Cloud engineer Jobs in Phoenix, AZ

Job Title: AWS Cloud SME
Job Code: MS 159641
Client: State of Mississippi – Department of Information Technology Services (ITS)
Location: Jackson, MS (Hybrid)
Duration: Initial 1-Year Contract (Likely Extension)


Position Overview
The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (ITS) is seeking a highly experienced AWS Cloud SME to support and enhance the State's AWS Organization and Control Tower environment. This role will serve as a senior cloud architect and technical advisor, helping agencies design, troubleshoot, secure, and optimize AWS solutions while mentoring internal teams and contributing to the State’s Cloud Center of Excellence.


Key Responsibilities
AWS Environment Management
• Manage and maintain AWS Organizations and Control Tower environments
• Support multi-account AWS governance and operational best practices
• Ensure compliance with cloud governance standards and security controls


Cloud Architecture & Engineering
• Design, review, and implement AWS solutions that meet performance, security, scalability, and reliability requirements
• Lead architectural reviews and cloud design initiatives
• Support agency cloud migration and modernization efforts


Troubleshooting & Support
• Serve as senior escalation point for AWS infrastructure, networking, storage, and compute issues
• Troubleshoot connectivity challenges between AWS and on-premises environments
• Coordinate root cause analysis and remediation efforts across agencies and technical teams


Security & Governance
• Implement AWS security best practices including:

• IAM Policies
  
  
• Service Control Policies (SCPs)
  
  
• Encryption
  
  
• Network Segmentation
  
  
• Security Governance Controls
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory and organizational requirements
  
  

DevOps & Automation
• Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions using:

• AWS CloudFormation
  
  
• Terraform
  
  
• AWS CDK
  • Support CI/CD automation and deployment pipelines
  • Implement containerized and serverless architectures using:
  
  
• Docker
  
  
• ECS
  
  
• EKS
  
  
• AWS Lambda
  
  

Mentorship & Documentation
• Mentor cloud engineers and technical staff
• Develop cloud standards, architecture diagrams, playbooks, and technical documentation
• Support knowledge transfer and cloud capability development initiatives


Required Skills & Experience


• Deep expertise with AWS services including:

• EC2
  
  
• S3
  
  
• RDS
  
  
• VPC
  
  
• IAM
  
  
• Lambda
  
  
• CloudFormation
  
  

• Experience leading enterprise AWS migrations and implementations in complex multi-account environments
• Strong AWS networking expertise and troubleshooting capabilities
• Experience with AWS Organizations, Control Tower, and Landing Zone Accelerator
• Strong Infrastructure as Code experience using CloudFormation, Terraform, and AWS CDK
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices
• Experience implementing AWS security controls, governance, encryption, and SCPs
• Experience with Docker, ECS, EKS, and serverless architectures
• Strong troubleshooting skills across AWS networking, storage, and compute layers
• Excellent communication, mentoring, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience leading technical design reviews and architectural discussions


Preferred Skills


• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
• Government or highly regulated industry experience

• HIPAA
  
  
• CJIS
  
  
• IRS 1075
  
  

• Knowledge of:

• ITIL
  
  
• PMP
  
  
• Agile Methodologies
  
  
• Enterprise Governance Frameworks
  
  

• Experience with Hybrid Cloud and Multi-Cloud environments
• Scripting experience with:

• Python
  
  
• Bash
  
  
• PowerShell
  
  

Key Competencies


• AWS Architecture
• AWS Organizations & Control Tower
• Cloud Governance & Security
• Cloud Migration
• Infrastructure as Code
• DevOps & CI/CD
• Containerization & Kubernetes
• Serverless Computing
• Cloud Operations
• Technical Leadership & Mentoring


Primary Skills


AWS, AWS Organizations, Control Tower, AWS Landing Zone Accelerator, EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, Lambda, CloudFormation, Terraform, AWS CDK, Docker, ECS, EKS, CI/CD, DevOps, Security Governance, SCPs, Encryption, Network Segmentation, Cloud Migration, Hybrid Cloud, Python, Bash, PowerShell, ITIL, Agile, Cloud Architecture, AWS Solutions Architect Professional

Flexible work from home options available.