AWS Cloud Engineer 3 at Boston Medical Center

Team members in this role will administer, maintain, and ensure technologies are available and can support the critical needs of the business.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline; equivalent experience acceptable.

EXPERIENCE:

• 5-7 years related work experience required in as an IT Systems Engineer with at least 3-4 years working exclusively on AWS.
• Minimum 3 years of experience with AWS Cloud Services (S3, EC2, RDS, VPC, KMS, SNS, etc.)
• AWS Certifications, Cloud Practitioner, PLUS Associate or Professional level Architect a plus
• Healthcare domain knowledge and working in regulated environments is a plus (HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC2)

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Experience with monitoring systems such as CloudWatch and other industry standard visibility platforms (DataDog, Dynatrace, New Relic, etc.)
• Experience with Logging and log monitoring (CloudWatch and CloudTrail) both for performance, security, and compliance efforts
• Proficiency with one or more scripting languages (python, json, yaml, bash, etc.)
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), including CloudFormation and/or Terraform
• Understanding of CI/CD on AWS platform
• Expert knowledge of AWS network and security features (VPC, Security Groups, NACLs, ALB/NLB, Transit Gateway, etc.)
• Experience building applications with native services and serverless architecture (Lambda) on AWS platform
• Strong understanding of Identity and Access Management (IAM), SSO Integration
• Strong understanding of high-availability solutioning (multi-AZ / regions, Backup, Snapshotting, archiving)
• Demonstrated history of moving mission-critical applications from the datacenter to AWS
• Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by precedents, policies, and objectives. Regularly makes decisions and recommendations on issues affecting a department or functional area.
• Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are highly varied, complex, and often non-recurring, requiring staff input, innovative, creative, and Lean diagnostic techniques to resolve issues.
• Ability to effectively adapt to rapidly changing technology and apply it to business needs
• Understanding of the enterprise business and business processes
• knowledge of business unit functions and cross-group dependencies/relationships
• Ability to anticipate user requirements and identify and resolve complex problems with minimal supervision
• strong customer service and communications skills
• Good judgment and analytical skills
• Strong follow-up and organizational skills.
• Ability to assess internal and external communication practices, anticipate future network requirements, and research and analyze emerging technologies.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The AWS Cloud Engineer 3 role at Boston Medical Center (BMC) will be responsible for all technological and operational duties associated with AWS cloud computing; including design, planning, management, optimization, maintenance, and support. The candidate should have strong experience and understanding of public cloud technologies, specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS). The Cloud Engineer 3 will provide value and be a primary source of knowledge in building secure, compliant, reliable, and cost-effective AWS solutions. Team members in this role will administer, maintain, and ensure technologies are available and can support the critical needs of the business. Strong communication skills and the ability to build/maintain/grow new relationships will ensure you can execute effectively in this role.

Position: AWS Cloud Engineer 3

Department: ITS Network / Tech Support

Schedule: Full Time

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES:

The AWS Cloud Engineer 3 role at Boston Medical Center (BMC) will be responsible for all technological and operational duties associated with AWS cloud computing; including design, planning, management, optimization, maintenance, and support. The candidate should have strong experience and understanding of public cloud technologies, specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS).

• Define, document, and implement BMC policies for cloud-based systems (Landing Zone, Control Tower, IAM, Config, SCP)
• Documenting changes and workflow in an Agile environment (Jira, Confluence, Jira SM)
• Clearly communicating with IT and non-IT professionals to ensure effective use of all cloud services
• Review AWS Cost Explorer, CloudHealth, Trusted Advisor and other tools to provide optimization of all resource use/cost.
• Strong ability to learn new technologies quickly and in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to drive and assist in the implementation of services to standardize cloud environment
• Ability to assess on-premises workloads and profile requirements needed to support in AWS
• (The above statements in this job description are intended to depict the general nature and level of work assigned to the employee(s) in this job. The above is not intended to represent an exhaustive list of accountable duties and responsibilities required).

JOB REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline; equivalent experience acceptable.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED:

None

EXPERIENCE:

5-7 years related work experience required in as an IT Systems Engineer with at least 3-4 years working exclusively on AWS.

Minimum 3 years of experience with AWS Cloud Services (S3, EC2, RDS, VPC, KMS, SNS, etc.)

AWS Certifications, Cloud Practitioner, PLUS Associate or Professional level Architect a plus

Healthcare domain knowledge and working in regulated environments is a plus (HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC2)

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

Experience with monitoring systems such as CloudWatch and other industry standard visibility platforms (DataDog, Dynatrace, New Relic, etc.)

Experience with Logging and log monitoring (CloudWatch and CloudTrail) both for performance, security, and compliance efforts

Proficiency with one or more scripting languages (python, json, yaml, bash, etc.)

Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), including CloudFormation and/or Terraform

Understanding of CI/CD on AWS platform

Expert knowledge of AWS network and security features (VPC, Security Groups, NACLs, ALB/NLB, Transit Gateway, etc.)

Experience building applications with native services and serverless architecture (Lambda) on AWS platform

Strong understanding of Identity and Access Management (IAM), SSO Integration

Strong understanding of high-availability solutioning (multi-AZ / regions, Backup, Snapshotting, archiving)

Demonstrated history of moving mission-critical applications from the datacenter to AWS

Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by precedents, policies, and objectives. Regularly makes decisions and recommendations on issues affecting a department or functional area.

Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are highly varied, complex, and often non-recurring, requiring staff input, innovative, creative, and Lean diagnostic techniques to resolve issues.

Ability to effectively adapt to rapidly changing technology and apply it to business needs

Understanding of the enterprise business and business processes

knowledge of business unit functions and cross-group dependencies/relationships

Ability to anticipate user requirements and identify and resolve complex problems with minimal supervision

strong customer service and communications skills

Good judgment and analytical skills

Strong follow-up and organizational skills.

Ability to assess internal and external communication practices, anticipate future network requirements, and research and analyze emerging technologies.