Cloud Systems Engineer

Job#: 2071334

Job Description:

Cloud Systems Engineer

PERM/FTE role

$153,000K/year + $15,000K/year bonus

Onsite in Irvine, CA OR Irving, TX

The Engineer, Cloud Systems will be part of an industry leading IT team working in a fast paced, cloud-first environment at my client. Reporting to the Sr Manager, Systems and Network Engineering, this individual will be responsible for day-to-day tasks functioning primarily as cloud infrastructure support through all phases of project and cloud services lifecycle. The Engineer, Cloud Systems is responsible for the overall health of off-premises systems enterprise-wide with specific emphasis on ensuring efficient, reliable application and system services delivery to all constituents in the organization.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function at a high degree of proficient execution with little or no accommodation. The requirements listed below are representative, but not all inclusive, of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

1. Participate in architecture discussions and review with various IT groups' technical, business, and use case requirements. Ensure supportability requirements and standards are followed to support a cloud-first environment.

2. Identifies and may develop new standards to maintain or improve stability and scalability of the current network environment with specific considerations to sustainability and future-proof design.

3. Research and recommend innovative and where possible automated approaches to configuration and applications that enable cloud-first architecture. Identify approaches that leverage existing resources and provide economies of scale.

4. Author documents that improve governance and librarianship with system-related architectures.

5. Participate in all phases of development life-cycle environments including development, test, staging and production infrastructure systems, applications, servers and cloud services.

6. Integrate cloud operations with legacy processes.

7. Skilled in determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

8. Daily infrastructure services support, engineering and administration in multi-vendor environment.

9. Manage relationships with vendor support of multiple systems to troubleshoot and investigate the root causes of performance and failure issues.

10. Mentor and train peers on best practices and operations related issues.

11. Actively participate in performance and high-availability planning.

12. Provide guidance to team members in the daily support of various backup systems ensuring successful backups and test backups at regular intervals.

13. Ensure that processes, procedures, and troubleshooting guides are developed and maintained for the team.

14. Continuously update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications and white papers.

15. Improve performance of the systems by researching, evaluating and recommending new technology products and services.

16. Other duties as assigned by management.

REQUIRED:

Bachelor's Degree in MIS or Computer Science or equivalent education and applicable work experience.

4+ years' experience in Linux administration

4+ years of Windows Server administration in a multi-site domain, multi-trust forest. 4+ years of experience working with virtualization technology, provisioning compute and storage resources.

2+ years of experience supporting and deploying Cloud computing services, including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS deployments.

Demonstrated ability performing automation of services using AWS CloudFormation, Amazon EC2 Systems manager, AWS Config, AWS OpsWorks, AWS Service Catalog, AWS CodeDeploy.

Expert level knowledge with AWS design, architecture and services (IAM, EC2, VPC, ELB, AutoScaling, RDS, DynamoDB, CloudFront, S3, CloudWatch, Lambda, KMS, EKS, ElasticSearch, WAF, Secret Manager, Amazon Connect, etc)

Expert level knowledge of Google Cloud Platform and services catalog.

Experience with automation tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Terraform.

Experience with PowerShell

Working knowledge of Kubernetes (build, run, maintain)

Strong understanding of Networks and Firewalls. (Palo Alto NGFW)

Strong knowledge and practical experience with SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) and DevOps processes.

Working knowledge of Linux CLI commands, SSH, and SCP.

Experience with Veeam Cloud Backups or other Enterprise class backup solutions.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification required.

Must be able to work evenings and weekends as needed.

PREFERRED:

MCSE certification in MS Windows 2012 technologies.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification.

Google Cloud Platform Certifications

CKA Certified

Azure Certifications

Experience working with DevOps and agile workflows.

Experience with Okta for Identity Management

Experience working with Extra Hop, Wireshark, and other network troubleshooting tools.

Previous experience developing, implementing, and operating large-scale, highly available environments through a public cloud provider. AWS services and technologies preferred.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES:

Knowledge of electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Ability to identify complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, statistics, and their applications.

Strong skills in communication, both written and verbal.

Ability to analyze and interpret performance reports and recommend course of action.

Ability to monitor systems for anomalies that require investigation and resolution.

Intermediate knowledge of Active Directory and Windows domain environments.

Advanced knowledge of backup and recovery systems using Symantec Backup Exec., Veeam, scripting and native backup applications.

Intermediate knowledge of MS SQL service configuration and load balancing.

Advanced knowledge of share and NTFS permissions.

Intermediate knowledge of Linux commands, SSH, and SCP.

Understanding of general networking principles pertaining to a large enterprise WAN environment.

Understanding of hardware associated with hosted solutions including switches and load balancers.

Advanced knowledge of SAN and NAS technologies (iSCSI, CIFS, NFS, etc.).

Experience with thin provisioning and thick provisioning best practices.

Maintain an appropriate professional appearance and demeanor in accordance with Company policy.

Ensure compliance with Company policies, as well as State, Federal and other regulatory bodies.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• This is primarily a sedentary office classification but may require field visits and driving. Temperature conditions are controlled with no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate. There is occasional exposure to irate staff, vendors or patients, but there is negligible anticipation of exposure to violence.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, keyboard, to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, see, talk and hear. The employee will frequently lift and/or carry reports, records and other materials that typically weigh less than 20 pounds. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, bend, or crouch.
• Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard, calculator, and other standard office equipment.

EEO Employer

Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Employee Services Department at or .

Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.