Cloud Consultant

Planet Technologies is seeking a Cloud Consultant to support impactful projects in the public sector, focusing on cloud platform growth and client relationships.

Location: United States

Salary: $120,000–$210,000

Responsibilities

• Surface and analyze customer business requirements.
• Translate requirements into an architectural design and influence the deployment of key infrastructure components.
• Design, construct, configure, and maintain all facets of an AWS Subscription/Tenants.
• Plan and execute an end-to-end implementation of the target workload.
• CI/CD development pipeline work.
• Troubleshooting AWS and Linux issues as our Subject Matter Expertise.
• Cost and performance optimization of server and cloud resources.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of existing and emerging Azure and related core technologies.
• Be up to date on new technologies within Azure that could benefit customers.
• Understand and be comfortable with multiple Azure technologies/products and assist clients in exploration, initial setup, and support.
• Perform special projects and other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Deep knowledge of Linux OS and its supported technologies and systems.
• AWS Cloud experience and expertise.
• Azure Cloud experience and expertise.
• Cloud Core Platforms (AWS and Azure): Compute, Storage, Networking, Virtual Machines, Identity and Access Management (IAM Identity Center), Security and Compliance (AWS Security Hub), Federation with external identity Platforms, Infrastructure required.
• Experience with AWS or Azure Government highly desired.
• Kubernetes, containers, are highly desired.
• Governance experience is preferred.
• Linux System administrator experience, OS management, patching, application management, etc.
• Linux experience with Red Hat Enterprise, Ubuntu and GNOME is desired.
• Any Linux Technical certifications are preferred, especially related to system administration at scale in Cloud environments.
• Any AWS Technical certifications are preferred, especially related to the core technology stack of Amazon Web Services.
• Any Azure Technical certifications are preferred, especially related to the core technology stack of Microsoft Cloud.

Benefits

• Salaries range from $120,000 to $210,000.
• Details about benefits can be found on the company's website.

Additional Information

• This role requires US Citizenship and may require up to a 10-year background investigation.
• The position involves supporting public sector and commercial organizations with cloud services, business intelligence, and systems management.