This position is to support The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) - Remote

Candidates must be US citizens due to federal contract requirements.

The Cloud Computing Services Lead will be responsible for overseeing the operations, management, and optimization of a multi-cloud computing environment (AWS/Azure) within the Federal Financial Regulatory environment. The role is responsible for ensuring the efficient and secure delivery of cloud services and platform features to support the organization's mission-critical applications and infrastructure. Key responsibilities include:

• Oversee the daily operations of cloud computing services for AWS and Azure platforms, ensuring optimal performance, security, and availability
• Coordinate with Solution Architects to manage cloud infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and maintenance activities to support business needs
• Develop and implement monitoring solutions to ensure the performance and availability of cloud services
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to cloud infrastructure and services
• Support the development and maintenance of disaster recovery plans for cloud services and conduct regular testing
• Ensure backup and recovery processes are implemented and maintained for cloud resources
• Provide technical guidance and support to internal teams on cloud-related operational initiatives

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree (or higher) in related field
• Professional level cloud certification/s in either AWS, Microsoft Azure, OCI, Google Cloud.
• Passion for all things Cloud and DevOps
• Demonstrable expertise in cloud engineering, network engineering, and modern Devops practices
• Proficiency in AWS services, including EC2, S3, VPC, Lambda, CloudFormation, and AWS CodeBuild.
• Strong knowledge of Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.
• Familiarity with software-defined networking (SDN) principles and solutions.
• Ability to solve problems by writing complex scripts in Python, powershell, or bash.

Familiarity with some of the following:

• Azure: Virtual Machines, Azure Functions, Azure Monitor, Azure DevOps, Log Analytics
• AWS: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), AWS Lambda, Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Support (Business)