Cloud Engineer III - Remote
Who is Trace3? Trace3 is a leading Transformative IT Authority, providing unique technology solutions and consulting services to our clients. Equipped with elite engineering and dynamic innovation, we empower IT executives and their organizations to achieve competitive advantage through a process of Integrate, Automate, Innovate. Our culture at Trace3 embodies the spirit of a startup with the advantage of a scalable business. Employees can grow their career and have fun while doing it! Trace3 is headquartered in Irvine, California. We employ more than 1,200 people all over the United States. Our major field office locations include Denver, Indianapolis, Grand Rapids, Lexington, Los Angeles, Louisville, Texas, San Francisco. Ready to discover the possibilities that live in technology? Come Join Us! Street-Smart - Thriving in Dynamic Times We are flexible and resilient in a fast-changing environment. We continuously innovate and drive constructive change while keeping a focus on the “big picture.” We exercise sound business judgment in making high-quality decisions in a timely and cost-effective manner. We are highly creative and can dig deep within ourselves to find positive solutions to different problems. Juice - The “Stuff” it takes to be a Needle Mover We get things done and drive results. We lead without a title, empowering others through a can-do attitude. We look forward to the goal, mentally mapping out every checkpoint on the pathway to success, and visualizing what the final destination looks and feels like. Teamwork - Humble, Hungry and Smart We are humble individuals who understand how our job impacts the company's mission. We treat others with respect, admit mistakes, give credit where it’s due and demonstrate transparency. We “bring the weather” by exhibiting positive leadership and solution-focused thinking. We hug people in their trials, struggles, and failures – not just their success. We appreciate the individuality of the people around us. Must be a U.S. Citizen for this position JOB SUMMARY As a Cloud Engineer III (CEIII) you will provide engineering and transformation expertise to migrate and modernize the environment. Deploying architectures to support Working with a team to plan, assess requirements, design, and develop optimal and secure cloud-based solutions. Engineer must have exceptional problem-solving skills and have a greater understanding of the code base to identify and solve issues before an issue becomes systematic. All engineers on the team are key contributors to the overall program success providing vital services to our government customers. Engineers are expected to stay current with best practices, industry standards and advance current and existing certifications to obtain necessary approval for operating within the environment. SUMMARY OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS Design, provision and deploy AWS infrastructure (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch and related services) following industry best practices and organization standards. Execute cloud migrations with minimal downtime, ensuring data integrity and application continuity across environments. Implement Zero Trust architecture principles throughout infrastructure and systems to ensure security posture. Configure and manage identity and access management (IAM) policies, active directory integration for role-based access controls. Produce internal and customer facing documentation for the configuration and use of deployed systems. Configure and manage active directory services for system, application and environment access including security and group policies within active directory. Implement security controls and hardening measures to meet compliance requirements and organizational security standards as implemented. Conduct security assessments of cloud resources and remediate identified vulnerabilities Monitor system and application performance metrics using CloudWatch and other observability tools to assess, provide recommendations on and take action in order to resolve performance issues. Perform root cause analysis on incidents and recommend corrective actions to prevent recurrence Maintain and enhance documentation of infrastructure configurations for all environments. Provide reports and actions taken necessary to work as a team and enable handoff of issues within and between teams. Evaluate and make recommendations on cloud and system technologies including executing proof-of-concept and minimum viable product testing as part of program engineering efforts. Support application migrations into infrastructure as code and cloud native approach. Provide feedback and revision to customer-based requirements when core program direction and requirements do not align Ability to build strong and friendly relationships with partners, stakeholders and customers to limit escalated issues. Experience in troubleshooting, developing and deploying containerized applications and system workloads using Docker, includin