Cloud Engineer II

Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Ins Co•Louisville, KY

About The Position

The Cloud Engineer II role will participate in the design, implementation, and management of cloud-based workloads. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in managing cloud workloads, including but not limited to IaaS, IaC, PaaS, and DevSecOps methodologies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, and experience.
2-4 years of experience in cloud engineering, with a focus on AWS services.
In-depth knowledge of AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, AWS networking, AWS account management, and experience with cloud security frameworks.
Experience with on premises to cloud migration projects.
Ability to write and maintain scripts using languages such as Python and PowerShell.
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
Linux, Tomcat, Docker Administration.
Cost Optimization.
Job Automation/Scheduling.

Nice To Haves

AWS Certifications a plus.
Azure Certifications a plus.

Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and manage cloud-based solutions using appropriate AWS services.
Collaborate with cross functional teams to plan migration of on-premises workloads to AWS.
Deploy and maintain AWS infrastructure including EC2 instances, Lambdas, S3 buckets, RDS databases, PrivateLink, among others.
Automate tasks and processes using AWS services.
Manage legacy architectures running on EC2 platform.
Monitor and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure and applications to ensure high availability, reliability, and security.
Incorporate security requirements into workload implementations.
Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand workload requirements and provide technical solutions.
Continuously evaluate and improve the performance, security, and cost efficiency of cloud infrastructure.
Leverage and update tagging standards.
Maintain environment documentation and runbooks.
Design and implement business continuity policies for AWS workloads.
Maintain regular, predictable attendance.
Provide leadership, guidance, and mentoring for projects related to area of expertise.
Provide exceptional customer service by understanding and anticipating customer needs.
Demonstrate a positive and supportive attitude for company and department goals.
Actively support collaboration with business units.
Manage relationships with the business that promotes service and supports the organization.
Apply the KFB corporate guiding principles of connectivity, championing people, customer service, and operational excellence in daily work and decision making.