Cloud Automation Engineer - Remote

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Cloud Automation Engineer for a CONTRACT assignment with one of our premier Financial Services clients in San Francisco, CA. This position is fully remote.

This role will be a key member of the National Integration Services (NIS) team, part of the Information Technology Services (ITS) department of the firm.
Work on projects that support business objectives for internal departments such as Cash, Markets, Statistics and Reserves, Bank Supervision and Regulation.
This is an exciting opportunity to work with NIS and broadly apply your engineering skills across various NIS technology solution efforts, as well as build your skills in other areas by being exposed to various aspects from inception through design, build, and deployment.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in defining technical requirements that outlines solution for enabling data analytics within an AWS cloud environment.
• Participate in developing architecture and design conceptual solutions by incorporating cloud native and 3rd party vendor products.
• Provide analysis of current state, future state, and define key outcomes for an IT data platform strategy.
• Participate in research and perform POCs (proofs of concept) with emerging technologies and adopt industry best practices in the data space for advancing the cloud data platform.
• Demonstrate automation through Infrastructure as a code to increase build efficiency in the cloud.
• Develop scripting to integrate multiple data sources to data and analytics platform.
• Build end to end automation to support and maintain software currency.
• Develop validation and certification process through automation tools.
• Develop multi-layered build, installation, configuration, patching, regression testing, and rollback scripts in each environment.
• Integrate platforms to form a cohesive data mesh and help democratize data.
• Create patching process to compare different versions of the configuration settings.
• Provide consulting and guidance on business solution development in the data and analytics space and cloud technologies.

Required Skills:

• 3+ years of Cloud/Automation Engineering experience
• 5+ years Unix/Linux administration experience
• Recent, demonstrable experience with automated build and system configuration tools such as Terraform, Packer, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Kubernetes, etc.
• Experience with common AWS services such as S3, EC2, ASG, ELB, SFTP, CloudFormation, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, Lambda, etc.
• AWS Certification and/or experience utilizing AWS services in a production environment
• Proven ability to design, implement and manage secure, scalable, and reliable cloud infrastructure environments
• Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Configuration as Code (CAC)
• Ability to design, build, manage and operate cloud infrastructure and configuration environments with a focus on automation and infrastructure as code
• Experience with source code management tools such as GIT, SVN, etc.
• Proven depth of knowledge and experience with Python scripting language
• Experience with a variety of other programming languages such as JSON, YAML, Boto3, etc.
• Strong knowledge of high-availability, load-balancing and failover configurations across application, infrastructure, and platform components
• Understanding of security design for enterprise software systems
• Experience with agile and DevOps in a cloud environment
• Proven ability to write clear and concise technical documents, including design documents, specifications and technology roadmaps

Preferred Skills:

• Working knowledge of other technology solutions such as IBM MQ, IBM MFT, IBM IIB, MuleSoft, Messaging brokers, File Transfer, IBM Sterling File Gateway, IBM Connect:Direct, IBM Sterling Proxy, etc.
• Familiarity with the implementation of CI/CD pipelines and test automation within CI/CD is a plus
• Practical experience and knowledge of Service Oriented Architecture, Microservices and API Management
• Experience with both internally to the organization facing integrations as well as externally facing solutions

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at .

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