We are seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer who currently resides in Texas. Preferred: within 1 hour of Austin, Texas. Must be on our W2, and we are unable to work with any C2Cs or provide any sponsorship.

Will support a Data Center Operations – AI & Application Platform for Excellence (APEX) team in managing and modernizing the agency’s multi-cloud environment across Azure and AWS. This individual will build, configure, secure, and support IaaS, PaaS, and serverless cloud services while ensuring operational stability, compliance, and performance for migrated and steady-state workloads. The ideal candidate will bring strong hands-on experience in cloud architecture, networking, and automation, plus a solid understanding of DevOps, containerization, and infrastructure-as-code practices.

Key skills and traits the client needs:

Deep expertise in Azure and AWS cloud services (IaaS, PaaS, Serverless).
Proficiency with Terraform, Ansible, YAML/JSON, and scripting (Bash, PowerShell, Cloud CLI).
Strong experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and microservices deployment.
Knowledge of cloud monitoring tools (CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Dynatrace, Sysdig).
Experience with cloud data services and DR strategies.
Understanding security, compliance, and cost optimization in cloud environments.
Highly organized, detail-oriented, and effective at communicating with both technical and non-technical teams.
Preferred: Cloud certifications (Azure/AWS/Google/Oracle) and prior Texas HHS or state agency experience.

REQUIRED SKILLS

REQUIRED SKILLS:(Minimum of 5 years experience)

Knowledge and experience in solutioning, configuring, integrating, and securing cloud networking and cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Serverless) in Azure and/or AWS.
Experience and understanding of cloud computing, DevOps principles, and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).
Experience with Containerization, deploying, and configuring microservices.
Kubernetes architecture deployment, scaling, and maintenance.
Proficient automation skill set using a combination of command-line scripting (Bash, Korn, PowerShell, Cloud CLI, Kubernetes Helm) and third-party tools.
Experience with declarative and imperative languages (YAML, JSON, Ruby, HCL, etc.) and tools that are leveraged (Ansible, Docker, Terraform, etc) to leverage infrastructure-as-code (IaC).
Experience with cloud and performance monitoring, auditing, logging, and operations tools such as: Sysdig Secure (CNAPP), Dynatrace, Cloud native toolsets (AWS CloudWatch, GCP Cloud Operations, Azure Monitor, OCI Monitoring, etc.).
Experience and knowledge of cloud recovery strategies for storage replication, automated recovery plans, and protecting data for cloud disaster recovery.
Knowledge and/or hands-on experience with cloud database services (RDBMS/NoSQL and SQL/Oracle), data lakes, and cloud ETL/ELT best practices, suitable frameworks for handling all types of data for structured and unstructured information.
Understanding cloud services like Azure Data Factory, OCI Data Integrator, Google Data Fusion, AWS Kinesis, DataSync, and Data Copy.
Experience and understanding of best practices for optimizing IT cloud infrastructure, tracing, and troubleshooting, aligning with standards, policy, and IT information security controls.
Effective written and oral communication

PREFERRED SKILLS

One or more Cloud certifications for Azure, AWS, Google, or Oracle Certified Engineer, Cloud Certified Solutions Architect, Data Architect, DevOps Engineer, and/or equivalent work experience
Experience in solutioning, configuring, integrating, and securing cloud networking and cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Serverless).
Highly organized, responsive, and highly detailed problem solver.
Worked for or have experience with Texas Health and Human Services Commission or other Texas state IT agencies.

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