Cloud Engineer

Cloud Engineer - Remote We’re in search of a Cloud Engineer who can seamlessly mesh tech know-how with business acumen to help us navigate all our cloud computing needs, including infrastructure design, maintenance, support and planning, and everything in between. Not only are you experienced in cloud-based tech, but you have a firm grasp of LaaS technologies, platforms and applications, and have intimate knowledge of how best to customize these attributes to our business to help us become more secure and efficient. Not only can you help us connect the dots and evolve our cloud capabilities over time, but you’re also evolving your own capabilities as an engineer and keeping an eye on developments that can support our expansion—and help us implement those, too. Cloud Engineer Responsibilities: • Working in tandem with our engineering team to identify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the company. • Planning, designing and developing cloud-based applications. • Managing cloud environments in accordance with company security guidelines. • Deploying and debugging cloud initiatives as needed in accordance with best practices throughout the development lifecycle. • Educating teams on the implementation of new cloud-based initiatives, providing associated training as required. • Employing exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to see and solve issues before they snowball into problems. • Using your extensive knowledge of APIs to design RESTful services, and integrate them with existing data providers, using JSON or XML as needed. • Building and designing • Orchestrating and automating cloud-based platforms throughout the company. • Stay current with industry trends, making recommendations as needed to help the company excel. Cloud Engineer Requirements: • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering; Master’s degree a plus. • Certification as an AWS Solutions Architect, Cloud Security Certification, and/or OpenStack Administrator Certification a plus. (Other cloud-related certification also a plus.) • Three to five years’ experience in a Cloud Engineer role or related position. • Five years’ experience in developing software using languages such as Java , Python, C++ or Ruby. • Experience working with OpenStack, Linux/UNIX, Rackspace, Docker and Microsoft Azure. • Knowledge of web services, API, REST and RPC. • Strong awareness of networking and internet protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP and distributed networks. • Database experience, including knowledge of SQL and NoSQL, and related data stores such as Postgres. • Extensive experience with open-source technology, software development and system engineering. • Excellent communication and organizational skills, and the ability to stay focused on completing tasks and meeting goals within a busy workspace. • Skilled at working in tandem with a team of engineers, or alone as required. Skillset:

• Experience with DevOps related automation tools to include, but not limited to: source mg(GIT, CodeCommit); continuous integration (Jenkins, Jarvis), application configuration management (Chef, Puppet, Ansible) and container management tools ( Docker, GCP, AWS ECS) • Systems administration expertise (Windows, Linux) • Scripting technologies (Powershell, Bash, Python) • Enterprise Monitoring Tools for infrastructure and applications • ITIL Foundations and Intermediate Level Transition, Operations, and Continuous Improvement • Enterprise ITSM and CMDB Tools • Data Networks – routing, firewalls, load balancers, DNS • Databases – relational and NoSQL • Storage architecture and technologies • Security – Access Management, Key Management • Cloud Architectures • Automation in a cloud environment – Infrastructure as Code, especially using GCP • SDLC and Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment concepts • Risk, Security, and Audit compliance

Qualifications

• 1 Year of experience with GCP or AWS, certification desired • 3 Years of experience with Enterprise ITIL Processes • 3 Years of experience with monitoring enterprise systems • 3 Years of experience in data center domains (server, network, storage, security) • 3 Years of experience with server and directory service technologies (Windows, Linux, AD, DNS) • Excellent organizational skills, and oral and written communication skills • Security compliance experience such as ITIL, PCI, ISO 27001 or SOX