Cloud Software Engineer III #26-15866

US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. They are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer with expertise in AWS and OCI to design, deploy, secure, and maintain cloud-based solutions for utility operations.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, deploy, and manage scalable, fault-tolerant, and highly available cloud infrastructure across AWS and OCI platforms
• Design and implement hybrid cloud connectivity solutions integrating cloud environments with on-premises data centers
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or OCI Resource Manager
• Configure and manage cloud networking components including VPCs, subnets, route tables, VPNs, Transit Gateways, load balancers, and DNS services
• Evaluate and recommend cloud services, architectures, and patterns aligned with technology roadmap and business objectives
• Lead cloud capacity planning, cost optimization, and resource governance initiatives
• Monitor cloud environments for performance, availability, cost, and security using tools such as AWS CloudWatch, OCI Monitoring, Datadog, or Splunk
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure, network, and application-related issues in production environments
• Manage patching, upgrades, and lifecycle maintenance activities for cloud-hosted systems
• Design and implement backup, disaster recovery (DR), and business continuity (BCP) solutions meeting defined RTO/RPO objectives
• Participate in on-call support rotations for production systems, ensuring rapid incident response and resolution
• Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence
• Implement and enforce cloud security best practices aligned with utility industry standards and cybersecurity policies
• Design and manage Identity and Access Management (IAM) frameworks, role-based access controls (RBAC), and least-privilege policies across AWS and OCI
• Support and maintain compliance with regulatory requirements including: NERC CIP (North American Electric Reliability Corporation Critical Infrastructure Protection), SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley Act), PCI-DSS (where applicable), Corporate Cybersecurity Policies and Standards
• Conduct cloud security assessments, vulnerability remediation, and risk mitigation activities
• Collaborate with the Cybersecurity team on cloud governance frameworks, security architecture reviews, and audit readiness
• Implement data encryption, secrets management, and network security controls (security groups, NACLs, WAF, etc.)
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated cloud infrastructure deployments and application releases
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and operational tasks using: Terraform / OpenTofu, Ansible, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps
• Implement monitoring, observability, and alerting solutions to proactively detect and respond to system anomalies
• Champion DevSecOps practices, embedding security controls into automated deployment pipelines
• Develop reusable automation frameworks and cloud modules to accelerate delivery across teams
• Support cloud-hosted and cloud-integrated utility applications, including: Customer Information Systems (CIS), Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), Outage Management Systems (OMS), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Energy Management Systems (EMS), Data Analytics and AI/ML Platforms
• Architect and implement secure integration patterns between enterprise IT and Operational Technology (OT) environments
• Collaborate with application and data teams to optimize cloud-hosted workloads for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency
• Develop and maintain architecture diagrams, technical documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Maintain cloud standards, policies, and governance frameworks in alignment with enterprise architecture
• Support internal and external audits and compliance reviews, providing documentation and evidence as required
• Actively participate in cloud architecture review boards and contribute to long-term technology roadmap planning
• Mentor junior cloud engineers and contribute to team knowledge sharing and capability development

Requirements:

• 7+ years of progressive cloud engineering experience in enterprise environments
• Demonstrated hands-on expertise with AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation, EKS, etc.)
• Hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) (Compute, Networking, Object Storage, IAM, OKE, etc.)
• Proven experience supporting mission-critical production systems with high availability requirements
• Strong background in Linux and Windows server administration
• Solid understanding of cloud networking, security architecture, and hybrid connectivity (VPN, Direct Connect, FastConnect)
• Experience with IaC tools (Terraform strongly preferred)
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Familiarity with regulatory compliance frameworks (NERC CIP, SOX, or similar)
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field
• Equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience may be considered
• Hands-on recent experience using Oracle Cloud implementation