Cloud Engineer

Job summary

The Cloud Engineer will design, plan, and implement secure cloud migrations and adopt new cloud technologies. This role involves providing technical support for multi-cloud environments, infrastructure migration, and implementing scalable and reliable cloud-based solutions using platforms like Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of hands-on experience on leading cloud platforms (Azure, Amazon, Google) developing/implementing service models (IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS).
• Experience designing and implementing IaC solutions using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Familiarity with container platforms such as Docker, OpenShift, and other emerging technologies.
• Familiarity with infrastructure and platform automation technologies and tools such as Puppet, Ansible, AWS, Azure, GCP based technologies.
• Experience building and operating financial control and analysis systems (cloud cost analysis, showback, and chargeback).
• Experience understanding how cloud resources are tagged.
• Experience providing suggestions about cost optimizations.
• Ability to mentor and coach colleagues and seek opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Comfortable working in cross-functional and multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to create and maintain a project plan in a multi-cloud environment.
• Good understanding of software development and integration at the SaaS and IaaS levels.
• Proficient understanding of distributed computing principles.
• Experience with integration of data from multiple data sources.
• Ability to guide technical staff in resolving technical architecture and design issues.
• Demonstrated thought leadership in platform services and cloud computing.
• Ability to become a trusted advisor to decision-makers.
• Demonstrated well-balanced approach to addressing complex infrastructure concepts.
• Ability to maintain awareness of and evaluate emerging cloud capabilities, technologies, and tools.
• Ability to develop technical domain roadmaps pertinent to public cloud technologies and capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Build cloud instances based on system and mission requirements.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) methodology to define and implement on-premise and cloud infrastructure components.
• Utilize IaC tools like Terraform, Ansible, and AWX to provision and manage infrastructure across multiple platforms.
• Implement standardized configurations, best practices, and automation for infrastructure deployments.
• Integrate IaC code with CI/CD pipelines to automate infrastructure provisioning, updates, and maintenance.
• Ensure seamless and consistent infrastructure management across various environments.
• Collaborate with development teams to facilitate smooth infrastructure provisioning.
• Research, design, install, configure, and deploy platform products in high availability infrastructure.
• Deliver cloud solutions (IaaS and PaaS) that enable secure execution of sensitive workloads.
• Create and install cloud computing solutions according to user requirements.
• Automate cloud system operations to enhance efficiency and speed.
• Develop, establish, and implement modular cloud-based applications.
• Resolve technical issues and document them.
• Create strategies for enhancing the performance of existing cloud technology.
• Maintain applications and infrastructure for cloud-based platforms.
• Train IT team members to use different cloud computing technologies.
• Create instructions and documentation for cloud computing operations.
• Maintain, update, and refine documentation.
• Design, develop, and deploy modular cloud-based systems.

Skills

Certifications

Security clearance

Relocation