IT Cloud Engineer

This assignment posting is for an Agency Worker opportunity with People Inc. The Agency Worker is paid by a staffing agency employer. Agency Workers will receive a W2 from the staffing agency reporting their earnings for tax purposes.
IT Cloud Engineer
People Inc. seeks an experienced IT Cloud Engineer to support, maintain, and modernize enterprise infrastructure during data‑center decommissioning and cloud migrations. You will own Windows Server operations, identity integrations (Okta–AD/Azure-AD), automation, and hybrid cloud services across on‑prem and AWS/Azure/GCP.
Assignment Details:
40 hours a week
Start date: ASAP
End date: 6 months with potential to extend
Hourly Rate: $60-65
Location: Remote - US
Key Responsibilities
Windows Servers: Administer 200+ servers; own patching SLAs, monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana), capacity/lifecycle plans, and vulnerability remediations.
Directory & Identity: Operate AD/Azure AD; serve as Okta–AD SSO/MFA integration owner (health, upgrades, certificates, lifecycle).
Infrastructure & Migrations: Execute NYC data‑center app migrations; assist Nutanix decommission; administer Rubrik backups and Sectigo certificates.
Monitoring & Reporting: Build dashboards and alerts; define SLOs with app owners; deliver monthly system inventory, ownership, and compliance reports.
Networking & Peripheral Support: Manage enterprise DNS (non‑Route 53); support ClearPass and printer authentication integrations.
Cloud Operations: Manage AWS/Azure/GCP workloads (VMs, IAM, storage/compute, networking, connectivity); optimize cost, reliability, and security.
Automation: Deliver PowerShell/Python/Bash tooling for patching, configuration, and repetitive operations; champion IaC/Config‑as‑Code where feasible.
Active Directory Migration
Plan & governance: define scope/success/rollback, RFC/CAB approvals, stakeholder comms, risk register, clear ownership and SLAs.