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Why hire a cloud engineer? ↓

Skills to look for ↓

Resources for hiring ↓

You might hire a cloud engineer to:

  • Work in tandem with the engineering team to identify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the company

  • Define and document best practices and strategies regarding application deployment and infrastructure maintenance

  • Provide guidance, thought leadership, and mentorship to development teams to build cloud competencies

  • Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards of code quality and thoughtful design

  • Managing cloud environments in accordance with company security guidelines

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Required Skills and qualifications Preferred skills and qualifications
3+ years of experience architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions on AWS platforms
 AWS certifications are a plus
Understanding of and experience with the five pillars of a well-architected framework
 Knowledge of web services, API, REST, and RPC
Experience in several of the following areas: database architecture, ETL, business intelligence, big data, machine learning, advanced analytics
  
Proven ability to collaborative with multi-disciplinary teams of business analysts, developers, data scientists, and subject matter experts
  
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