Engineer & implement cloud-based technical architectures, migration approaches, deployment of cloud resources, and application optimizations that utilize automation technologies, sound redundant solutions, and enable business objectives.
Works to define cloud resource procurement and performance patterns through monitoring and tracking of usage and trends to optimize cloud spend & resource efficiency.
Proposes ideas, designs, and solutions to senior or lead engineers to further cloud service utilization and optimization.
Develops automation scripts and other repeatable patterns to enable application and service teams to deploy software and services into cloud environments.
Performs research and analysis required for new cloud deployment proposals, existing cloud service modification, and other new cloud adoption to ultimately provide sound recommendations on best course of action.
Level 2 Incident, problem and change management as it pertains to the responsibilities of the cloud operations engineering team.
Develop documentation to support operations process, procedures and implementations.
Other duties as assigned or requested.
Requirements & Skills:
Bachelor’s Degree in Cloud Computing, Computer & Information Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, or a closely related discipline
3 years of experience with at least two modern programming languages (Java, JavaScript, BASH, PowerShell, etc.)
Experience doing operational support of at least one of the following cloud service providers for an organization: Google Cloud Platform, Azur,e or Amazon Web Services.
Experience producing code that is fault-tolerant, efficient, and maintainable
Experience designing, building, and deploying scalable cloud-based solution architectures through automation tools like Terraform or Ansible for example, and versioning control via GitLab or similar tools.
Experience with standard IT security practices such as identity and access management, data protection, encryption, certificate, and key management
Knowledge of containerization and container orchestration technologies such as Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
