AWS Cloud Engineer

Location: Remote

About Us

RCH Solutions is a rapidly growing global provider of computational science expertise within Life Sciences and Healthcare. At RCH Solutions, our team rallies around a culture crafted for learning and achieving. We’re relentless in our pursuit for innovation and demanding of ourselves to deliver a ground-breaking computing experience for our clients, so that they can deliver life-saving science to humanity.

Core Values

At RCH, our Core Values are more than just words—they represent the threads that weave together the fabric of our culture. Used as a guide when interviewing new team members; as a barometer when evaluating our performance as individuals and teams, and even when deciding which customers to work with, RCH’s Values embody the behaviors upon which we measure our success and create a framework for our growth as people and professionals.

Our Core Values:

• Embrace Excellence: We strive for best-in-class delivery of innovation and service.
• Be Accountable: Integrity, ownership and accountability are non-negotiables.
• Adventure Together: We are committed to fostering a culture that embraces continuous improvement.
• Succeed as a Team: We believe harnessing the power of a team drives outcomes not achievable by individuals.
• Boundaries and Balance: Work-life balance is a core facet of our culture.

If you share in our core values, then we encourage you to continue reading this posting as you may have found a great home for your career.

Job Description

RCH Solutions is seeking a Cloud Engineer with strong experience supporting and migrating Scientific applications to the AWS Cloud environment in the fast-moving realm of Life Sciences. The right candidate will also be a member of the operational support team for Scientific and Technical Compute customers working with a top 10 Life Sciences Organization. You will function as an engineer focused on Containerized and Cloud-native technologies for application migrations. Our ideal candidate is an experienced and talented Cloud Engineer who will be instrumental in transforming how IT computing services are leveraged to support our clients growth. This role will involve driving architecture, roadmaps, and execution of projects to establish and operate Cloud IT infrastructure best practices for customers and RCH applications teams. The Cloud landscape is continuously evolving, with new tools and services being released daily. You know how to distinguish hype from reality and are comfortable making recommendations that best suit our clients’ needs.

Responsibilities

• Support for AWS Cloud Application migrations and modernization
• CloudOps / IaC for on-going platform management
• Setup and configuration of AWS Cloud infrastructure for new platform builds
• Ensure system compliance with company security standards and applicable regulatory requirements
• Transition support for modernized services to operational teams
• Provide engineering level troubleshooting and services restoration for operational issues as they arise on supported platforms, as needed

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional experience in Solution Architecture or Cloud Infrastructure Deployment
• Experience migrating and deploying AWS applications including but not limited to: EC2, RDS, S3, ECS/EKS, Glue, EMR and Athena
• Experience deploying and managing containerized environments
• Experience using with scripting tools, automation tools, and configuration management tools (Ansible is preferred)
• Excellent communication skills, including preparation of written documentation for IT colleagues and end users
• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
• Candidates must not require sponsorship now or in the future

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience working in Life Sciences realm
• Proficiency with building Docker images and related application re-hosting skills
• Python, R, or other related data science programming language

Additional information

Great talent should benefit from a great work environment. If you join our team, you’ll have access to:

· A competitive salary and bonus package based on experience

· Comprehensive health and wellness benefits, including Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

· Company-provided Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance

· Company-sponsored 401(k) Plan

· Company-provided continuing education benefit

· Team-focused culture and unlimited opportunity for advancement

**This role is fully remote, and the candidate must be able to work on an East Coast US time schedule. 

**Role is only open to applicants not needing sponsorship now or in the future, no third parties please.