Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Cover Letter

I am excited to be applying for the position of cloud infrastructure engineer. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for the support of AWS features in an Aviva-designed constructs and will need to have previous experience dealing with public cloud in an enterprise environment.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Comprehensive understanding of IPSEC
• Strong history of deploying, maintaining and troubleshooting multi-vendor firewall environments
• Comfortable working within a Unix shell
• Experience with Cloud Native Development technologies, Infrastructure As Code, Cloud Provisioning, automation and orchestration with any of the following tools such as Puppet, Ansible, JSON, Terraform, Jenkins
• Working knowledge of Software Defined Datacentre and converged technologies
• Understanding of identity services within public cloud (again Azure AD preferred, AWS suitable)
• Demonstrated advanced knowledge of and experience in development and troubleshooting various technologies including Cloud and Systems automation, enterprise network communications/protocols, Windows and Linux authentication and authorization, Virtualization technologies (AWS, Azure, VMWare), enterprise networking, encryption standards, technologies, and related elements
• Data Center – Infrastructure and Colocation

In response to your job posting for cloud infrastructure engineer, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In my previous role, I was responsible for recommended use-case scenarios for utilizing recommended tools and services specific to distinct customer sets across Cloud Services program.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Detailed understanding of User Management in Microsoft Windows environments
• Microsoft Hyper-V and associated technologies
• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) deployment and management
• Familiarity with the Microsoft System Centre suite of products, including but not limited to SCCM, SCOM, SCVMM
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office 365 Enterprise tenants / multi-tenant environments
• Have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory (AD) and AD group policy management
• Practical understanding of Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
• Experience of cloud technologies, specifically Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS)

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the cloud infrastructure engineer position.

Previously, I was responsible for independent leadership and direction within Technology Services with regard to architecture and design of services for use in the public cloud at the enterprise level.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Cloud / Public Cloud and Private Cloud
• Messaging – Office 365 (Exchange Online, Skype for Business, .)
• Identity and Access Management – Active Directory, ADFS, Courion
• Transitioning toward a DevOps model for deployments
• Certification in AWS, Microsoft Azure or equivalent is highly preferred
• Proficiency with Automation Tools (Ansible, Chef or Puppet), AWS Services (EC2, VPCs, ELB, S3/EBS, CFN, ) or similar Public Cloud platform
• Understanding of AWS infrastructure, instance deployment, migration and administration
• Monitoring using Cloud Watch, Pulseways, Solarwinds, Splunk or similar service

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the cloud infrastructure engineer position.

Previously, I was responsible for deep level subject matter expertise in AWS Cloud services, cloud connectivity, design, implementation and advanced level of support and triage.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• A team player who balances individual responsibilities, gives and welcomes feedback, and exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views
• Experience with performing design/engineering, support, and administration tasks within Amazon Web Services (AWS), VM Ware, OpenStack, or other cloud infrastructure technologies
• Proficient in monitoring and logging tools such as Splunk, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana)
• Experience working with databases like SQL Server, MySQL, Cassandra, Oracle RAC or Hadoop
• Experience working with Splunk, AppDynamics, Nagios and other related technologies
• Industry and vendor specific certifications and training preferred (Cisco, Juniper, Alcatel-Lucent, etc)
• AWS and/or VMWare Certifications
• Proficiency in IT monitor and configuration tools

Please consider me for the cloud infrastructure engineer opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

Previously, I was responsible for enterprise thought leadership on Cloud Infrastructure solutions that benefit customers through the use of AWS Services.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Knowledge and experience of cloud based virtual networking and network security products (virtual switches, routers and
• VMware certification or 5 equivalent enterprise level experience
• Proficient with Infrastructure Engineering Architecture like VNets, Firewalls, NATs, ACL’s, Security Groups and Routing
• Proficient with cloud providers like AWS or Azure
• Proficient in containers like Docker
• Proficient in container orchestration engines like Kubernetes and Docker swarm
• Understanding on API Management and API Gateways is preferred
• Network design and configuration, VPCs, VPNs, routing