AWS Engineer

Voted one of Chicago's Best Places to Work by the Chicago Tribune for the eighth year in a row, Clarity Partners is hiring Clarity Partners is seeking an AWS Engineer local to Chicago, IL . This position will support system engineering tasks, schedule and perform hardware/software installations, patches and upgrades, and maintain all tasks in accordance with established policies and procedures. Responsibilities: Assists in defining, provisioning and managing Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud environments. Reply to customer tickets within 20-35 minutes based on SLA. Resolve high-priority alerts within 45 minutes, collaborating with the team as needed. Installs, configures, maintains, and monitors operating systems and infrastructure services. Provides design and implementation expertise for software and application migrations into cloud environments. Responsible for developing and deploying AWS Lambda using Python and other programming languages. Strong understanding of whole solution architecture concepts and effectively communicates designs with customer architects. Responsible for the end-to-end architecture of a Delivery, including its assembly and integration into the IT architecture principles defined with the client. Responsible for the management and mitigation of technical risks. Ensure the delivery of underlying technology components. Proactively maintains and develops all AWS infrastructure technology to support a 24x7x365 uptime service. Performs delivery support functions utilizing AWS cloud-native tools. Manage, coordinate, and implement software upgrades, patches, hotfixes on EC2 instances. Approve vendor-level escalations and assist the client with incident resolutions and closure. Develop and implement solutions to automate manual tasks, enhancing operational efficiency and reducing the risk of errors across various workflows. Requirements Requirements: 3 years hands on Amazon Web Services (AWS) experience highly preferred; including software installation, configuration, patching, and proficient documentation skills. Experience managing full application stacks from OS up through custom applications. General networking knowledge, VLANs, routing, and firewall concepts. Knowledge of Languages & Scripting frameworks leveraged for Cloud automation & integration. Ability to define processes, SOPs, and identifies effectiveness and efficiency improvements. Knowledge of system monitoring in a cloud environment including cloud specific products and tools. Strong understanding & delivery experience of AWS cloud-native architectures. Familiarity with data center concepts and best practices, high - availability systems, capacity planning, system performance evaluation, and diagnostic techniques and methodologies. Familiarity with automation scripts (Shell / Bash / Python / PowerShell) and batch files to automate system and application administration on the Cloud. Experience with on-premise to cloud migrations or IT transformations and working with Containerization technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, etc.). Strong understanding of cloud security requirements, tools, and best practices. Experience with Windows Server Administration, Windows Group Policy Editor Experience, MS365 Administrations, MS365 SharePoint Administration, Azure, or Entra ID would be a plus.