Florida Realtors, the state's largest trade association, boasts a rich dedicated history of serving our members, the real estate community, and Florida homeowners for over a century. We stand as a key business partner for Realtors statewide, providing value-adding programs and services, outstanding business contacts and networking opportunities, engaging educational opportunities, up-to-the-minute industry data and research, and powerful legislative representation. The association headquarters is located in Orlando, and the Office of Public Policy is located two blocks from the state capital in Tallahassee. We work tirelessly to advocate for our members, for homeownership for all, and to elevate the real estate industry in the Sunshine State.
Position Overview
We are seeking a Cloud Engineer who plays a mission-critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining Florida Realtors’ cloud infrastructure to ensure high performance, security, and scalability. Acting as the subject matter expert for AWS, this role builds reliable cloud solutions that empower our association’s operations and digital services. Partnering closely with IT Operations, Applications Development, and Network teams, the Cloud Engineer drives innovation, optimizes resources, and strengthens resiliency through automation and best practices.
This is a hands-on technical role where the incumbent not only manages the current AWS environment but also helps shape the association’s cloud strategy, balancing operational excellence, cost-effectiveness, and future scalability.
Core Expectations
- Manage AWS infrastructure with a focus on reliability, security, and cost efficiency
- Collaborate across teams to design and implement cloud solutions that meet organizational needs
- Maintain a forward-looking mindset by recommending enhancements and adopting emerging technologies
What Success Looks Like
- Secure, reliable AWS environments with minimal downtime and controlled costs
- Automated, efficient processes that reduce manual effort and improve delivery speed
- Proactive solutions and documentation that support innovation and scalability across the organization
Essential Functions
- Manage existing AWS accounts, set up new accounts, and configure account-level security and access control settings.
- Design, configure, deploy, and maintain AWS services, including EC2 instances, S3 buckets, Aurora databases, Lambda, and VPCs.
- Ensure the security of AWS resources by implementing appropriate security measures, managing IAM policies, monitoring for threats, and responding to incidents.
- Collaborate with the Network Operations team to configure AWS networking components, such as VPCs, subnets, route tables, security groups, and VPN connections.
- Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines to support efficient application deployment.
- Configure monitoring and logging tools to track performance, identify issues, and ensure system health.
- Utilize automation tools such as CloudFormation, Terraform, and AWS CLI to streamline resource deployment and management.
- Implement backup and disaster recovery strategies to protect critical data and minimize downtime.
- Monitor and optimize resource usage for cost efficiency and scalability.
- Provide secondary support for additional Florida Realtors IT environments as needed.
- Stay current with AWS technologies, industry trends, and recommend process improvements.
Requirements
Education & Experience Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent work experience).
- AWS certifications, such as AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer or AWS Certified Solutions Architect, are a plus.
Position Requirements
- 2 years minimum proven experience as a Cloud Engineer or in a similar AWS-focused role.
- Strong understanding of AWS services (EC2, S3, Aurora, VPCs, IAM, Lambda, etc.).
- Experience with automation tools such as AWS CloudFormation or Terraform.
- Strong knowledge of cloud security best practices.
- Familiarity with DevOps tools and practices (Git, Docker, CI/CD).
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools (CloudWatch, CloudTrail, etc.).
- Excellent problem-solving, troubleshooting, and analytical skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
- Ability to thrive independently in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Clumio for AWS backup/recovery.
- Experience with Wiz Cloud Security Platform (CSPM, CIEM, CWP).
- Experience with Windows Server OS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS.
- Previous experience with SolarWinds products.
Supervisory Responsibility
This position is an individual contributor role and does not manage employees of the Technology Services Department.
What You Need-to-Know
- Florida Realtors is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where a variety of backgrounds, cultures, orientations, ideas, and talents can flourish.
- Florida Realtors is an equal opportunity employer where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
- Employment offers are contingent upon satisfactory verification of a pre-employment criminal background check.
- Applicants needs to be eligible to be employed in the United States.
- Pay is commensurate with education and experience.
- This position will be hybrid and based in Orlando, FL. The comfort to commute to the Orlando International Airport area is required.
Our people are passionate about what they do, the members they serve, the products they support, and the continued growth of the association. If you value collaboration, innovation, exceptional service, and dedication to a cause, all within a modern established professional environment, explore Florida Realtors and our commitment to the real estate community and Florida homeowners. Visit (url removed) and connect with us on Facebook and LinkedIn.
EEO, Diversity, and Inclusion Statement
Florida Realtors is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where a variety of backgrounds, cultures, orientations, ideas, and talents can flourish. Florida Realtors is an equal opportunity employer where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, allowing us to better achieve association objectives and meet the needs of our members.
Benefits
Along with our growth-oriented, collaborative team environment, our fulltime people are offered a complete suite of great benefits.
- Rewarding 401K plan with 6% company match, fully vested
- Free medical insurance for you as an employee
- Availability of dental, vision, FSA, disability coverage, company-paid life insurance, EAP, and more
- Partial remote and flexible work environment
- Generous paid vacation days and sick days, and 9 company holidays
- Vacation buy-back plan
- Opportunities for ongoing education
- Possible $5,000 grant on the purchase of your first home
- And a whole lot more
