Technical SME – AWS / Azure / IaaS / Terraform

LGL Technologies
  • houston, TX
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1 day ago

Job Description

Technical SME AWS / Azure / IaaS / Terraform

Location: Houston, TX Local Candidates Only
Experience: 7+ Years
Work Arrangement: Onsite/Hybrid Houston, TX
Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Summary

LGL Technologies is seeking an experienced Technical SME Cloud Infrastructure with strong expertise in AWS, Azure, IaaS, and Terraform. The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of experience designing, implementing, automating, and supporting enterprise cloud infrastructure environments.

The Technical SME will provide hands-on technical leadership, architecture guidance, troubleshooting, and mentoring across AWS and Azure cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities
  • Serve as a technical subject matter expert for AWS and Azure cloud infrastructure.
  • Design, implement, and manage highly available and scalable IaaS environments.
  • Develop and maintain infrastructure using Terraform / Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
  • Build and manage AWS services including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, ELB, CloudWatch, and related services.
  • Work with Azure services including Virtual Machines, VNets, NSGs, Azure Storage, Azure Monitor, Azure IAM, and related services.
  • Develop reusable and standardized Terraform modules for cloud infrastructure provisioning.
  • Implement cloud infrastructure automation and configuration management.
  • Troubleshoot complex cloud infrastructure, networking, security, and performance issues.
  • Collaborate with application, DevOps, security, and architecture teams to deliver cloud solutions.
  • Implement cloud security, access controls, monitoring, logging, backup, and disaster recovery solutions.
  • Support cloud migration and modernization initiatives.
  • Review existing infrastructure and recommend improvements for scalability, reliability, security, and cost optimization.
  • Establish and maintain infrastructure standards, best practices, and technical documentation.
  • Provide technical guidance and mentoring to cloud and infrastructure engineers.
  • Participate in production support, incident resolution, and root-cause analysis.
  • Ensure cloud infrastructure follows enterprise security and compliance requirements.
Required Skills
  • 7+ years of experience in IT infrastructure / cloud engineering.
  • Strong hands-on experience with AWS and Azure.
  • Strong knowledge of IaaS and cloud infrastructure architecture.
  • Advanced experience with Terraform / Terraform modules.
  • Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
  • Experience with cloud networking including VPC/VNet, subnets, routing, security groups/NSGs, load balancers, and VPNs.
  • Strong knowledge of IAM, RBAC, security, and cloud governance.
  • Experience with Linux and/or Windows server environments.
  • Experience with cloud monitoring, logging, alerting, and troubleshooting.
  • Understanding of CI/CD and DevOps practices.
  • Experience with Git and source-control workflows.
  • Strong scripting skills using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar.
  • Excellent troubleshooting, communication, and technical documentation skills.
Preferred Qualifications
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect / SysOps certification.
  • Microsoft Azure Administrator / Azure Solutions Architect certification.
  • Terraform Associate certification.
  • Experience with Kubernetes / AKS / EKS.
  • Experience with Ansible or other configuration-management tools.
  • Experience implementing cloud security and compliance controls.
  • Experience with enterprise-scale cloud migrations.
  • Experience working in large enterprise environments.

Numbers & Facts

Locationhouston, TX

Skills

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  • Cloud Architectureunmatched
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  • Communication Skillsunmatched
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  • Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
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  • Enterprise Protectionunmatched
  • Gitunmatched
  • High Availabilityunmatched
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  • Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
  • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)unmatched
  • Linux Operating Systemunmatched
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  • Microsoft Windows Azureunmatched
  • Microsoft Windows Serverunmatched
  • Network Routingunmatched
  • Network Securityunmatched
  • Production Supportunmatched
  • Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
  • Regulatory Complianceunmatched
  • Root Cause Analysisunmatched
  • Scripting (Scripting Languages)unmatched
  • Security Architectureunmatched
  • Software Engineeringunmatched
  • Standards Developmentunmatched
  • Subnetunmatched
  • System Operationsunmatched
  • Technical Leadershipunmatched
  • Technical Writingunmatched
  • VPN (Virtual Private Network)unmatched
  • Virtual Machine (VM)unmatched
  • Windows PowerShellunmatched

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