Cloud Engineer – Contract

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🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

☁️ Cloud Engineer

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66degrees

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501 - 1000 employees

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

📣 Marketing

Healthcare • Logistics • Marketing

66degrees is a consulting and technology company that specializes in transforming customer experiences and business operations by leveraging innovative cloud, data, and AI solutions. They offer a broad spectrum of services including AI and machine learning, data platform modernization, cloud engineering, and managed solutions. By assisting businesses in modernizing infrastructure and applications, 66degrees enables data-driven decision-making and enhanced productivity. The company focuses on creating AI-powered enterprises and improving stakeholder collaboration and customer engagement across various industries such as retail, financial services, healthcare, and more.

📋 Description

• Lead collaborations with architects and teams to design highly scalable and resilient infrastructure solutions on GCP. • Drive the implementation of advanced Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles using tools like Terraform or Google Cloud Deployment Manager to automate intricate infrastructure provisioning and management. • Spearhead the integration of DevOps methodologies, guiding developers to establish sophisticated CI/CD pipelines within the cloud ecosystem. • Assume a leadership role in implementing and enforcing stringent security measures and ensuring robust compliance with data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA) in the GCP environment. • Architect and establish comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions to guarantee the continuous health and availability of all infrastructure components. • Formulate and oversee comprehensive backup and disaster recovery strategies and procedures for mission-critical systems. • Proactively identify, analyze, and mitigate complex performance bottlenecks, continually optimizing infrastructure for maximum efficiency. • Take charge of diagnosing and swiftly resolving intricate infrastructure issues, providing expert guidance and support. • Drive comprehensive documentation of cloud architecture, configurations, and processes, ensuring a clear knowledge repository and promoting thorough system understanding. • Lead cross-functional collaboration with diverse teams, including data scientists, engineers, analysts, and software developers, ensuring alignment with requirements and delivering innovative solutions.

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with cloud platforms, specifically GCP, showcasing expertise in designing, deploying, and managing cloud-based infrastructure. • Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, Deployment Manager, or similar platforms. • In-depth understanding of GCP services such as Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Storage, Networking, and IAM, coupled with familiarity in container orchestration using Kubernetes. • Experienced in deploying and optimizing Google Cloud Data services such as BigQuery, Cloud SQL, Dataflow, Firestore, Cloud Bigtable, Dataproc, and Pub/Sub for efficient data storage, processing, and analytics within GCP environments. • Skilled in scripting languages like Python and Bash for automation and configuration management, and proficient in managing both Linux and Windows OS. • Strong grasp of security best practices, compliance frameworks (e.g., CIS, GDPR, HIPAA), and experience implementing them. • Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration abilities, both independently and within teams. • Passion for technology and continuous learning. • GCP Professional Cloud Architect or Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer certification (preferred). • A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related or equivalent work experience required.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • 401(k) retirement plans • Remote work options • Professional development opportunities