Onsite C2C : AWS Cloud SME at Dallas, TX

AWS Cloud SME (Devops not workable)

Location:

Dallas, TX (Onsite) Duration: 6 Months CTH

NEED LOCAL ONLY

• Multi-cloud Infrastructure SME with hands‑on experience in AWS(primary), Azure, and GCP
• Strong experience with hybrid cloud networking (Direct Connect, Interconnect, Express Route), secure IAM management, and cloud security best practices
• Ability to deploy secure, scalable, and highly available resources using architectures provided by the Cloud Architect
• Expertise in Terraform, Stack Storm, and Ansible (modules, environments, remote state, CI/CD integration)
• The Cloud SME is the go‑to expert for AWS and Azure cloud platforms.
• This role designs, reviews, and supports cloud solutions to make sure they are secure, reliable, cost‑effective, and compliant.
• The SME guides teams, supports projects, resolves complex issues, and advises leadership and customers on cloud best practices.

• Design and review AWS and Azure cloud architectures (IaaS, PaaS, limited SaaS).
• Ensure solutions follow best practices for security, scalability, high availability, and DR.
• Support hybrid and multi‑cloud environments.
• Define standard architectures, templates, and guardrails.

• Act as Level‑3 / SME escalation for AWS and Azure issues.
• Troubleshoot complex issues related:
  Compute (EC2, Azure VMs);
  Storage (S3, EBS, Azure Blob, Disk);
  Networking (VPC, VNets, VPN, Load Balancers);
  Identity & Access (IAM, Azure AD).
• Support 24×7 operations model (on‑call or advisory).

• Enforce least‑privilege access, IAM best practices, and RBAC.
• Implement and review:
  Network security (NSG, Security Groups, NACLs);
  Encryption, Key Management (KMS, Key Vault);
  Logging and monitoring (Cloud Trail, Azure Monitor).
• Support compliance, audits, and security reviews.

• Drive automation using:
  Terraform / Cloud Formation / ARM / Bicep.
• Standardize repeatable builds and reduce manual work.
• Integrate cloud automation with CI/CD pipelines.

• Monitor cloud spend and optimize costs using:
  Budgets, alerts, tagging, and chargeback/showback models.
• Identify unused or oversized resources and recommend savings.

• Support cloud migration strategies:
  Lift‑and‑shift;
  Re‑platform;
  Refactor.
• Advise on application modernization, containers, and cloud‑native services.

• Act as technical advisor for:
  Project Managers;
  Delivery teams;
  Customers.
• Review designs, provide approvals, and mentor engineers.
• Create documentation, SOPs, and runbooks.

• AWS Services: EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, RDS, Cloud Watch, Route
  53, Lambda (basic)
• Azure Services:
  Azure VMs, VNets, Azure AD, Storage, Azure Monitor, Key Vault
• Strong understanding of:
  Networking;
  Security;
  Backup & DR;
  Monitoring & logging;
  Hands‑on experience with Terraform or equivalent IaC tools