Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. 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
Skills
- 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
Benefits
- 12 Months Contract with possible extension or potential to convert.
- Work model: remote, onsite
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