Cloud Engineer Contract

Requirements: What you’ll need
 
Description: Responsibilities 

·       Provide expertise in AWS cloud platform.
·       Provide design, build and support for cloud environments to create solutions for Public Health domain.
·       Provide expertise on Linux operating system like Red-Hat including installation, troubleshooting, hardening and scripting to automate.
·       The role will monitor and assess the performance of applications in a cloud environment to ensure solutions are available
·       Participate to create, test and implement safeguards to maintain data integrity and protect against unauthorized access
·       Regularly review production logs, providing analysis & suggestions to implement measures in a proactive manner
·       Hands-on experience with microservices and distributed application architecture, such as containers, Kubernetes, and/or serverless technology
·       Provide detailed documentation for system design, integration, configuration, development and implementation of related activities
·       Develop and maintain system design models, technical documentation and specifications
·       Produce integration plans, inputs into configuration and development project.

Skills
Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Technical Skills – 50 points

10+ years of experience in IT field:

•       Creation, management, and maintenance of AWS & related cloud-based production system.
•       Deployment and automation of packages forcloud-based system
•       Ensuring availability, performance, security, and scalability of AWS & related production systems.
•       Excellent knowledge in managing AWS resources and configuring Amazon VPC, AWS Firewall, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, auto-scaling, AWS IAM, Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon API Gateway, AWS Lambda, Amazon Aurora DB, Amazon Redshift, Active MQ, AWS CloudTrail, AWS CloudWatch, and other services in the AWS family.
•       Knowledge of the following Amazon Web Services (AWS) technologies – Amazon Connect, Amazon Pinpoint, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Kinesis Data Streams and Amazon Polly
•       5+ years working experience of Unix/Linux operating systems like Solaris and Red-Hat including installation, troubleshooting, hardening and scripting to automate
•       3+ years with administration of Kubernetes and Docker container solutions
•       Proven implementation of cloud security models, particularly identity, network, and encryption
•       Knowledge of Gitlab or other DevOps tools and CI/CD integration
•       Knowledge of Salesforce solution and MuleSoft API integration
•       Provision of critical system security by leveraging best practices and prolific cloud security solutions.

Core Skills and Experience – 30 points

10+ years of experience with:
•       Production environment troubleshooting and tuning to improve application performance
•       Developing and maintaining system design models, technical documentation and specifications
•       Experience setting up development environments and mechanism using tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Maven and Jenkins or similar tools
•       Experience in scripting languages like Python, Bash, PHP, Java, JavaScript, Node, etc.
•       Experience in build tools like Git, Ansible, Chef, Puppet etc. for continuous integration
•       Knowledge of container-based virtualization technology like Docker
•       Integration experience in building and using APIs
•       Experience applying industry web, architectural and security standards and best practices
•       Experience in mobile device management for various versions of cellular and tablets
•       Providing recommendations for architecture and process improvements.
•       Definition and deployment of systems for metrics, logging, and monitoring on AWS and related platform.
•       Designing, maintenance and management of tools for automation of different operational processes.
•       Evaluation of new technology alternatives and vendor products.

Public Sector/Healthcare Experience – 5 points
•       5+ years of experience working with federal/provincial/broader public-sector healthcare providers
•       Knowledge of Public Sector Enterprise Architecture artifacts (or similar), processes and practices, and ability to produce technical documentation that comply with industry standard practices
•       In-depth knowledge of industry standard such as Project Management Institute (PMI) and Public Sector I&IT project management methodologies.
•       Knowledge and experience with Public Sector Health related projects
•       Knowledge and understanding of Ministry policy and IT project approval processes and requirements
•       Experience adopting and adhering to Public Sector Unified I&IT Project Methodology, Public Sector Enterprise Architecture and Public Sector Gating process, and Public Sector Standard Systems Development Methodologies
•       Experience with large complex IT Health-related projects.

General Skills – 15 points
•       Proven technical leadership skills with ability to identify areas for improvement, and recommend solutions
•       Exceptional analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills
•       Demonstrated strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication, and presentation skills
•       Proven troubleshooting and critical thinking experience
•       Demonstrated ability to apply strong listening skills to facilitate issue resolution
•       Effective consulting skills to engage with all stakeholders with proven track record for building strong working relationships
•       Strong interpersonal, facilitation and negotiation skills with ability to build rapport with stakeholders and drive negotiations to a successful outcome
•       Excellent customer service skills, including tact and diplomacy to ensure client needs are managed effectively
•       A motivated, flexible, detail-oriented and creative team player with perseverance, excellent organization and multi-tasking abilities, and a proven track record for meeting strict deadlines.

Must haves:

AWS
Salesforce