Senior Cloud Engineer Richmond, VA

What success looks like in this role:

• Cloud Infrastructure Design & Management: Architect deploy and manage AWS-based infrastructure solutions ensuring they meet business and technical requirements.

• Automation & Scripting: Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code ( IaC ) using tools such as AWS CloudFormation Terraform and AWS CLI to automate provisioning management and monitoring of AWS environments.

• Security & Compliance: Implement AWS security best practices including Identity and Access Management (IAM) security groups VPC design encryption and auditing to meet security and compliance requirements.

• Performance & Cost Optimization: Monitor AWS resource usage performance and cost. Proactively optimize cloud resources to achieve high performance while minimizing costs.

• Disaster Recovery & Backup Solutions: Design and implement disaster recovery (DR) and backup strategies for high availability and business continuity using AWS services such as AWS Backup S3 and EC2 Auto Scaling.

• CI/CD Pipelines: Integrate AWS services with CI/CD pipelines using AWS DevOps tools like CodePipeline CodeDeploy and third-party tools (Jenkins GitLab).

• Incident Management & Troubleshooting: Quickly respond to and resolve infrastructure-related incidents minimizing service disruption. Conduct root cause analysis to prevent reoccurrence.

• Collaboration & Mentoring: Work closely with development DevOps and other cross-functional teams to ensure the optimal setup of the cloud infrastructure and the delivery of infrastructure projects. Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices.

• Documentation: Create and maintain documentation for infrastructure design configurations and operational procedures.

You will be successful in this role if you have:

2-3 years of hands-on experience in infrastructure engineering with at least 1 year working with AWS cloud services and environments.

• AWS Services Expertise: Advanced knowledge of AWS core services (EC2 S3 VPC RDS Lambda etc.) as well as specialized services such as AWS Transit Gateway AWS CloudWatch and AWS Systems Manager.

• Infrastructure as Code ( IaC ): Expertise in automating cloud infrastructure using AWS CloudFormation Terraform or AWS CLI.

• Networking: Strong understanding of AWS networking concepts including VPCs Subnets Security Groups Direct Connect Load Balancers and VPN configurations.

• Security & Compliance: Deep understanding of AWS security tools such as IAM AWS KMS GuardDuty and AWS Shield and how to implement them to safeguard cloud infrastructure.

• CI/CD Pipelines: Experience with AWS CodePipeline CodeDeploy and other CI/CD tools enabling streamlined application deployment processes.

• Operating Systems: Strong proficiency with both Linux and Windows server environments with a focus on cloud infrastructure.

• Monitoring & Optimization: Hands-on experience with AWS CloudWatch CloudTrail and third-party monitoring tools to track the performance and health of AWS environments.

• Database Management: Familiarity with AWS-managed databases such as Amazon RDS DynamoDB and Aurora.

• Automation & Scripting: Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python Bash or PowerShell for automation and system management tasks.

• Troubleshooting & Performance Tuning: Excellent analytical skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex cloud infrastructure issues.

• Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional or other relevant AWS certifications are highly preferred.

• Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical topics to non-technical stakeholders.

Benefit Highlights:
Unisys offers an outstanding benefits package featuring unlimited paid time off a 401(k) match comprehensive healthcare HSA matching ongoing learning opportunities and more! Were committed to supporting work-life balance and investing in your future success.

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This role may require access to export-controlled commodities and technology. Therefore to conform to U.S. export control regulations applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.

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Required Experience:

Senior IC