Cloud Engineer

Kforce Inc; Covington (KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kforce Inc is seeking a Cloud Engineer for a Covington, KY client. You will monitor and support cloud infrastructure across Azure and AWS, perform data rehydration from archival backups, and coordinate with cross-functional teams during recovery events.

Responsibilities include restoring data from multiple storage tiers, optimizing rehydration processes, and developing automation to streamline workflows. Strong scripting, Kubernetes experience, and excellent communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
• 2+ years of experience in Cloud Operations, DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure Operations.
• Hands-on experience with Azure storage services including Blob Storage, Archive Storage, Backup, and Recovery Services Vault.
• Knowledge of cloud data lifecycle management, backup strategies, and archival storage.
• Experience with PowerShell, Python, Bash, or other automation scripting languages.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.
• Experience with Kubernetes and containerized environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, maintain, and support cloud infrastructure across Azure and AWS environments to ensure system availability, reliability, and operational stability
• Execute end-to-end data rehydration and recovery activities from cloud archival and backup services
• Restore data from Azure Blob Archive Tier, Azure Backup, Azure Recovery Services Vault, AWS S3 Glacier, and other long-term storage solutions
• Monitor and manage and optimize rehydration processes to ensure successful data retrieval within defined SLAs
• Coordinate with application, infrastructure, database, and business teams during recovery events
• Track and manage rehydration requests and provide status updates to stakeholders throughout the restoration lifecycle
• Validate data integrity, completeness, and accessibility following rehydration activities
• Document rehydration activities, recovery outcomes, and operational lessons learned to support compliance, audit, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Provide operational support for Azure cloud infrastructure including AKS, App Services, Function Apps, Storage Accounts, VMSS, Virtual Machines, Key Vault, Logic app and networking services
• Perform operational support for AWS services including S3, EC2, and storage recovery solutions
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to cloud platforms, storage, networking, and application issues impacting retrieval operations
• Ensure high availability, reliability and performance of critical cloud services, while supporting successful execution of restoration processes
• Develop automation solutions using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar scripting languages to streamline rehydration workflows
• Automate validation, reporting, and notification processes associated with rehydration operations
• Continuously optimize recovery procedures to reduce restoration times and operational effort

Skills

Cloud Operations

DevOps

SRE

Automation scripting

Communication

Stakeholder mgmt

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Azure Blob Storage

Azure Archive Storage

Azure Backup

Recovery Services Vault

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

PowerShell

Python

Bash

Job description

Responsibilities

Kforce has a client in Covington, KY that is seeking a Cloud Engineer.

• Monitor, maintain, and support cloud infrastructure services across Azure and AWS environments to ensure system availability, reliability, and operational stability
• Execute end-to-end data rehydration and recovery activities from cloud archival and backup services
• Restore data from Azure Blob Archive Tier, Azure Backup, Azure Recovery Services Vault, AWS S3 Glacier, and other long-term storage solutions
• Monitor and manage and optimize rehydration processes to ensure successful data retrieval within defined SLAs
• Coordinate with application, infrastructure, database, and business teams during recovery events
• Track and manage rehydration requests and provide status updates to stakeholders throughout the restoration lifecycle
• Validate data integrity, completeness, and accessibility following rehydration activities
• Document rehydration activities, recovery outcomes, and operational lessons learned to support compliance, audit, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Provide operational support for Azure cloud infrastructure including AKS, App Services, Function Apps, Storage Accounts, VMSS, Virtual Machines, Key Vault, Logic app and networking services
• Perform operational support for AWS services including S3, EC2, and storage recovery solutions
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to cloud platforms, storage, networking, and application issues impacting retrieval operations
• Ensure high availability, reliability and performance of critical cloud services, while supporting successful execution of restoration processes
• Develop automation solutions using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar scripting languages to streamline rehydration workflows
• Automate validation, reporting, and notification processes associated with rehydration operations
• Continuously optimize recovery procedures to reduce restoration times and operational effort

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field
• 2+ years of experience in Cloud Operations, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Infrastructure Operations
• Hands-on experience with Azure storage services including Blob Storage, Archive Storage, Backup, and Recovery Services Vault
• Knowledge of cloud data lifecycle management, backup strategies, and archival storage
• Experience with PowerShell, Python, Bash, or other automation scripting languages
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps
• Experience with Kubernetes and containerized environments
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.