Timmons Group is currently seeking a Cloud Engineer to join our Information Technology group in our Richmond, VA office location.

The key responsibility of the Cloud Engineer is to take full ownership and initiative in getting deeply involved and integrated with the needs of application developers and daily operational challenges. This individual should understand the overall goals and constraints of our projects and work to define, architect, construct and support the platform on which solutions will reside. This individual should work intimately with developers to assist in automation scripting and tools to support rapid deployment of solutions on internal and client systems. The Cloud Engineer has experience with streamlining code release and development efforts.

Essential duties and responsibilities of a successful candidate include but are not limited to:

• Participates in agile project team activities (including multiple scrums, planning and review sessions) to become integrated with the development team and active projects
• Participates in joint project evaluation to define optimal architecture
• Performs architecture setup to include networking, VMs, dedicated servers and storage
• Evaluates cloud options and opportunities based on a set of requirements
• Performs solution testing and evaluation to assist developers in ever-increasing system performance and optimization of solutions
• Performs Systems & Applications Administration
• Provides technical support as needed
• Provides release management support and guidance using COTS tools and scripting
• Works with QA / QC team to help automate functional, unit, and integration testing
• Provides technical analysis to support our clients and the development team
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills/Requirements of a successful candidate include but are not limited to:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field preferred
• Ideal candidates will have between 2-5 years of experience in cloud engineering
• AWS certification preferred
• Real-world experience in the operations of customer-facing websites with 24X7 uptime requirements
• Experience with managing and designing with cloud infrastructure providers (Amazon, Azure)
• Extensive knowledge and experience in maintenance of Cloud infrastructure (Aws, Azure)
• Extensive knowledge and experience in DevOps / SvsOps Practices
• Fundamental knowledge of scripting languages
• Fundamental knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server (Active Directory, DNS, DHCP), and other Microsoft family of products like MS SQL Server
• Experience with server and desktop virtualization platforms (Citrix, VMware, and Microsoft)
• Real-world experience with building platforms that allows developers to self-service environments for testing and production (and deployments to those environments)
• Experience in professional services preferred

The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

We are looking for high energy, creative, flexible, patient, self-starters who are willing to work at a dynamic pace. Candidates must share a commitment to our company’s Vision, Mission and Shared Values.

Timmons Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.

Timmons Group is a multi-disciplined engineering and technology firm recognized nationally as a “Best Firm to Work For” by CE News. With more than a dozen offices throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, we provide civil engineering, environmental, economic development, GIS/geospatial technology, landscape architecture and surveying services to a diverse client base. As one of Engineering News Record’s (ENR) Top 500 Design Firms in the country, we are dedicated to being an employer of choice and helping our clients achieve their vision resulting in shared success. For more information, visit www.timmons.com.