Cloud Systems Specialist

Our downtown Des Moines client is looking for a Cloud Systems Specialist to join their team. This role will drive infrastructure initiatives to modernize IT operations, leading to increased efficiency, reliability, and scalability by adopting modern approaches to hybrid-cloud engineering and administrative practices and eliminating inefficient or expensive legacy solutions. 

Work Model:

• Hybrid

What You Will Do:

• Design, implement, and refine hybrid cloud platforms that integrate on‑premises infrastructure with AWS services
• Provision, manage, and secure AWS networking, compute, storage, and identity services
• Architect hybrid workload patterns that align identity, authentication, and application access across environments
• Lead legacy system migrations to AWS by performing readiness assessments and defining modernization timelines
• Create and maintain architecture documentation and cloud diagrams showing network flows, dependencies, and service interactions
• Serve as senior escalation support for complex infrastructure issues across applications, networking, identity, and automation
• Diagnose and resolve advanced AWS identity, routing, compute, and access control issues while documenting root causes and mitigations
• Improve platform resiliency by eliminating architectural weaknesses and implementing backup, recovery, and disaster recovery to meet RTO/RPO objectives
• Monitor, analyze, and optimize performance and cost across cloud and on‑prem environments using dashboards and usage metrics
• Maintain IaC artifacts, platform standards, and operational procedures in version‑controlled environments while collaborating on CI/CD‑driven infrastructure deployments

What You Will Need to Be Successful:

• 5+ years of hands‑on experience designing, operating, or supporting AWS‑based or hybrid cloud infrastructure
• Proven expertise with core AWS services such as VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, and related networking and security components
• Strong understanding of hybrid identity models, including directory services, federation, and authentication integration
• Demonstrated experience migrating or modernizing legacy systems into AWS environments
• Advanced troubleshooting skills across cloud networking, compute, storage, and identity domains
• Practical experience with monitoring tools, performance analysis, and cost optimization techniques
• Familiarity with infrastructure‑as‑code concepts and tools (such as Terraform) and CI/CD‑driven infrastructure workflows
• Ability to create clear technical documentation, diagrams, and operational runbooks
• Experience working in collaborative, cross‑functional environments supporting enterprise platforms
• Strong analytical, communication, and change‑management skills

Benefits Overview:

• 401k 
• Major health insurances  
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)  
• Click here for a complete list of benefits 

Interested and qualified candidates can contact Sarah Craveiro at (515) 225-7000 or email Sarah at scraveiro@thepalmergroup.com.