Job Specifications
Title: Cloud Engineer
Duration: FTE/Permanent
Location: Onsite 1 day a week in Parsippany, NJ
Salary: 145-150k
Job Purpose
The Cloud Engineer is responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining secure, scalable, and resilient cloud infrastructure to support enterprise technology needs. This role requires a proactive professional who can work independently while collaborating with cross-functional teams, including development, DevOps, security, and operations. The Cloud Engineer will manage the full lifecycle of cloud environments, with a focus on performance optimization, security, automation, and cost efficiency.
Duties and Responsibilities
Design, deploy, and manage large-scale, complex cloud infrastructure solutions across AWS and Azure.
Develop and implement technical strategies that align with business objectives, ensuring performance, security, and cost-effectiveness.
Conduct architecture reviews and assessments to validate compliance with best practices and organizational standards.
Collaborate with Development, DevOps, and Security teams to optimize cloud environments for application reliability and security.
Serve as a primary escalation point for system support, troubleshooting, and resolving performance or connectivity issues in hybrid cloud environments.
Build and maintain automation scripts, infrastructure as code (IaC), and CI/CD pipelines.
Implement cloud security best practices and actively monitor environments for vulnerabilities and incidents.
Research emerging cloud technologies and recommend new tools or approaches to improve infrastructure.
Prepare and maintain technical documentation, including deployment plans, cost models, and operational procedures.
Ensure compliance with industry standards, governance frameworks, and security policies.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
7+ years of hands-on experience engineering and supporting AWS and Azure environments.
Proven expertise deploying and managing services such as Application Gateway, Containers, Kubernetes, S3, EC2, Lambda, RDS, and related cloud-native services.
Strong proficiency with automation tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation.
AWS and/or Azure certifications (Associate or Professional level preferred, ideally DevOps-focused).
Solid understanding of networking concepts, including VPC, DNS, VPN, NAT, subnet management, and monitoring with tools such as CloudWatch.
Experience working with REST APIs, VPC Endpoints, ECS, and a variety of database and caching services.
Strong scripting skills in Python, Ansible, or similar languages.
Knowledge of cloud security, IAM policy management, governance, and compliance practices.
Experience with DevOps methodologies and CI/CD platforms such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.
Familiarity with SaaS transformation, microservices architectures, and well-architected frameworks for AWS and Azure.
Experience with issue-tracking and documentation tools such as Jira and Confluence.
Excellent communication, prioritization, and analytical skills with a strong sense of ownership.
Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment and deliver high-quality solutions.
About the Company
Gotham Technology Group, LLC is in the business of providing guidance and direction to IT professionals. With sales offices in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York City, Gotham serves clients based throughout the Northeastern United States, and delivers goods and services across the globe.
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