Ia-Dom-Doit-Intscloud​/Platform​/Systems Specialist

Job Title

IA-DOM-DOIT-INTS4 Cloud/Platform/Systems Specialist

Des Moines, IA (Onsite)

12+ months contract

Web Cam or In Person Interview

• 5 or More Years of Experience Required in the Following Areas

Bridges on-premises infrastructure with AWS cloud services, aligning with the shift toward cloud-centric operations.

• Designing and administering AWS environments (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3) to support enterprise workloads.
• Creating hybrid workload patterns where identity, authentication, and application services function seamlessly across cloud and on-premises systems.
• Migrating legacy systems to AWS, including developing modernization roadmaps and workload readiness assessments.
• Documenting system architectures and producing AWS architecture diagrams showing network topology, dependencies, and service interactions.

Supports issues escalated from Service Desk, Applications, Networking, or automation teams.

• Diagnosing complex AWS identity, network, or compute issues affecting dependent applications.
• Documenting troubleshooting workflows, root causes, and long-term mitigation strategies.
• Guiding teams through hybrid dependency failures such as directory sync disruptions, routing conflicts, or misconfigured IAM policies.

Monitors, optimizes, and maintains cloud and on-premises compute, storage, networking, and identity components.

• Eliminate single points of failure in design patterns.
• Provide backup, recovery, and DR to meet all RTO/RPO requirements.
• Implement performance dashboards covering compute utilization, storage I/O, and network throughput across AWS and on-premises environments.
• Conduct root cause analysis for performance issues and document remediation steps.
• Identify cost optimization opportunities through instance rightsizing, storage tier adjustments, and lifecycle automation.
• Maintain architecture diagrams, standards, IaC manifests, and operational procedures in version-controlled environments.
• Prepare change impact statements for major infrastructure modifications.
• Create release documentation for platform updates promoted through CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure consistency across platform standards, enforcement rules, and automation artifacts.

• Defining IaC patterns and collaborating on Terraform module designs.
• Documenting provisioning workflows, configuration standards, and parameter usage for automated deployments.
• Supporting CI/CD infrastructure pipelines that promote test, staging, and production environments through automated checks.
• Collaborate with engineering and application teams to optimize workloads for hybrid cloud environments.
• Provide guidance on migration strategies, performance tuning, and cost optimization for hybrid-cloud deployments.

Maintain comprehensive documentation for hybrid cloud architecture, operational procedures, and automation workflows. Ensure documentation supports knowledge transfer and compliance audits.

Implements and documents platform controls across cloud and on-premises environments. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Enforcing AWS guardrails such as encryption, MFA, IAM role boundaries, and network segmentation.
• Producing audit evidence packages (configuration exports, pipeline logs, screenshots).
• Documenting platform hardening guidelines for compute, identity, and storage systems.
• Creating policy interpretation guides to clarify required platform configurations for other technical teams.
• Writing operational guides, onboarding materials, and how-to documentation for AWS and hybrid operations.
• Delivering platform standards, architecture reference materials, and annotated diagrams explaining system interactions.
• Producing executive-level briefings summarizing modernization progress and platform initiatives.