Cloud Engineer
Job Description:
Experience and Education· 10 - 12 years of experience in an IT environment or relevant role required· 5-7 years of Cloud development and support experience, such as Microsoft Azure· 2-3 years of experience in the financial industry preferred· Bachelor’s Degree in a related field or equivalent work or military experience requiredExtensive experience with Cloud technologies (such as Azure, AWS, GCP) and native toolsets such as Azure ARM Templates, Hashicorp Terraform, AWS CloudFormation.
Extensive experience with automation and configuration management using Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Jenkins, Azure DevOps or similar.Experience with one or more of the following: Azure Eventhub, Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Kubernetes Service, Blob Storage, Azure DNS, Virtual Networks, Redis Cache and Azure App Service, Azure Kubernetes Service.Strong experience with the Linux operating system.Strong background in scripting and automation in languages such as Python and Ruby.Strong background in cloud operations, instrumentation, and monitoring of distributed architectures using ZipKin, DataDog, AppDynamics, Splunk, Nagios, or similar.
JOB DUTIES
Design, and execute a comprehensive reliability and availability strategy across the Digital portfolioDrives the adoption of site reliability best practices throughout the organization with the ability to demonstrate this empirically through stability and reliability metricsLead the design of cloud-native applications, ensuring they are scalable, maintainable, and efficientImplement best practices in cloud architecture in alignment with the Azure Well-Architected Framework, ensuring our solutions are secure, efficient, and cost-effectiveOversee cloud infrastructure, employing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices to automate deploymentMonitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimize cloud environments.Drives the design of AKS with Istio service mesh to optimize microservices communication, security, observability with CI/CD integration using Helm chartsAutomate the provisioning of cloud environments through the concept of "pipeline engineering" using Terraform, Chef, Puppet and other tools.Research, analyze, design, develop and support high-quality automation workflows in the cloud platform that are appropriate for business and technology strategies.While embedding with teams, strategize, consult, and prototype alongside other engineers to implement best practices and solutions for applications utilizing CI/CD and the cloud.Evangelize Distributed Version Control and Trunk-Based Development practices, ATDD and TDD, Pipelines and Infrastructure and Release AutomationDrive proof of concepts and conduct technical feasibility studies for business requirementsRemain up to date on emerging technologies and architecture and propose ways to use them in current and upcoming projectsTroubleshoot production issues, engage appropriate parties, and drive through to resolutionManage processes of 3rd party data streams into the datacenter and cloudCollaborate with Architecture team(s) to advise on any needed enabling work and make decisions regarding sequencing to ensure optimal delivery of value for business customersEnsure high availability and 24x7 monitoringContinually improve operational processes and proceduresEducate and guide team members on Cloud standards. Act as a SME for all Cloud technical hands-on questions, with an initial focus on Azure and Cloud Native, 12 Factor Software development.Lead and facilitate the creation of compliance automation and policy-as-code to streamline cloud governance.Strive to provide internal and external customers with excellent customer service and world-class service.Effectively communicate project health, risks and issues to the program stakeholders, sponsors and management teams.Resolve most conflicts between timeline, budget, and scope independently but intuitively escalate complex or consequential issues to senior management.Identify and direct changes through appropriate review and approval mechanisms.
Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Pipeline Automation: Azure DevOps (YAML, ARM), Terraform, Jenkins, Chef, Octopus Deploy
Code Scanning: SonarQube, Checkmarx
Source Code repos: Git
Containerization: Azure Kubernetes Service, Kubernetes (open source), Docker
High-level programming languages: Java, C# (.NET MVC and .NET Core), Go
Scripting: PowerShell, Bash
Database: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, NoSQL (e.g., CosmosDB)
Test Automation: Xamarin.UITest, Specflow, DevTest, Selenium, Test Data Manager, Postman,
Maven, TestNG, JMeter
Operating systems: Windows, Linux
Cloud Platforms: Azure
Metrics and Monitoring: Splunk