junior aws cloud engineer - Denver, United States - QUALIGENT

Description

Job Description

Job Description
Greetings to you, seeking a Junior AWS Cloud Engineer, Junior with a year of experience.


Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in the design, implementation, and maintenance of AWS cloud

infrastructure solutions.

• Collaborate with senior engineers to deploy and configure cloud services

according to best practices.

• Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues as they arise.
• Automate tasks using scripting languages such as Python or Bash.
• Document processes and procedures for reference and training purposes.
• Stay updated on AWS technologies and best practices.
• Optimize cloud resources for cost-efficiency by implementing best practices

and monitoring resource utilization.

• Maintain AWS resources using services such as EC2, S3, RDS, VPC,

Lambda, Opensearch, and Terraform.

• Automate deployment and configuration management processes using AWS

CodePipeline, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, OctopusDeploy, and other DevOps
tools.

• Ensure the security of AWS resources by implementing IAM roles, security

groups, and VPC configurations in compliance with industry standards.

• Monitor and troubleshoot AWS infrastructure, addressing performance,

availability, and security issues.

• Assist in disaster recovery planning and conduct routine backup and data

retention tasks.


Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Solid understanding of cloud computing concepts and AWS services and

infrastructure. 1 full year as minimum.

• AWS certification(s) is a plus but not required.
• Experience in at least one scripting language (e.g., Python, Bash).
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or AWS

CloudFormation.

• Basic experience with Linux
• Basic experience with DevOps tools and practices, including continuous

integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD).

• Good understanding of security best practices in AWS, including IAM, security

groups, and VPC configuration.

• Good experience with Containerization and building docker images and

running and troubleshooting docker containers.

• Experience with monitoring cloud based hosts and environments with stringent

SLAs

• Experience with HIPAA or SOC2 compliance would be a plus
• Ability to work well in a team environment and communicate effectively.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.