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Cloud SME

Inficare Technologies3 months ago
Lake Dallas, TX, United States
Hybrid
Full-time
Junior Level (1-3 years)
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Job Description

Job Title: Cloud SME

Location: Dallas, TX (Hybrid)

Job Type: Contract to Hire

Duration: 6 Months

Experience: 8+ years

Our client is seeking an experienced Cloud Subject Matter Expert to serve as the go-to authority for AWS and Azure cloud platforms. This individual will design, review, and support cloud solutions ensuring they are secure, reliable, cost-effective, and compliant - while guiding engineering teams, resolving complex issues, and advising leadership on cloud best practices.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and review AWS and Azure cloud architectures (IaaS, PaaS, limited SaaS) with emphasis on security, scalability, high availability, and disaster recovery
  • Act as Level-3 / SME escalation point for complex AWS and Azure infrastructure issues (Compute, Storage, Networking, Identity & Access)
  • Support 24x7 operations model on an on-call or advisory basis
  • Enforce least-privilege access, IAM best practices, and RBAC; implement and review network security, encryption, and key management controls
  • Drive infrastructure automation using Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, or Bicep; integrate with CI/CD pipelines
  • Monitor and optimize cloud spend using budgets, alerts, tagging, and chargeback/showback models
  • Support cloud migration strategies including lift-and-shift, re-platform, and refactor
  • Mentor engineers, review architecture designs, create SOPs, runbooks, and operational documentation

Required Skills

  • AWS: EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, RDS, CloudWatch, Route53, Lambda
  • Azure: Azure VMs, VNets, Azure AD, Storage, Azure Monitor, Key Vault
  • Security: NSG, Security Groups, NACLs, KMS, CloudTrail, RBAC, least-privilege IAM
  • IaC: Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM Templates, Bicep
  • Core Disciplines: Networking, Backup & DR, Monitoring & Logging, Cost Optimization, High Availability

Preferred Skills

  • Experience with containers and cloud-native modernization (Kubernetes, Docker)
  • Familiarity with multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments
  • Background in cloud migration planning and execution

Location & Work Model

Dallas, TX - Hybrid

Engagement Details

6-Month Contract to Hire engagement. Candidates must be available to support a 24x7 operations model on an on-call or advisory basis.