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Cloud Operations and Systems Engineer

Visa: USC/GC Only

Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid-2 days a week (Tuesday and Thursday)) – Locals

Client: Spencer Stuart

NOTE: They need to have an AWS Certificate – SA or SysOp Cert (please send copy of valid cert with submission). 

Everyone rejected – need current Windows, Linux and AWS.  PERFECT COMMM SKILLS

Scripting preference is Powershell, then Python. Once converted to FTE, they will be expected to work at least 1 weekend day a month for 4-6 hours, but will then get a day off during the week. Must have the minimum experience listed in the JD – Please confirm or advise if candidates are missing anything. This is an immediate need – backfill for a team member that was promoted.

We are searching for a Cloud Operations and Systems Engineer who will play a vital role in ensuring the observability and support of mission-critical systems.
Your responsibilities will include:

• Identifying, developing, implementing, and improving infrastructure/operations activities for automation, particularly with AWS.
• Monitoring and mitigating issues across a diverse production footprint.
• Troubleshooting and resolving issues in all environments with detailed root cause analysis.
• Contributing to team efforts in maintaining processes and tools for infrastructure, monitoring, and operations.
• Creating and refining tools and scripts to monitor and measure application performance.
• Implementing strategies for optimization, high availability, and recovery.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams including Architects, Developers, and Software Engineers.
• Efficiently manage multiple work streams with clear and proactive communication of status, as both a self-starter and a team player.

Job Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you should have:

• 2 years of experience with AWS services including EC2, Docker / ECS, CloudWatch, ALB/ELB, S3, VPC, CodeCommit/git, Route53 DNS, RDS.
• 2 years of experience in SaaS monitoring tools (e.g., LogicMonitor, CloudWatch, New Relic, DataDog) and troubleshooting/debugging techniques.
• 2 years of experience in Windows and Linux administration.
• 2 years of experience with web servers such as IIS, Apache, Tomcat.
• 2 years of experience in Docker / Container management (Amazon Elastic Container Service, Fargate).
• Strong scripting abilities (Python, PowerShell, AWS CLI) and Infrastructure as Code knowledge. – Strong knowledge in Infrastructure as Code tools (CloudFormation, Terraform).
• Understanding of infrastructure operations best practices and IT Operations leveraging high availability strategies.
• Continuous learning mindset and adaptability to new technologies.
• Availability to support systems on-call after hours on a rotation basis.
• AWS Certification (SysOps or SA) – current or in progress

Additional Desired Qualifications
Preferred qualifications include:

• 2 years of experience with Lambda, CloudFront, RDS, ACM, AWS Workspaces.
• 2 years of experience with Application Performance Management tools (AppDynamics, New Relic).
• Experience with Configuration Management tools (Ansible, Chef, OpsWorks, Puppet).
• Participation in backup and recovery strategies, including disaster recovery exercises.
• Familiarity with caching technologies (Redis, ElastiCache).
• Understanding of Continuous Delivery practices (CodePipeline).
• Familiarity of Database Technologies (Aurora, DynamoDB, RDS, DMS, Redshift).
• Familiarity with Jira and Confluence.

Thanks & Regards

Azam Shahid

Technical Recruiter

LARGETON INC

[email protected]