

Maintain comprehensive documentation for hybrid cloud architecture, operational

procedures, and automation workflows. Ensure documentation supports knowledge

transfer and compliance audits.

Supports organizational security and compliance goals by implementing and

documenting platform controls across cloud and on‐prem environments.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Enforcing AWS guardrails such as encryption, MFA, IAM role boundaries, and
  
  

network segmentation.

• Producing audit evidence packages (configuration exports, pipeline logs,
  
  

screenshots).

• Documenting platform hardening guidelines for compute, identity, and storage
  
  

systems.

• Creating policy interpretation guides to clarify required platform
  
  

configurations for other technical teams.

• Writing operational guides, onboarding materials, and “how‐to” documentation
  
  

for AWS and hybrid operations.

• Delivering platform standards, architecture reference materials, and
  
  

annotated diagrams explaining system interactions.

• Producing executive‐level briefings summarizing modernization progress and
  
  

platform initiatives.