Role: Lead Cloud Engineer
Location: Primarily remote, must reside in the approved hiring States (DC, MD, VA, WV, PA, DE, NJ, NC, TX, FL, NY)
Duration: 6 months Contract-to-Hire
Rate: Market
Summary: Client is looking for a Lead Cloud Engineer to support the implementation, 24x7 operational support, automation, availability, and performance management of CareFirst’s public cloud platforms. (80% Azure /10% AWS/10% Oracle Cloud). This infrastructure supports critical applications including Claims Processing, Enrollment, Financial and Portal Websites.
Responsible for leading the evaluation of application and infrastructure cloud readiness, and work on the cloud migration plan to support on-premise migration to a cloud service
This resource will be responsible for 1 week of 24/7 on call support every 10 weeks on a rotating basis.
- 15+ years of overall IT architecture, infrastructure, and/or administration experience
- 4+ years of hands-on experience in multi-cloud platforms (Storage, Network, Backup, Database Support) – Azure VM experience required
- Broad foundational IT skillset including supporting Azure Cloud services, Linux/Windows Operating Systems, server configurations (including networking, storage and security principals)
- Hands-on automation and scripting experience