Senior Cloud Support Engineer (AWS + Kubernetes) Plano, TX

Location: Plano, TX (Onsite F2F Interview Likely Next Week)
Type: W2 Only
Duration: 12+ Months (Potential Extension or Contract-to-Hire)
Rate: $72/hr (W2)

• AWS expertise: Strong experience with ECS, EC2, Lambda, IAM, or CloudFormation

• Containerization: Proficient with EKS or Kubernetes (EKS clusters)

• Infrastructure as Code: Hands-on experience with Terraform

• Support Ops: Experience with ticketing systems and managing a high volume of support tickets

• Scripting: Unix shell or Python scripting

• Troubleshooting: Skilled at debugging cloud and security access issues

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide L1/L2 support and incident management across AWS platforms

• Serve as primary contact for developers via ticketing systems

• Leverage automation tools to enhance scalability and reliability

• Perform root cause analysis and document preventive actions

• Optimize operational efficiency and cloud performance

• Support mixed environments (Unix, Linux, Windows, Mainframe)

Additional Desired Experience:

• Comfortable reading Java and Python code

• Experience with Oracle DBA, Cassandra, CockroachDB

• Middleware/messaging platforms: Kafka, MQ

• App server experience with Tomcat

• Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools

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