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KORE1, a nationwide provider of staffing and recruiting solutions, has an immediate opening for an AWS Cloud Operations Manager: management of IaaS, IaC / DevOps, Security, etc.; degree & AWS cert req
The Manager, AWS Cloud Operations is responsible for managing and optimizing cloud infrastructure hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to ensure high availability, security, and performance. This role oversees the day-to-day operations, including monitoring, automation, cost management, and incident response, while leading a team of cloud operations engineers and collaborating with various departments. The Manager, AWS Cloud Operations also plays a key role in ensuring scalability, implementing security best practices, and aligning cloud operations with business objectives.
Key areas of focus include resource optimization, disaster recovery, compliance, and driving automation and infrastructure improvements using DevOps practices. This position requires a strong understanding of AWS services, cloud management tools, and cloud security protocols to ensure that the infrastructure meets the company's performance and security standards.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES:
- Cloud Infrastructure Management: Oversee the design, deployment, and management of AWS infrastructure and services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, etc.). Ensure the availability, reliability, and scalability of cloud environments. Manage and monitor AWS resources, ensuring optimal performance and cost efficiency. Perform capacity planning and implement autoscaling policies to handle traffic fluctuations.
- Monitoring and Incident Management: Set up and maintain monitoring tools (e.g., Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail) to track the health and performance of cloud resources. Respond to incidents and troubleshoot issues within AWS environments to ensure minimal downtime.
- Security and Compliance: Enforce AWS security best practices. Ensure HIPAA compliance and company policies regarding data security and privacy. Work with the security team to regularly assess and enhance security policies.
- Cost Optimization: Analyze and optimize AWS spending, implementing cost control strategies such as Reserved Instances, spot instances, and rightsizing resources. Provide reports on cloud costs and resource usage, and recommend strategies for cost savings.mUse tools like AWS Cost Explorer and Trusted Advisor to monitor spending and identify inefficiencies.
- Team Leadership and Collaboration: Lead and manage a team of cloud operations engineers responsible for AWS infrastructure. Collaborate with infrastructure, network, integration, and security teams to align AWS operations with business goals.
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring to team members, ensuring adherence to best practices and AWS standards.
- Automation and DevOps: Drive the adoption of infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like AWS CloudFormation. Automate deployment, scaling, and management of cloud resources to streamline operations and reduce manual intervention. Integrate CI/CD pipelines for Landing Zone Accelerator software releases.
- Backup: Ensure backups are configured for critical AWS services (e.g., RDS, EBS snapshots) and meet business continuity requirements.
- Performance Tuning and Optimization: Continuously monitor and tune the performance of cloud services to meet application and workload requirements. Ensure a stable performance environment for mission-critical enterprise systems
- Documentation and Reporting: Maintain comprehensive documentation of the AWS environment, including architecture diagrams and operating procedures. Provide regular status reports on system performance, incidents, and ongoing operational tasks to management.
- Application Migrations: Collaborate with Infrastructure, Network, Integration, and Security teams to migrate clinical and business applications from on-premise data center to AWS.
- Cloud Operations Center of Excellence: Build a training curriculum and corresponding certification matrix, based on job level.
- Participates in Change Management and Root Cause Analysis meetings as directed.
- Proactively research and locate the necessary tools and processes to identify troublesome trends as they develop; analyze trends and develop a long-range plan designed to resolve problems and prevent them from recurring; maintain high service levels for the user community.
- Participate in various IT projects
- Communicates with departmental and business unit managers, as well as project manager and leaders, to define support initiatives and solutions
- Interacts with individuals at all levels of the organization
- Has effective working relationships with peers in other areas of IT organization, which are essential for maintaining good public relations, facilitating communications, and soliciting useful feedback
- Has collaborative working relationships with outside vendors, which will help to enhance service delivery capabilities
- Develops relationships with professional organizations, peer groups, and industry trade groups to stay current with technology
- Maintains expert level of technical knowledge.
- Additional responsibilities as assigned
- May be called to work off hours, weekends and holidays to provide technical support to the Institution.
- Required to carry a pager at all times.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline required.
- AWS certifications required, with preference for: AWS Certified Solutions Architect and AWS Certified SysOps Administrator.
- 5 years of experience managing a cloud operations teams.
- Minimum 8 years of experience in an AWS operations or engineering role required.
- Experience with monitoring, automation, and cloud management tools (CloudWatch, CloudFormation, Terraform, Jenkins) required.
- In-depth knowledge of AWS services, architecture, and best practices.
- Strong understanding of cloud security, governance, and compliance standards.
- Excellent problem-solving, troubleshooting, and incident management skills
Compensation depends on experience but is typically between $160-185K
ABOUT KORE1
Specializing in professional and technical recruiting, KORE1 is committed to supporting top IT, Engineering, Creative, Scientific, Accounting and Finance professionals in their career paths. We build deep relationships with leading companies, connecting them to exceptional talent every day. With extensive industry expertise and unmatched opportunities, our goal is to provide a unique experience for our contractors and consultants as they prepare for their next role. We are passionate about matching the right people with the right companies.
Specializing in professional and technical recruiting, KORE1 is committed to supporting top IT, Engineering, Creative, Scientific, Accounting and Finance professionals in their career paths. We build deep relationships with leading companies, connecting them to exceptional talent every day. With extensive industry expertise and unmatched opportunities, our goal is to provide a unique experience for our contractors and consultants as they prepare for their next role. We are passionate about matching the right people with the right companies.
Kore1 provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Kore1 complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Kore1 expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Kore1's employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.
Salary Range:
$ 160000.00 - $ 185000.00