Principal Cloud Engineer (AWS) - Remote

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Job description

Job Description

Take the next step in your career with an organization that strategically invests in the long-term health of the company, its technology, and its people. The AbbVie Business Technology Solutions (BTS) team shapes the digital transformation necessary for our treatments to positively impact patients' lives. In the role of Principal Cloud Engineer, you will tackle complex challenges as you develop and diversify your professional experiences while helping others grow and develop their skills.

In this role you will be responsible for:

Leverage your extensive AWS expertise to implement state-of-the-art platform automations and technologies using cloud native services.

Provide architecture, security, and technical guidance to accelerate infrastructure as code practices.

Collaborate with teams in an agile environment to design, develop, and test AWS Cloud infrastructure solutions using modern cloud delivery concepts.

Review architectural diagrams for proposed solutions, ensuring alignment with best practices, infrastructure requirements, and business needs.

Partner with business teams to define technical requirements for modernization of legacy applications and systems and conversion to infrastructure as code deployment models (CICD Pipelines, Terraform, Ansible).

Automation design, coding, and deployment of infrastructure within an AWS Environment, developing CI/CD pipelines, instrumenting code to report relevant metrics, and building safe and efficient.

Partner with the security architecture team to ensure corporate policies and security requirements are implemented and followed for all cloud services.

Implement and manage cloud security practices, including IAM roles, security groups, encryption, and compliance, to protect cloud environments and data.

Serve as the most senior technical expert on cloud deployed products and infrastructure within the AWS Cloud while collaborating with architecture and application teams to develop robust and cost-efficient cloud solutions.

Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability and efficiency.

Regularly review and update standards and procedures specific to cloud environments.

Mentor and set the example for team members to foster a mindset of continuous improvement, professional development, and organizational engagement.

Provide technical expertise and input into our overall cloud architecture, planning, and designs according to best practices and industry standards.

Tools and skills you will use in this role:

Cloud services such as EC2, VPC, S3, Lambda, RDS, Identity Center, Secure Landing Zone, Control Tower, etc.

Proficiency in AWS cloud services, including EC2, VPC, S3, Lambda, RDS, Identity Center, Landing Zone, and Control Tower.

Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as CloudFormation, Terraform, and AWS CDK.

Skilled in automation tools like Jenkins, Git, Ansible, and PowerShell for efficient deployment and management.

Experience with designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.

Strong understanding of networking concepts, including VPC, subnetting, VPN, Direct Connect, and routing.

In-depth knowledge of cloud security best practices, including IAM roles, security groups, encryption, and compliance.

Familiarity with cloud monitoring and management tools such as AWS CloudWatch, as well as third-party solutions like WizIO and ServiceNow.

Proficiency with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.

Experience with security tools like AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, and AWS WAF.

Knowledge of configuration management tools like Chef and Puppet.

Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python and Bash for automation and security tasks.

Familiarity with logging and monitoring tools such as ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) and Prometheus.

Understanding of identity and access management solutions such as AWS IAM.

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