6475 - Technical Analyst (Cloud Engineer) [

STI is currently recruiting for a Technical Analyst (Cloud Engineer) for a 1-to-2 year contract for their direct client in Sacramento or San Francisco, CA.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or relevant field.

• Minimum of 5-10 years technical experience designing, executing, configuring, supporting and troubleshooting cloud solutions

• Excellent knowledge of cloud computing technologies, cloud service providers and current cloud computing trends.

• Experience in various infrastructure migration techniques, tools and methodologies including bulk application transfers into the cloud.

• Experience in the identification and recommendation of top cloud architecture solutions to successfully meet the strategic needs of an organization

• Microsoft Certification, AWS Certification

• Experience working on multiple simultaneous IT projects throughout the entire life cycle

• Experience managing technical projects including conflict resolutions, issue escalations, status reporting and resource management.

• Knowledgeable of enterprise network infrastructure design concepts such as:
  • Client / server system architecture
  • System security policies and procedures
  • Data center technology infrastructure
  • Multi-vendor platform integration
  • PKI administration
  • Infrastructure capacity planning
  • Networking concepts, routing, switching, security, remote access, proxy
  • Cloud hosting solutions and migration to cloud services

• Ability to convert business requirements into a technical design and implementation plan

• Ability to analyze issues from system documentation and recommend solutions

• High level of technical writing experience

• Excellent oral, written, analytical and communication skills with the ability to lead a technical discussion to both technical and non-technical staff
• Excellent presentation skills for both technical and non-technical audiences, including creating and presenting executive summaries to management and technical committees.

• Professional certification with one of the Cloud Service Providers (CSP) to include but not limited to AWS, Azure or Google Cloud

• Working knowledge of the various cloud service provider access and service portals

• Expertise in the following operating systems: Linux (Red Hate), Unix, Windows

• Expert level understanding of networking: TCP/IP, IP addresses, HTTP, DNS cloud connectivity access solutions

• At least a minimum of five (5) years experience with a programming or scripting language

• Understanding of cloud exchange solutions

• High level understanding of key security concepts for firewalls, network security, server security, and security tools such as Crowd Strike and Fortinet

• Prior technical cloud engineering experience working with local, state or federal government entities

• Cloud Architect Certification with Cloud Service Provider (CSP)

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• ITIL 4 certification