Cloud Engineer Senior

Immediate need for a talented Cloud Engineer Senior. This is a 06 months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Mclean VA (Onsite). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.
 
Job ID:25-89796
 
Pay Range: $70 - $75/hour.  Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).
 
Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or AWS CodePipeline.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and management using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
• Integrate AWS Lambda functions into platform workflows for event-driven automation.
• Manage AWS resources such as S3, RDS, and secrets using AWS Secrets Manager or Hashicorp Vault.
• Implement robust secrets management strategies across platforms and environments.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance, security, and reliability.
• Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to ensure seamless platform integration and support.
• Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and AWS best practices.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Key Skills:AWS, Kubernetes, Service Mesh .
• 6 years of hands-on experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, SRE, or platform engineering roles.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes architecture, deployment, scaling, and monitoring.
• Strong experience in AWS services, including Lambda, S3, RDS, IAM, and VPC.
• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD concepts and pipeline implementation.
• Advanced knowledge of secrets management (AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, etc.).
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, Go, etc.).
• Solid understanding of networking, security, and observability in Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with GitOps practices and tools like Flux or ArgoCD.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, etc.) and Certified Kubernetes.

Our client is a leading Banking and Financial Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.
 
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