Infrastructure Cloud Engineer

Required Skillsets:
Strong combination of cloud technologies and automation scripting/tools - someone with cloud infrastructure expertise plus automation experience
Primary focus on AWS, but should have exposure to other cloud platforms as well
Job Responsibilities:
Embrace and advocate a DevOps mindset
Troubleshoot major incidents, facilitate blameless post-mortem RCA documentation
Work with development teams throughout the software life cycle ensuring sustainable software releases
Perform analytics on previous incidents and usage patterns to better predict issues and take proactive corrective action
Build and drive adoption for greater reliability, resiliency, and scalability of our production applications, while maintaining a cost conscience approach
Lead and participate in performance tests; identify bottlenecks, opportunities for optimization, and capacity demands
Lead and participate in disaster recovery tests for the environments you manage
Perform hands on management of cloud infrastructure and automation tools
Document cloud architecture, security measures, and participate in client audits
Mentor and train other members of the dedicated DevOps team and collaborate with other cloud support teams that support the overall organization
Understanding cloud security best practices and work with security teams to design
and implement a security plan
Serve as a technical point of contact for all cloud services consumed by the team, and communicate any new enterprise standards or best practices to be adopted by the DevOps teams
Participate in the 24x7 support coverage as needed Experience Requirements:
8+ years of overall IT experience
5+ years of hands-on experience in a major cloud provider (Azure, AWS, Google, Oracle)
2+ years of hands-on AWS experience
3+ years of scripting/automation experience
Working knowledge in scripting languages and automation tools (JSON, Python, Ansible, GitHub, CodeShuttle) with respect to managing deployment automation
Advanced knowledge of infrastructure components (networking, load balancing, cloud services, orchestration tools, containerization, compute, and storage systems)
Working knowledge of Windows and Unix based operating systems
Familiarity with Splunk, AppDynamics or other monitoring tools
Experience in a client facing production support environment Education/Requirements:
Cloud Certifications Desired (ranked by preference)
AWS DevOps Engineer Professional
AWS SysOps Admin Associate
AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional
AWS Developer Associate
SAFe Certifications Desired (not required)
SAFe Practitioner
SAFe DevOps Practitioner
Bachelor or master s degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Equivalent experience considered in lieu of degree
Technical proficiencies include Terraform, Linux/Bash scripting, GitHub, and Jenkins. Critical Soft Skills:
Excellent interpersonal skills to interact with customers, peers, and executives
Excellent organization and communication skills, both written and verbal
Ability to multi-task and to prioritize rapidly changing client demands, in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment
Ability to work well both independently and in teams