Kforce has a client that is seeking a Cloud Engineer in Portland, OR. This role requires working across a broad spectrum of technology and stakeholders. There could not be a better time to join our team as we transform how we deliver technology and value for our customers. Responsibilities: * Cloud Engineer will partner with application teams on their journey to Public Cloud * Key technical lead and liaison between application teams and enterprise cloud migration initiative * Identify end to end DevOps solutions, leverage best practices and patterns * Self-starter who can pick up new technologies/skills, be comfortable with ambiguity and drive initiatives forward * Roll up sleeves and get teams over tricky CI/CD challenges* Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience * Minimum 10 years of experience with developing and implementing applications and end-to-end solutions * At least 5 years of progressive experience with the concepts and tools behind the design and implementation of best-in-class CI/CD, application monitoring and resilience on Public Cloud * Database experience - DML/DDL deployment for Microsoft SQL Server (must have), Cassandra (nice to have) * Must have hands-on experience deploying and running applications on Public Cloud (Azure preferrable, AWS) from Development through Production Preferred: * Azure IaaS/PaaS expert experience; Define/create runtime environment, network, storage, etc. * Proven track record with IaC, CI/CD/DevOps/DevSecOps, Test Automation, Supportability * Very strong Interpersonal skills with excellent verbal and written communication * Core toolsets include Terraform, Ansible, Gitlab CI/CD, Jira, Datadog * App Stack Exposure - .NET/Java/Spring, REST, Microservice, React, Docker/K8s. On-prem/Azure and/or AWS * End to end System Solutioning on Cloud for - Resilience, Security, Performance, Availability, Scalability * Financial Services domain knowledge is highly desirable