AWS Cloud Engineer

ThoughtStorm; Toronto; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ThoughtStorm is seeking an experienced AWS cloud professional for design, build, and operations of cloud-based production systems in the Public Health domain. You will manage AWS resources, including VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, API Gateway, Lambda, and database services, while ensuring security, scalability, and compliance.

The role requires deep Linux administration skills, expertise with containers (Kubernetes, Docker) and DevOps tooling (GitLab, CI/CD).

Qualifications

• 10+ years in IT field with AWS cloud production systems
• Experience with public sector healthcare projects and governance
• Strong knowledge of cloud security models and IAM
• Proficient in Linux administration, scripting and hardening
• Experience with Kubernetes and Docker container solutions
• Experience with CI/CD tools and DevOps practices

Responsibilities

• Provide AWS cloud platform expertise for design, build and support in Public Health domain
• Ensure availability, performance, security, and scalability of cloud systems
• Monitor production logs and proactively implement improvements
• Create detailed system design documentation and integration plans
• Develop and maintain automation for deployment and safeguards against unauthorized access

Skills

AWS cloud

Kubernetes

Docker

Linux/Unix

Security

CI/CD

APIs integration

Public sector healthcare

Tools

GitLab

Jenkins

Confluence

Jira

Job description

• Creation, management, and maintenance of AWS & related cloud-based production system.
• Deployment and automation of packages for cloud-based system.
• Excellent knowledge in managing AWS resources and configuring Amazon VPC, AWS Firewall, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, auto-scaling, AWS IAM, Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon API Gateway, AWS Lambda, Amazon Aurora DB, Amazon Redshift, Active MQ, AWS CloudTrail, AWS CloudWatch, and other services in the AWS family.
• Knowledge of the following Amazon Web Services (AWS) technologies – Amazon Connect, Amazon Pinpoint, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Kinesis Data Streams and Amazon Polly.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise in AWS cloud platform.
• Provide design, build and support for cloud environments to create solutions for Public Health domain.
• Provide expertise on Linux operating system like Red-Hat including installation, troubleshooting, hardening and scripting to automate.
• The role will monitor and assess the performance of applications in a cloud environment to ensure solutions are available.
• Participate to create, test and implement safeguards to maintain data integrity and protect against unauthorized access.
• Regularly review production logs, providing analysis & suggestions to implement measures in a proactive manner.
• Hands-on experience with microservices and distributed application architecture, such as containers, Kubernetes, and/or serverless technology.
• Provide detailed documentation for system design, integration, configuration, development and implementation of related activities.
• Develop and maintain system design models, technical documentation and specifications.
• Produce integration plans, inputs into configuration and development project.

Qualifications

• Public Sector Experience
• 5+ years of experience working with federal/provincial/broader public-sector healthcare providers.
• Knowledge of Public Sector Enterprise Architecture artifacts (or similar), processes and practices, and ability to produce technical documentation that comply with industry standard practices.
• In-depth knowledge of industry standard such as Project Management Institute (PMI) and Public Sector I&IT project management methodologies.
• Knowledge and experience with Public Sector Health related projects.
• Knowledge and understanding of Ministry policy and IT project approval processes and requirements.
• Experience adopting and adhering to Public Sector Unified I&IT Project Methodology, Public Sector Enterprise Architecture and Public Sector Gating process, and Public Sector Standard Systems Development Methodologies.
• Experience with large complex IT Health-related projects.

Required Skills

• 10+ years of experience in IT field:
• Creation, management, and maintenance of AWS & related cloud-based production system.
• Deployment and automation of packages for cloud-based system.
• Ensuring availability, performance, security, and scalability of AWS & related production systems.
• Excellent knowledge in managing AWS resources and configuring Amazon VPC, AWS Firewall, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, auto-scaling, AWS IAM, Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon API Gateway, AWS Lambda, Amazon Aurora DB, Amazon Redshift, Active MQ, AWS CloudTrail, AWS CloudWatch, and other services in the AWS family.
• Knowledge of the following Amazon Web Services (AWS) technologies – Amazon Connect, Amazon Pinpoint, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Kinesis Data Streams and Amazon Polly.
• 5+ years working experience of Unix/Linux operating systems like Solaris and Red-Hat including installation, troubleshooting, hardening and scripting to automate.
• 3+ years with administration of Kubernetes and Docker container solutions.
• Proven implementation of cloud security models, particularly identity, network, and encryption.
• Knowledge of Gitlab or other DevOps tools and CI/CD integration.
• Knowledge of Salesforce solution and MuleSoft API integration.
• Provision of critical system security by leveraging best practices and prolific cloud security solutions.

Preferred Skills

• 10+ years of experience with:
• Production environment troubleshooting and tuning to improve application performance.
• Developing and maintaining system design models, technical documentation and specifications.
• Experience setting up development environments and mechanism using tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Maven and Jenkins or similar tools.
• Experience in build tools like Git, Ansible, Chef, Puppet etc. for continuous integration.
• Knowledge of container-based virtualization technology like Docker.
• Integration experience in building and using APIs.
• Experience applying industry web, architectural and security standards and best practices.
• Experience in mobile device management for various versions of cellular and tablets.
• Providing recommendations for architecture and process improvements.
• Definition and deployment of systems for metrics, logging, and monitoring on AWS and related platform.
• Designing, maintenance and management of tools for automation of different operational processes.
• Evaluation of new technology alternatives and vendor products.