Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer: Core

Job summary

The Infrastructure Engineer will be a key contributor on Jack Henry Digital’s Cloud Infrastructure team, responsible for building and operating the core systems that enable scalable, reliable delivery of application and infrastructure services in Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role involves designing and enhancing platform solutions, collaborating with engineering teams, and performing root-cause analysis for critical production issues. The position is remote within the United States, excluding California.

Benefits

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in software development, DevOps, or Infrastructure as Code.
• Hands-on experience deploying and managing applications in Kubernetes.
• Practical experience in declarative service infrastructure environments, specifically using Terraform.
• Experience in AWS, Azure, and/or GCP cloud environments.
• Production programming experience in Go or Python.
• Experience designing and implementing monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or OpenTelemetry).
• Deep familiarity with operating in a Unix/Linux shell.
• Proficiency building and scaling custom Kubernetes controllers and operators.
• Experience managing production environments in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience with Service Mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd).
• Experience with implementing and scaling relational databases, in-memory data structure stores, and streaming data pipelines (e.g., AlloyDB, Memorystore, Pub/Sub).
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum processes and various methods of implementation.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, and build core infrastructure systems for development and engineering teams.
• Debug critical production infrastructure issues, performing deep root-cause analysis.
• Design and operate systems with a focus on site health and reliability, enabling automated workload movement and failure avoidance.
• Use software development skills (e.g., Go, Python) to build and enhance platform solutions.
• Act as a proactive collaborator and emerging technical leader, promoting engineering best practices.
• Partner closely with engineering teams to understand priorities and evolving needs.
• Take ownership of complex technical challenges and drive them to successful completion.

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