Systems Engineer IV

Cloud Automation Engineer Job Description

Notes:

• 6-month contract-to-hire
• Fully remote…. Must work EST (client based in Washington, D.C.)
• Must be a US Citizen and able to obtain a Public Trust Clearance
• Must have a completed bachelor’s degree
• 12+ years of experience
• Supporting the Department of Labor
• Strong skills with terraform, IaC, go through code reviews, strategies, understand how to use best practices
• GitLab ci/cd for pipelines… nice to have experience writing pipeline code
• someone who can provision across multiple accounts. Manage the state of their infrastructure
• Experience with Python or Bash
• More AWS focused. Good to have Azure experience as well
• Projects: building on what they currently have. Continue to build module library, use gitlab and build that up to provide streamlined provisioning on their infrastructure
• Some migration work as well. Having different teams move into the cloud, and having infrastructure built with the modules. Infrastructure provisioning with ci/cd and terraform
• Team: smaller team, about 4 people

Seeking a lead cloud automation engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be working 100% remote and will focus on automation in support of the cloud infrastructure team. A candidate in this position will work as part of an enterprise cloud services team and will assist in the automation of cloud infrastructure, ensuring efficient, reliable, and scalable operations. The candidate will be part of a team of automation engineers implementing automation tools and processes. This role will develop and implement the automation needs for the cloud infrastructure team.

The candidate responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
* Develop and deploy comprehensive cloud automation strategy to meet the cloud teams automation requirements
* Identify automation tools and best practices and support the adoption of the tools and practices across the cloud team
* Analyze existing cloud processes and identify areas where automation can be implemented to optimize cloud processes
* Support the automation needs of the cross-functional cloud infrastructure team
* Identify and implement cloud strategies to increase self-service infrastructure deployments using cloud native services
* Manage cloud infrastructure and ensure availability, scalability, and security through automation
* Monitor and optimize the performance of cloud services and resources through automation
* Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, CDK, and CloudFormation in support of streamlined deployment and management of cloud infrastructure
* Automate cloud infrastructure team reporting on service usage, cost, etc.
* Able to implement and follow best practices of Pull Requests reviews, PR Templates, git pre-commit hooks, and Branching strategies like Trunk-based or GitFlow.
* Have strong understanding of IaC state management, Cross-account provisioning, complex pipelines using latest CICD servers like GitLab CI
* Understand and implement concepts like continuous improvements and shift left
* Use Secrets management for sensitive data in pipelines and IaC code
* Ability to demonstrate architectural considerations for different types of Infrastructure requirements
* Support the development governance documentation and standard operation procedures for automated processes and tools.

Basic Qualifications:
* Bachelors degree and 12 years of relevant experience preferred
* Five (5) years of experience preferred in cloud technologies including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or other public cloud services with an emphasis on AWS experience
* Three (3) years of experience writing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, CDK, and CloudFormation
* Three (3) years of experience in Python, or similar cloud scripting language, and AWS SDK (e.g. Boto3)
* Three (3) years of experience in using CICD Pipelines such as Gitlab CI preferred
* Experience using Python, or similar scripting, with Boto3, or similar SDKs, to implement automation, reporting, service interrogation in a multi-account environment
* One (1) cloud certification at the associate level or higher in AWS
* Experience with automating self-service deployments using AWS cloud services (e.g. AWS Service Catalog or other similar services)
* Candidate must hold or be able to obtain Public Trust
* Candidate must be a US Citizen

Preferred Qualifications:
* Kubernetes certification is preferred
* Experience analyzing existing processes then identifying opportunities for automation
* Experience with automation reporting on cloud infrastructure services

Dexian is a leading provider of staffing, IT, and workforce solutions with over 12,000 employees and 70 locations worldwide. As one of the largest IT staffing companies and the 2nd largest minority-owned staffing company in the U.S., Dexian was formed in 2023 through the merger of DISYS and Signature Consultants. Combining the best elements of its core companies, Dexian’s platform connects talent, technology, and organizations to produce game-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals.

Dexian’s brands include Dexian DISYS, Dexian Signature Consultants, Dexian Government Solutions, Dexian Talent Development and Dexian IT Solutions. Visit https://dexian.com/ to learn more.

Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.