What we’re looking for Join an amazing retail company from Chicago, US, as their Senior AWS / Azure Engineer — an AWS subject matter expert capable of architecting scalable solutions, leading an AWS implementation team, and communicating and collaborating effectively with client stakeholders. The ideal candidate will also have experience with analytics and reporting systems in both Azure and AWS, and be able to manage projects using Agile methodologies. Strong senior project management skills are essential — including excellent soft skills, proven team leadership, effective upward reporting, and a strong drive for solutions and delivery. You must be able to travel to Chicago for short-term assignments as needed, so holding a valid U.S. visa is required. Responsibilities - Becoming a subject matter expert (SME) of multiple agile software development lines and the associated platform. - Help application product teams bring their latest ideas to the field faster and provide the fault-tolerant and highly scalable core of our customers' platform as a service for internal users. - Review project plans to plan and coordinate project activity. - Consult with users, management, vendors, and technicians to assess computing needs and system requirements. - Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others to solicit cooperation and resolve problems. Qualifications - 6+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent. - 5+ years of experience in software management, engineering, or design. - Well-versed in building product-quality software on AWS, including experience in designing for high availability, building multi-region and multi-set architectures using virtual networks, availability sets, and affinity groups. - Familiar with various application stacks such as .NET, C#, Powershell, etc, in a Visual Studio TFS/VSO environment. - Configuration and deployment experience in two or more of the following: - AWS PaaS technologies (Elastic Beanstalk, Lambda, and API Gateway). - AWS app technologies. - Azure IaaS Technologies. - Deployed applications with Web UI frontends. - Deployed application with RESTful/SOAP service interfaces. - Expert level knowledge regarding AWS IaaS services (i.e., Compute, networking, databases, storage, backup and archive, DR, security, monitoring, etc.) - Strong expertise in AWS Security & Identity services (i.e, Active Directory, Domain Services, Security Center, Governance) -Firm grasp on cloud security, leveraging Windows operating systems, Active Directory, Federated AD, a nd AD integration. Powered by JazzHR