POSITION SUMMARY:
The AWS Cloud Engineer 3 role at Boston Medical Center (BMC) will be responsible for all technological and operational duties associated with AWS cloud computing; including design, planning, management, optimization, maintenance, and support. The candidate should have strong experience and understanding of public cloud technologies, specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS). The Cloud Engineer 3 will provide value and be a primary source of knowledge in building secure, compliant, reliable, and cost-effective AWS solutions. Team members in this role will administer, maintain, and ensure technologies are available and can support the critical needs of the business. Strong communication skills and the ability to build/maintain/grow new relationships will ensure you can execute effectively in this role.
Position: AWS Cloud Engineer 3
Department: ITS-Infrastructure
Schedule: Full Time
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES:
The AWS Cloud Engineer 3 role at Boston Medical Center (BMC) will be responsible for all technological and operational duties associated with AWS cloud computing; including design, planning, management, optimization, maintenance, and support. The candidate should have strong experience and understanding of public cloud technologies, specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Define, document, and implement BMC policies for cloud-based systems (Landing Zone, Control Tower, IAM, Config, SCP)
- Documenting changes and workflow in an Agile environment (Jira, Confluence, Jira SM)
- Clearly communicating with IT and non-IT professionals to ensure effective use of all cloud services
- Review AWS Cost Explorer, CloudHealth, Trusted Advisor and other tools to provide optimization of all resource use/cost.
- Strong ability to learn new technologies quickly and in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to drive and assist in the implementation of services to standardize cloud environment
- Ability to assess on-premises workloads and profile requirements needed to support in AWS
(The above statements in this job description are intended to depict the general nature and level of work assigned to the employee(s) in this job. The above is not intended to represent an exhaustive list of accountable duties and responsibilities required).
JOB REQUIREMENTS
EDUCATION:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline; equivalent experience acceptable.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED:
None
EXPERIENCE:
- 5-7 years related work experience required in as an IT Systems Engineer with at least 3-4 years working exclusively on AWS.
- Minimum 3 years of experience with AWS Cloud Services (S3, EC2, RDS, VPC, KMS, SNS, etc.)
- AWS Certifications, Cloud Practitioner, PLUS Associate or Professional level Architect a plus
- Healthcare domain knowledge and working in regulated environments is a plus (HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC2)
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
- Experience with monitoring systems such as CloudWatch and other industry standard visibility platforms (DataDog, Dynatrace, New Relic, etc.)
- Experience with Logging and log monitoring (CloudWatch and CloudTrail) both for performance, security, and compliance efforts
- Proficiency with one or more scripting languages (python, json, yaml, bash, etc.)
- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), including CloudFormation and/or Terraform
- Understanding of CI/CD on AWS platform
- Expert knowledge of AWS network and security features (VPC, Security Groups, NACLs, ALB/NLB, Transit Gateway, etc.)
- Experience building applications with native services and serverless architecture (Lambda) on AWS platform
- Strong understanding of Identity and Access Management (IAM), SSO Integration
- Strong understanding of high-availability solutioning (multi-AZ / regions, Backup, Snapshotting, archiving)
- Demonstrated history of moving mission-critical applications from the datacenter to AWS
- Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by precedents, policies, and objectives. Regularly makes decisions and recommendations on issues affecting a department or functional area.
- Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are highly varied, complex, and often non-recurring, requiring staff input, innovative, creative, and Lean diagnostic techniques to resolve issues.
- Ability to effectively adapt to rapidly changing technology and apply it to business needs
- Understanding of the enterprise business and business processes
- knowledge of business unit functions and cross-group dependencies/relationships
- Ability to anticipate user requirements and identify and resolve complex problems with minimal supervision
- strong customer service and communications skills
- Good judgment and analytical skills
- Strong follow-up and organizational skills.
- Ability to assess internal and external communication practices, anticipate future network requirements, and research and analyze emerging technologies.
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What We Do
Boston Medical Center, located in Boston’s historic South End, is a private, not-for-profit, 567-bed, academic medical center and the primary teaching affiliate for Boston University School of Medicine.
Recognized for its high-quality, nationally ranked and comprehensive medical care for the entire family, patients have access to the most current treatment and advancements at BMC. BMC physicians lead the way in pioneering new therapies that impact the care of patients locally and worldwide.
In 2013, BMC made the decision to invest in a four-year campus redesign that includes additions to buildings, upgrades to existing structures, and an expansion of the Emergency Department. Once completed, the redesign will provide clinical workspaces with state-of-the-art facilities and equipment to solve BMC's most pressing care delivery needs.
Already complete, the hospital’s Shapiro Center is Boston’s newest outpatient care facility and features a quarter-million square feet of clinic space, key support services, one of the region’s most technologically advanced pharmacies, and a bright, spacious café. Housed in a facility that provides world-class, patient-centered care at every visit, BMC doctors are among the best in their field. Many are recognized annually as “Top Doctors” in their medical and surgical specialties by publications such as U.S. News & World Report and Boston magazine.
Boston Medical Center is also the largest safety net hospital in New England and extends into the community as a founding partner of Boston HealthNet, a network of 15 community health centers throughout Boston serving more than a quarter million people annually.
No matter whom you meet at BMC, all are committed to providing every patient and family member with the highest quality of care, respect, warmth and compassion.








