Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

Role Description

The Senior AWS Cloud Engineer will be a vital member of the Cloud Architecture team, responsible for creating and supporting architecture and systems within the Stride AWS Cloud environment. The selected candidate will provide technical expertise and design recommendations to optimize the performance of our AWS cloud footprint. They will collaborate with architecture, security, and compliance teams to streamline processes related to shared concerns such as cloud costs, end-of-life systems, patch management, disaster recovery, and resource tagging, among others.

• Work with development teams to design and implement cloud technologies within the parameters of Stride Governance policies.
• Document and maintain cloud infrastructure configurations, processes, and procedures.
• Provide expert advice and recommendations for building new solutions within the AWS platform.
• Set up, configure, and maintain AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, etc. for shared systems.
• Collaborate closely with the architecture team to ensure compliance of new solutions implemented in AWS.
• Provide guidance to the development teams for daily cloud systems support and troubleshooting activities.
• Design, develop and maintain efficient processes and architecture improvements for managing shared systems and concerns through scripting, automation and reporting.
• Assist in troubleshooting shared concerns and systems using data extraction and analysis via AWS scripting and tooling.
• Implement security best practices to protect cloud environments and ensure compliance with industry standards.
• Create and maintain proper documentation, including system architecture diagrams and process documentation.
• Investigate, analyze, and assist with optimizing cloud resources (IOPS, CPU/EC2s, Memory, Storage/S3) for cost savings, performance, and reliability.
• Build and test prototypes of new AWS services and features to validate technical suitability for improving existing systems and preparing for new solutions.
• Participate in cloud architecture planning sessions and contribute to the development of cloud strategies.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in designing, implementing, and supporting AWS Cloud-based infrastructure and Linux systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or equivalent.

Requirements

• A passion for analysis, troubleshooting and a proactive and continuous learning mindset, with a passion for cloud technologies and career growth.
• Expert knowledge of AWS cloud technologies.
• Extensive knowledge of AWS cloud architecture principles, design, security and compliance.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills to include AWS services and networking.
• Background and experience in Linux and Windows systems.
• Strong scripting experience with AWS CLI / SDKs in either Linux or Windows platforms.
• Strong experience and understanding of infrastructure as code (e.g. CloudFormation, Terraform).
• Strong knowledge of source code control concepts, tooling and automated deployments.
• Practical understanding of network fundamentals (e.g. DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, routing,
• Knowledge of containerization technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with performance testing and tuning.
• Experience with monitoring frameworks (e.g. CloudWatch, New Relic).
• Experience in designing and building application workloads in AWS using common AWS resource types like EC2, ELB, RDS, and S3.
• Experience with cloud optimization from both a performance and cost perspective.
• Experience with AWS cloud services pricing and utilization models.
• Strong knowledge of AWS cloud architecture principles and services.
• Knowledge of disaster recovery solutions in AWS cloud (ex: site reliability engineering, multi-Availability Zone, Multi-Region).
• Experience collaborating across functional borders enterprise-wide (i.e. within and outside of IT).
• Ability to pass a required background check.

Benefits

• Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.
• Eligible employees may receive a bonus.
• Compensation range: $81,045.75 - $140,000.00, with offers typically in the bottom half of the range.