Onsite C2C Role: AWS Cloud SME at Dallas, TX

AWS Cloud SME (Devops not workable)
Location: Dallas, TX (Onsite)
Duration: 6 Months CTH

NEED LOCAL ONLY

Important points:
Multi-cloud Infrastructure SME with hands-on experience in AWS(primary), Azure, and GCP
Strong experience with hybrid cloud networking (Direct Connect, Interconnect, ExpressRoute), secure IAM management, and cloud security best practices
Ability to deploy secure, scalable, and highly available resources using architectures provided by the Cloud Architect
Expertise in Terraform, StackStorm, and Ansible (modules, environments, remote state, CI/CD integration)
The Cloud SME is the go‑to expert for AWS and Azure cloud platforms.
This role designs, reviews, and supports cloud solutions to make sure they are secure, reliable, cost‑effective, and compliant.
The SME guides teams, supports projects, resolves complex issues, and advises leadership and customers on cloud best practices. 

Key Responsibilities

1. Cloud Architecture & Design
Design and review AWS and Azure cloud architectures (IaaS, PaaS, limited SaaS).
Ensure solutions follow best practices for security, scalability, high availability, and DR.
Support hybrid and multi‑cloud environments.
Define standard architectures, templates, and guardrails.

2. Cloud Operations & Support
Act as Level‑3 / SME escalation for AWS and Azure issues.
Troubleshoot complex issues related to:
Compute (EC2, Azure VMs)
Storage (S3, EBS, Azure Blob, Disk)
Networking (VPC, VNets, VPN, Load Balancers)
Identity & Access (IAM, Azure AD)
Support 24×7 operations model (on‑call or advisory).

3. Security & Compliance
Enforce least‑privilege access, IAM best practices, and RBAC.
Implement and review:
Network security (NSG, Security Groups, NACLs)
Encryption, Key Management (KMS, Key Vault)
Logging and monitoring (CloudTrail, Azure Monitor)
Support compliance, audits, and security reviews.
4. Automation & Infrastructure as Code

Drive automation using:
Terraform / CloudFormation / ARM / Bicep
Standardize repeatable builds and reduce manual work.
Integrate cloud automation with CI/CD pipelines.
5. Cost Management & Optimization
Monitor cloud spend and optimize costs using:
Budgets, alerts, tagging, and chargeback/showback models
Identify unused or oversized resources and recommend savings.

6. Cloud Migration & Modernization
Support cloud migration strategies:
Lift‑and‑shift
Re‑platform
Refactor
Advise on application modernization, containers, and cloud‑native services. 

7. Stakeholder & Team Enablement
Act as technical advisor for:
Project Managers
Delivery teams
Customers
Review designs, provide approvals, and mentor engineers.
Create documentation, SOPs, and runbooks.
Required Skills & Experience
Technical Skills
AWS Services: EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, RDS, CloudWatch, Route53, Lambda (basic)
Azure Services: Azure VMs, VNets, Azure AD, Storage, Azure Monitor, Key Vault
Strong understanding of:
Networking
Security
Backup & DR
Monitoring & logging
Hands‑on experience with Terraform or equivalent IaC tools