Cloud Engineer

Tech Consulting; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic technical consulting firm is seeking a full-time consultant to work in a Linux environment. The ideal candidate will have 1–3 years of experience, with skills in Linux operations, networking fundamentals, and basic scripting. The position offers a competitive salary range of $30,000 to $35,000 annually. Join our rapidly growing company to advance your technical career.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience in a related field.
• Ability to manage file permissions and user management.
• Familiarity with foundational networking concepts.

Responsibilities

• Perform basic file operations in a Linux environment.
• Understand and manage basic networking tasks.
• Utilize scripting for task automation.

Skills

Basic Linux operations

IP addressing and subnetting

Basic shell scripting (Bash)

Understanding of CI/CD

Basic Docker knowledge

Soft skills: problem-solving

Tools

Git

Jenkins

AWS

Job description

Overview

This range is provided by Tech Consulting. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range: $30,000.00/yr - $35,000.00/yr

Location: [Anywhere in USA]

Experience: 1–3 years

Employment Type: Full-Time

No Sponsorship: NO SPONSORSHIP

Are you excited about taking your technical career to new heights with a full-time, W-2 role as a consultant in a dynamic and rapidly growing company? If you are, let’s get in touch – your interest is the first step to starting the conversation.

Responsibilities

• Work in a Linux terminal (CLI) environment and perform basic file operations (create, copy, move, delete files/folders).
• Understand and manage file and directory permissions, ownership, and basic user management.
• Use common Linux utilities such as grep, top, df, ps, and chmod.

Qualifications

• 2. Basic Networking Fundamentals
• Understanding of IP addressing, subnetting, and the meaning of private/public IPs.
• Knowledge of DNS (Domain Name System) and how name resolution works.
• Familiarity with HTTP/HTTPS, ports, and firewalls at a high level.

• 3. Scripting Basics
• Ability to read and write basic shell scripts (Bash) to automate repetitive tasks.
• Some hands-on experience or learning in Python for simple scripting or tool use.
• Comfortable using Git for source code management, including cloning repositories, committing changes, pushing/pulling code, and creating branches.
• Familiar with GitHub.

• 5. CI/CD Concepts
• Basic understanding of Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD).
• Awareness of tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps, even if not deeply experienced.
• Understand how code moves from development to production in an automated way.
• Awareness of Docker and the basic purpose of containers, and a high-level understanding of containers vs. virtual machines.
• Basic idea of Docker images and containers.
• Awareness of cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure; understanding of virtual machines, storage, and networking in the cloud, and why organizations use the cloud (scalability, flexibility, cost-efficiency).

• Bonus Skills (Nice to Have)
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Basic idea of Terraform for defining cloud infrastructure.
• Monitoring and Logging: Awareness of tools like Prometheus and Grafana.
• Basic YAML knowledge: Helpful for Kubernetes and GitHub Actions.

• Soft Skills
• Willingness to learn, good problem-solving attitude, ability to follow documentation and troubleshoot issues, and comfort working in a team and asking questions when stuck.

Notes

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