Cloud Engineer II

Overview

The Cloud Engineer II role will participate in the design, implementation, and management of cloud-based workloads. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in managing cloud workloads, including but not limited to IaaS, IaC, PaaS, and DevSecOps methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage cloud-based solutions using appropriate AWS services.
• Work with cross functional teams to plan migration of on‑premises workloads to AWS.
• Deploy and maintain AWS infrastructure including EC2 instances, Lambdas, S3 buckets, RDS databases, PrivateLink, among others.
• Automate tasks and processes using AWS services.
• Manage legacy architectures running on EC2 platform.
• Monitor and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure and applications to ensure high availability, reliability, and security.
• Incorporate security requirements into workload implementations.
• Work closely with cross‑functional teams to understand workload requirements and provide technical solutions.
• Continuously evaluate and improve the performance, security, and cost efficiency of cloud infrastructure.
• Leverage and update tagging standards.
• Maintain environment documentation and runbooks.
• Design and implement business continuity policies for AWS workloads.
• This list of essential functions is non‑exhaustive and may be supplemented, as necessary.

Other Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, guidance, and mentoring for projects related to area of expertise.
• Provide exceptional customer service by understanding and anticipating customer needs.
• Demonstrate a positive and supportive attitude for company and department goals.
• Actively support collaboration with business units.
• Manage relationships with the business that promote service and support the organization.
• Apply the KFB corporate guiding principles of connectivity, championing people, customer service, and operational excellence in daily work and decision making.

Job Specifications

• Physical demands: Normal vision/hearing with or without correction; Reading; Speaking; Driving a car.
• Mental demands: Analytical reasoning; Prolonged concentration; Critical thinking; Ability to perform under stress; Influence management; Conflict resolution.
• Environmental factors: Data Center and Standard office lighting, temperature, and noise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or Equivalent Experience.
• At least 3 years of experience in cloud engineering, with a focus on AWS services.
• In‑depth knowledge of AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, AWS networking, AWS account management, and experience with cloud security frameworks.
• Experience with on‑premises to cloud migration projects.
• Ability to write and maintain scripts using languages such as Python and PowerShell.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
• Linux, Tomcat, Docker Administration.
• Cost Optimization.
• Job Automation/Scheduling.
• AWS Certifications a plus.
• Azure Certifications a plus.