We are looking for an experienced Cloud Engineer to join a healthcare organization on a contract-to-permanent basis. This role will shape cloud architecture decisions, strengthen secure and scalable platform design, and support modernization across enterprise environments. The position is ideal for a senior-level candidate who can balance hands-on engineering with architectural leadership while partnering with technical and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Create and advance cloud architecture direction, technical standards, and long-term modernization plans that support enterprise goals.
• Design scalable solutions across infrastructure, platform, and software service models while promoting reliable cloud-native patterns.
• Lead the transformation of legacy and hybrid environments into modern cloud platforms with a focus on performance, resilience, and maintainability.
• Establish best practices for infrastructure automation, policy-driven governance, and secure delivery processes across engineering teams.
• Build and refine solutions using containers, microservices, serverless capabilities, and elastic cloud services to meet evolving business needs.
• Drive cloud financial management efforts by improving resource utilization, forecasting demand, and identifying cost-saving opportunities.
• Strengthen security architecture through identity controls, encryption strategies, recovery planning, and compliance-aligned safeguards.
• Provide senior technical guidance to engineers and infrastructure teams through mentorship, design reviews, and architectural oversight.
• Assess new tools and platform capabilities through research and proof-of-concept work to improve scalability, innovation, and operational effectiveness.