Cloud Engineer-Advisor (AWS)
About The Position
As a valued contributor, the Cloud Engineer-Advisor applies advanced principles and techniques to the design and development of IT infrastructure environments, including coding, testing, and certifying technology platforms, software, and applications. The role provides technical direction and solutions to technical business problems. The position focuses on strategic cloud infrastructure engineering in a large enterprise. The individual contributor partners with peers at Manager and Senior Manager levels and works with large-scale public cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, and GCP. The role covers secure, scalable cloud infrastructure, hands-on solution development, collaboration across business and technology teams, and guidance for engineers and stakeholders.
Requirements
- At least 6 years of hands-on experience engineering cloud platforms.
- Bachelor's degree required; the posting also describes a bachelor's degree or equivalent as a desired experience.
- Ability to engineer resilient, highly available cloud solutions in secure multi-cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- Deep knowledge of cloud infrastructure, network architecture, security, and identity management.
- Experience building cloud environments, including accounts and VPCs, and software-defined networking that enables connectivity across enterprise platforms.
- Ability to design fault-tolerant platforms and implement failover and recovery strategies.
- Skill in DevOps and modern CI/CD methodologies and tools.
- Experience automating cloud orchestration with Infrastructure as Code to scale services.
- Experience with cloud-native development frameworks and tools, such as VPC, Lambda, and SNS.
- Understanding of cloud scalability and right-sizing resources to meet platform computing needs.
- Ability to use analytics and KPIs to continuously evolve and improve cloud platforms.
- Knowledge of modern cloud architecture and holistic developer experience.
- Ability to advise technical and non-technical stakeholders on cloud strategy and solutions.
- Strong problem-solving, critical-thinking, and analytical skills.
- Tools and technologies listed include AWS; Terraform, CloudFormation, JSON, YAML, and ARM Templates; Shell Script, Python, PHP, JavaScript, Perl, Ruby, and AWS Step Functions; Linux; CI/CD; cloud networking, VPCs, and load balancing; security, access control, and data encryption; and compliance practices.
Nice To Haves
- Cloud certifications.
- Experience working in mission-critical environments.
- Experience in team building, collaboration, and facilitation of cloud engineering in a large multinational Fortune 500 enterprise.
- Extensive experience with secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and proven leadership capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute strategic cloud infrastructure plans and drive best practices.
- Design and implement cloud strategies and architectures.
- Build modern, robust solutions through hands-on coding.
- Promote continuous improvement and innovation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align cloud solutions with business goals.
- Stay current with cloud technologies and industry trends.
- Develop technical documentation and executive-level presentations.
- Mentor junior engineers and help train and develop mid-senior-level engineers.
- Ensure cloud solutions integrate with existing systems.
- Identify and mitigate risks and troubleshoot complex issues.
- Advocate for cloud best practices and standards.
- Provide technical direction and solutions to technical business problems.
Benefits
- Broad health, life, voluntary lifestyle, and other benefits and perks supporting physical, mental, emotional, and financial well-being.
- Eligible to participate in a Fannie Mae incentive program, subject to program terms.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
