Justification:
As David Riley, our Principal AWS Engineer on the Infrastructure Engineering team prepares to retire, it is essential that this role be backfilled with a full‑time employee (FTE) rather than a contractor. AWS is a strategic, mission critical platform for Ricoh, supporting core internal infrastructure and customer‑facing digital services, with continued growth in usage and complexity.
AWS at Ricoh requires ongoing ownership, governance, and architectural continuity across security, cost management, compliance, and platform evolution. This is not project‑based work; it demands long‑term accountability, deep institutional knowledge, and proactive decision-making capabilities that are difficult to achieve with a contractor model.
Our AWS environment continues to expand as workloads and services evolve, increasing the importance of consistent architectural oversight and cost governance. A full‑time Principal AWS Engineer provides continuity, reduces operational risk, and ensures long‑term optimization of a platform that represents a significant and growing investment.
Additionally, some Ricoh engagements require U.S. citizenship and heightened trust requirements, which are more reliably supported by a full‑time employee than a contractor.
Recommendation:
Given AWS’s strategic importance, continued growth, compliance considerations, and the need for sustained institutional knowledge, this role should be backfilled as a full‑time employee to ensure stability, accountability, and long‑term success of Ricoh’s cloud platform.
Come Create at Ricoh:
If you are seeking a team driven by passion and purpose, come create with us at Ricoh. We are a team of information seekers and customer-obsessed collaborators who aspire to deliver the services, solutions, and technologies that empower business success. We are looking for talented, inspired individuals to join us to help drive high-performance team and our commitment to excellence.
Ricoh is an integrated solutions provider and partner that connects people and technology, creates outstanding customer experiences, and delivers innovation for businesses worldwide. We empower digital workplaces by enabling individuals to work smarter from any location and harness the power of information—how it is collected, stored, managed, and shared—to unlock the potential in every organization. We deliver services and technologies that inspire our customers’ success and guide them toward a better and more sustainable future. If you are seeking a purpose-driven and passionate team, come create with us, and help drive our high-performance culture of excellence into tomorrow.
Invest in Yourself:
At Ricoh, you can:
- Choose from a broad selection of medical, dental, life, and disability insurance options.
- Contribute to your financial security with Retirement Savings Plan (401K), Health Savings Account (HSA), and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) investments.
- Augment your education with team member tuition assistance programs.
- Enjoy paid vacation time and paid holidays annually
- Tap into many other benefits to enhance your health, wellness, and ongoing personal and professional development.
Skills Required
- Expertise in AWS architecture and governance
- Strong understanding of security, cost management, and compliance in cloud environments
- Ability to provide long-term accountability and decision-making in a strategic role
What We Do
Ricoh USA is an information management and digital services company connecting technology, processes, and people. As part of a global leader, we create competitive advantage for over 1.4 million businesses and solve problems for companies large and small. Every day our more than 90,000 global employees serve a vast array of industries designing and optimizing end-to-end business solutions. At the forefront of innovation, we use a wide range of systems, platforms, and image technology to make data accessible to people faster and with more insight than ever before.
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