Position Title:  Cloud Engineer

Come Build Your Career at Aecon!

As a Canadian leader in infrastructure development, Aecon is safely and sustainably building what matters for future generations to thrive! We lead some of the most impactful infrastructure projects of our generation, at the forefront of transformational change in transportation and energy, and partnering every day to build, connect, power, and strengthen our communities.

At Aecon, you can count on:

• Safety Always. Our number one core value. If we can’t do it safely, we don’t do it at all.
• Integrity. We lead by example, with humility and courage.
• Accountability. We’re passionate about delivering on our commitments.
• Inclusion. We provide equitable opportunities for everyone.

We lead the infrastructure industry with purpose, and our people are at the heart of everything we do. So, we invest in our people, just like they invest in us! 

At Aecon we:

• Ensure you and your family receive the services needed to support your mental, emotional, and physical well-being.
• Believe in helping you build your career through our Aecon University and Leadership Programs.
• Are committed to supporting and investing in inclusive work environments, through initiatives like Equity, Diversity & Inclusion training, our Aecon Women in Trades and Aecon Diversity in Trades programs, and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to ensure we are building inclusion into every aspect of our culture at Aecon.
• Are a leader in sustainable construction. With a strong commitment to operating responsibly by minimizing our impact on the environment and surrounding communities.

Our business success relies on strong execution and continuous improvement – driven by the diversity, expertise and teamwork of our people. We’re always searching the globe for innovative, collaborative minds to join our best-in-class Aecon community!

About the Opportunity

The Cloud Engineer will be responsible for the analysis, design, configuration, and support of Aecon’s system solutions that improve business efficiency and productivity, as well as support business strategies and goals. You analyze service incidents and problems, identify risks, provide recommendations and implement solutions. You determine if internal or external solutions exist or whether new solutions are feasible. You also service as a project team member for projects large in scope, high complexity and may be enterprise-wide, hence requires excellent communication and collaboration skills.

What You’ll Do

Planning

• Plan, recommend and implement capacity, growth and architectural changes for Aecon’s software, network, database and application landscape.
• Participate in some aspects of the software development lifecycle for AWS solutions, including planning, requirements, development, testing, and quality assurance.

System Improvements

• Lead technical efforts to improve, design, build, and deploy AWS applications, including small, medium and large-scale cloud infrastructure projects, while adhering to company's security and compliance standards

Testing

• Review test plans and monitors testing process to ensure that business results are adequately tested with minimal risk
• May develop system test cases and validates test results during testing
• Analyzes testing results to ensure the solution meets the needs of the business.
• Facilitates issue resolution.

Documentation

• Documents system modifications
• Develops system manuals.

Problem Solving

• Demonstrate exceptional problem-solving skills, with an ability to see and solve issues before they affect business productivity
• Business Case
• Proposes input into expenditures based on size, scope, and cost of hardware components

Research/Technical Evaluation

• Participate in the evaluation, selection and application of new and emerging cloud tools and techniques.
• Analyzes technology tends to determine impact to the achievement of business goals
• Identifies issues and makes recommendations based on impact of new/emerging technology or modifications to existing systems

What You Bring to The Team 

• Bachelor’s degree or in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or equivalent work​​​​​​​ experience.
• Typically requires 5-7 years of relevant technical and work experience.
• Requires excellent analytical, technical, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Requires in-depth knowledge of business operations, systems requirements and configuration, and IT processes and technologies.
• AWS solutions architect associate or higher certification

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Technical Requirements/system Specifications    

• In-depth knowledge of cloud computing platforms and services
• Understanding of and experience with the five pillars of a well-architected framework
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools, such as continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD)., IaC tools (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, etc)
• Proficiency in programming languages and scripting tools
• Strong knowledge and experience working with Windows Server/Linux
• Understanding of data storage and database technologies, such as SQL and NoSQL
• Possessing industry-verified cloud engineering certificates
• Solid understanding of the ITIL framework and best practices 

Aecon fosters diversity, inclusion and belonging within and across our organization. We welcome all to apply including, women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity.

We are committed to adhering to the objectives and requirements outlined in the Accessible Canada Act (ACA), and to meeting the accessibility needs of persons with disabilities in a timely manner, through the implementation of the requirements of the ACA and its applicable regulations. If you require accommodation under the ACA during any step of the application process please click here.