[Remote] DevOps Engineer -Cloud Operations and Security Monitoring Engineer - Local to WI - W2 ONLY
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Digital iTechnology is seeking a Cloud Operations and Security Monitoring Engineer to ensure the reliability, performance, and security visibility of their cloud environment, primarily focusing on AWS. This role involves managing cloud infrastructure, monitoring security threats, and improving automation and incident response capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Administer and support AWS infrastructure, including compute, storage, networking, and identity services
- Monitor system health, availability, and performance across cloud workloads
- Manage deployments, configuration changes, and environment provisioning using infrastructure‑as‑code and automation tools
- Troubleshoot service disruptions, performance degradation, and integration issues
- Optimize cloud resource utilization and cost management through rightsizing and lifecycle controls
- Maintain backup, recovery, and disaster recovery readiness for critical systems
- Monitor cloud security telemetry, logs, and alerts to identify potential threats or anomalous behavior
- Investigate security events and coordinate incident response activities
- Maintain and tune detection rules, alert thresholds, and monitoring dashboards
- Support vulnerability management, patching, and remediation tracking for cloud resources
- Assist with security audits, compliance evidence collection, and control validation
- Collaborate with security engineering and governance teams to strengthen cloud security posture
- Implement automated monitoring, alerting, and remediation where feasible
- Develop and maintain operational dashboards and reporting for system health and security status
- Contribute to runbooks, standard operating procedures, and incident response documentation
- Identify recurring operational or security issues and recommend long‑term corrective actions
- Participate in on‑call rotation and post‑incident reviews
Skills
- Administer and support AWS infrastructure, including compute, storage, networking, and identity services
- Monitor system health, availability, and performance across cloud workloads
- Manage deployments, configuration changes, and environment provisioning using infrastructure-as-code and automation tools
- Troubleshoot service disruptions, performance degradation, and integration issues
- Optimize cloud resource utilization and cost management through rightsizing and lifecycle controls
- Maintain backup, recovery, and disaster recovery readiness for critical systems
- Monitor cloud security telemetry, logs, and alerts to identify potential threats or anomalous behavior
- Investigate security events and coordinate incident response activities
- Maintain and tune detection rules, alert thresholds, and monitoring dashboards
- Support vulnerability management, patching, and remediation tracking for cloud resources
- Assist with security audits, compliance evidence collection, and control validation
- Collaborate with security engineering and governance teams to strengthen cloud security posture
- Implement automated monitoring, alerting, and remediation where feasible
- Develop and maintain operational dashboards and reporting for system health and security status
- Contribute to runbooks, standard operating procedures, and incident response documentation
- Identify recurring operational or security issues and recommend long-term corrective actions
- Participate in on-call rotation and post-incident reviews
- Experience operating and supporting workloads in AWS environments
- Hands on experience with cloud monitoring, logging, and alerting tools
- Foundational understanding of networking, identity and access management, and system administration
- Experience investigating incidents, troubleshooting outages, or responding to security alerts
- Familiarity with scripting or automation (e.g., PowerShell, Python, or Bash)
- Experience with cloud security services, SIEM, or threat detection platforms
- Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools)
- Familiarity with vulnerability scanning and remediation processes
- Understanding compliance or regulatory frameworks (e.g., NIST, CIS, or similar standards)
- Relevant industry certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Security Specialty, Security+, or similar)
- Experience configuring and hardening cloud services to align with organizational security and operational standards
Company Overview
- Digital iTechnology is a technology and business process consulting firm with headquarters in Texas and satellite offices in Utah. It was founded in 2001, and is headquartered in Round Rock, Texas, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://digitalitus.com.
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