Job Description
The Senior Cloud Engineer will be responsible for the management and migration of traditional infrastructure and supporting cloud based automated infrastructure. The Senior Cloud Engineer will champion the Cloud Management Platform, live and breathe Infrastructure Automation, support Hybrid Cloud Solutions, and demonstrates abilities of all Cloud-as-a-Service varieties: PaaS, IaaS, SaaS, etc. The Senior Cloud Engineer will build the next generation of Cloud infrastructure, becomes a key contributor supporting end-to-end private/public Cloud Automation IT and Infrastructure application delivery, including Infrastructure provisioning and integration with Continuous Integration/Continuous Development platforms, using existing and emerging technologies. The ideal incumbent will have existing experience moving infrastructure to the Cloud.
Responsibilities:·
Develop solutions by understanding and studying systems flows, data usage and work processes
Assist in or independently create robust, scalable, and high-quality automation solutions for infrastructure defined software development, mentor other less experienced automation engineers
Provision and administer Infrastructure as a Service and Platform as a Service environments using best practices for enterprise customers across multiple public cloud offerings, e.g. AWS, GCP Cloud Services, and Azure
Architect, design, deploy, maintain, and lead the implementation of Cloud solutions using Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services (AWS), Office 365 and underlying technologies
Be responsible for analysis, recommendation of upgrades, design, changes, implementation, and maintenance of software
Be responsible for the maintenance and overall performance, security, and availability of the enterprise UNIX-Linux servers.
Develop and maintain shell scripts to automate systems and application processes and enhance systems functionality.
Create and manage roles, configuration policies, and system/software automation procedures
Collaborate with IT Operations to develop the process and tools needed to maintain and monitor operating baselines and configurations for the organization.
Provide 24 x 7 x 365 support through on-call rotation
Review technical specifications from clients and vendors to confirm adequacy, accuracy, and functionality of proposed solutions
Define benchmarks for tracking and measuring performance metrics
Experience developing standards in partnership with Engineering, Infrastructure Service, and Application Development to select appropriate technical solutions
Develop clear, concise installation, configuration procedures, runbooks and contributing to the maintenance of operational standards
Create automated approaches and scripts for system administration tasks where possible and appropriate
Provide advanced systems and intermediate network support "VPC, Security Groups, routing, ELB and EIP." as requested as part of troubleshooting analysis
Present technology concepts and terminology to technical peers and customers
Deep Windows Server expertise and some Linux knowledge
Qualifications:·
Bachelor's degree in technical or business discipline, generally 10+ years of professional experience
At least 5 years of experience in designing, building, and deploying scalable cloud-based solution architectures on various cloud services
At least 5 years of experience in designing deployment strategies for cloud/virtualization and implementation best practices using IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
AWS or GCP Cloud Architect certification will be a plus
Experience with containerization (i.e., Docker), EKS will be a plus
Minimum 5+ Experience supporting and managing AWS administration, automation
Ability to innovate new solutions strong interpersonal skills in areas such as facilitation, negotiation & the ability to work with internal and external customers
Minimum 10+ years of experience in maintaining operating system baselines, include the deployment to a large organization (over 1000 assets)
Experience with CI/CD devops tools like Jenkins, TeamCity or similar products
