AWS Tech Lead/ Lead Cloud Engineer Hybrid - Hartford, CT 3 days a week Not looking for DevOps, this is a serious AWS Cloud Engineer (SME in AWS migrations, setups, monitoring, etc) High preference for LOTS of certifications like CKE, AWS Solution Arc, Cloud Practitioner, etc. Her Area Supports the RTQ Underwriting Application in AWS and they are not meeting SLA or meeting their own ECO Standards. She is looking for an Certified Cloud Engineer, but wants someone with Tech Lead experience, need someone with demonstrated experience in establishing best practices, create or recommend tools, frameworks, and Patterns working with Architects and existing Roadmaps (link removed) Engineer should have experience migrating OnPrem Databases like Oracle and MySQL to PostgreSQL, then to the Cloud. Experience with OOP(mainly Java based Underwriting Apps Work on Designs. Initial 4-6 months working 80% Implementing AWS native services, improving standards and performance. 20% getting familiar with Products, GAPS, and improving integration. Using CloudWatch, Terraform, EC2 Containerizations. YAML, Ansible Automations, and Jenkins, improving CI/CD. This person must have AWS Cloud Engineering, building Services, CI/CD, Automation, Monitoring, Containers, Security. Sr, enough to make recommendations or mentor others, establish best practice and Database Migration from OnPrem to Cloud. Minimum 10 years experience and perfect verbal and written skills!!! Mgr is very picky, need an exceptional candidate and she will hire quickly. This is a technical role, that will be part of an agile team to achieve business outcomes on a large transformational program. The Solutions built should be based on Hartford's architectural standards, business requirements, technology roadmap and industry trends. The primary objective is to enable our customer experience and speed to market while providing flexibility and scalability to execute on the broader Group Benefits Roadmap. Immediate assignment in this role will be to leverage existing application in AWS to enterprise cloud org guidelines and standards. Successful candidates will be expected to demonstrate experience in delivering quality technical solutions that are stable, performant, and secure. Solid technical acumen, excellent leadership skills, partnership and collaboration skills are plus. Responsibilities: Use AWS for building, deploying, and migrating legacy applications to Cloud. Amazon Web Services usage includes but not limited to Lambda, CloudWatch, ECS, EKS, RDS, S3, IAM, SNS, SQS, EventBridge, AWSBatch, AWSDirectory, Service Catalog. Writing and using scalable and secure API's Enhance or convert existing components in Oracle and MariaDB relational database technologies. Leverage architectural standards and safeguard the integrity of the application environment, in alliance with architect and Engineering lead. Design and implement new software architecture patterns in Cloud that are scalable, reusable, secure, and cost efficient while adhering to industry standards such as multi region support with fault tolerant and data replication strategies. Use DevOps and CI/CD tools. Develops Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using CloudFormation templates, YAML files, build specifications, and Lambda functions to have a completely automated build and release process for all AWS resource infrastructure and code artifacts. Implements proactive monitoring and observability to predict and detect abnormal system behaviors, with timely alerts avoiding system impacts. Troubleshoot problems with software and infrastructure. Provide concise, transparent communications about potential risks, mitigations, and business impacts quickly. Present new ideas to leadership and bring forward improvement opportunities as learnings. Communicate clearly and professionally both in speech and in writing. Share knowledge with team members (including Sourcing Partners) regarding development guidelines and best practices. Function as the go-to technical subject matter expert for the software application migration to cloud and integration aspects. Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Take ownership to drive innovation for effectively leveraging technology to solve the customer problem. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in computer science, Math, or any Engineering. Must have an active AWS associate certification. Awareness of full software development life cycle practices and the ability to follow source code management, code quality and testing practices. 5+ years of hands-on experience in application software solution development and execution. Software development knowledge using AWS resources like Lambda, CloudWatch, ECS, EKS, RDS, S3, IAM, SNS, SQS, EventBridge, Route 53, VPC, AWS Batch, AWS Directory, Service Catalog is preferred. 5+ years of hands-on experience with Java and J2EE technologies, such as, Java Web Services, JMS, XML, JSON, JDBC etc. Along with experience in creating Web Service (SOAP and Rest) using Java Spring boot. Understanding of Batch and MQ. 3+ years of systems design experience along with continuous integration and DevOps methodologies. Experience using GitHub, Jenkins, Docker, uDeploy, Rally, checkmarx etc or AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodeDeploy and AWS CodeStar. Infrastructure as Code experience, like CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK. Experience with one or more relational database technologies such as Postgres, Oracle, MariaDB. Experience in Upgrades and Migrating of database is a plus. Familiar with Agile methodology. Experience working in an Agile or SAFe development environment. Proven ability to work with cross functional teams. Possess analytical, problem solving and communication skills. Ability to communicate at all levels within an organization and influence leadership. Preferred Qualifications: Technical knowledge of AWS application development and Data Integrations. Hands-on experience on Migrating Legacy applications to AWS. Familiarity with Database upgrades and Migrating to Cloud native RDS like Postgres is a plus.