**Overview** **Job Title:** Technical Consultant / Cloud Engineer **Location:** Remote **Job Type:** Independent Contractor - June 2025 Start Date **Pay Rate:** $65-80/hr (1099 or Corp to Corp) **About Cayuse Commercial** Cayuse Commercial Services (CCS) delivers fresh solutions to business challenges in the technology and business services environment. Services available are application development, business process outsourcing, data services, and professional services. Cayuse helps clients to achieve impactful outcomes such as improved efficiency, reduced cost, increased profitability and accelerated time to market. **Responsibilities** **Job Overview:** We are seeking a highly skilled **Technical Consultant** with expertise in **Terraform, Python, and AWS** to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of **cloud infrastructure, automation, and DevOps practices** , with **Azure** experience being a strong plus. You will work closely with clients to design, implement, and optimize cloud solutions, ensuring high performance, scalability, and security. **Key Responsibilities:** + Design and implement **Infrastructure as Code (IaC)** using **Terraform** to manage cloud resources efficiently. + Develop and maintain automation scripts and tools using **Python** to streamline cloud operations. + Architect and deploy solutions on **AWS** , ensuring best practices for security, scalability, and reliability. + Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize cloud-based applications and workloads. + Monitor and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure, implementing performance improvements as needed. + Provide technical guidance and training to clients on cloud infrastructure and automation best practices. + Work with **Azure** (if applicable) to support multi-cloud or hybrid cloud strategies.. **Qualifications** **Required Qualifications:** + **3+ years** of hands-on experience with **Terraform** for cloud infrastructure management. + Strong programming skills in **Python** , with experience in automation and scripting. + Deep expertise in **AWS** services, including **EC2, S3, Lambda, IAM, VPC, CloudFormation, and RDS** . + Understanding of DevOps principles, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud security best practices. + Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently in a client-facing role. **Nice-to-Have Skills:** + Experience with **Azure** cloud services. + Knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, or other containerization technologies. + Familiarity with configuration management tools like **Ansible, Chef, or Puppet** . + Experience with monitoring tools such as **CloudWatch, Datadog, or Prometheus** **Other Duties:** _Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice._ _Cayuse is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, skills, and abilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment in accordance with any applicable federal, state, or local law._ **Pay Range** USD $65.00 - USD $80.00 /Hr. Submit a Referral (https://careers-cayuseholdings.icims.com/jobs/1968/cloud-engineer/job?mode=apply&apply=yes&in\_iframe=1&hashed=-1834356743) **Location** _US-_ **ID** _2025-1968_ **Category** _Information Technology_ **Position Type** _Independent Contractor_ **Remote** _Yes_ **Clearance Required** _None_