Job Role: Cloud Platform Engineer

Job Location: Orlando, FL (Onsite)

Qualifications & Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
12+ years of experience as a Cloud Platform Engineer, Data Platform Administrator, or DevOps Engineer, with a strong emphasis on data ecosystem support.
Hands-on administration experience with modern cloud platforms in particularly AWS.
Familiarity with modern data stack tools such as Snowflake, Cloudera, DataIKU etc.
Strong proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), Containerization stack such as Docker, and preferably experienced in CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins).
Exceptional problem-solving abilities, strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration, and a proven track record of creating developer-friendly platform.

Key Responsibilities

Architect, provision, and maintain robust, scalable, and secure cloud environments on AWS, optimized for data-intensive workloads.
Establish and maintain "guardrails" including IAM, security policies, naming conventions, and resource tagging.
Enforce operational practices by monitoring, auditing, and optimizing cloud compute (e.g., EC2, EMR, Snowflake) and storage (e.g., S3) to manage costs.
Build reusable deployment patterns and CI/CD automation to facilitate environment provisioning for the Data Engineering team.
Manage infrastructure lifecycle using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
Monitor platform health, manage alerts, and troubleshoot system-level bottlenecks to ensure high availability for batch and streaming data pipelines.

Data Platform Maintenance

Administer, patch, and upgrade distributed data processing frameworks and engines (e.g., Apache Spark, Apache Airflow, Kafka, Hadoop).
Own the database administration lifecycle for cloud-native data stores, including backup/recovery, query optimization, and HA/DR (High Availability/Disaster Recovery).
Serve as the subject matter expert on cloud operations, mentoring junior engineers and assisting Data engineers with environment access and permissions.
Partner with Data Admin team, Data Strategy, and Compliance teams to ensure data platforms comply with regulatory and compliance standards.

TechnoSphere, Inc.

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