Senior Cloud Engineer

Role: Senior Cloud Engineer

Location: Concord, CA (Onsite)

Type: Contract

Summary:

The ideal candidate brings strong experience in Linux, DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (Terraform), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift), cloud platforms (Google Cloud Platform, Azure), AI/ML operations, and cloud native toolchains. Additional strengths include hands on Generative AI/LLM capabilities, vector databases, observability stacks, and leading technically complex discussions. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills are essential.

In this role, you will:

• Contribute to Generative AI platform development, including delivering AI/ML models to on prem and cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform Vertex AI and Azure ML.
• Participate in daily Agile standups, provides SME guidance to data science teams
• Collaborates closely with engineering, platform, and strategy teams to define infrastructure requirements and support cloud migration.
• Leads large scale, complex technology initiatives and helps establish enterprise-wide engineering standards and best practices
• Design, , test, debug, and document for projects and programs.
• Review and analyze complex, large-scale technology solutions for tactical and strategic business objectives, enterprise technological environment, and technical challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors, including intangibles or unprecedented technical factors.
• Research industry trends, evaluates new technologies, and drives the adoption of automation first practices
• Participate in developing Generative AI Platform Capabilities.
• Act as an expert resource for other technical teams within DTI.

Minimum requirements:

• 4+ years of build-deploy automation and configuration experience within the Linux and Unix environment.
• 4+ years of Gradle or Maven experience.
• 4+ years of experience troubleshooting environments across the entire architecture (i.e. applications to infrastructure).
• 4+ years of experience with Linux OS environment.
• 3+ years of Python experience.
• 3 + years of experience with server administration and job creation using Jenkins Continuous Integration server, Github Actions.
• 3+ years of experience with DevOps practices in an enterprise environment including CI/CD pipelines and DevOps-focused collaboration.
• 3+ years of experience with Terraform including module engineering, state management, and execution in an enterprise environment.
• 3+ years of proficient to advanced experience with IaC (infrastructure as code) processes and tooling in an enterprise environment.
• 3+ years of experience with Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform) including management of Google Cloud Platform resources with Terraform in an enterprise environment.
• 3+ years of proficient to advanced experience with git/github.
• 2+ years of experience in LLM , Generative AI (developing capabilities for dev/ops).
• 2+ years of experience in Elastic Search, Vector Database, Model Development would be added benefit.
• 2+ years of experience with Terraform Cloud/Terraform Enterprise in an enterprise environment.
• 2+ years of experience supporting AIML solutions in an enterprise environment (Google Cloud Platform preferred but Azure also useful).
• 3+ years of experience with docker/container image development.

Preferred Skills:

• Understanding of Urban Code Deploy (UCD) or Harness CD tools.
• Associate cloud engineer certification for Google Cloud Platform (or better Google Cloud Platform certification).
• Knowledge and understanding of Cloud computing, PaaS design principles and micro services and containers.
• Working knowledge/experience with Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform, as well as some experience building complex infrastructure programmatically with IaC tools (Terraform/Ansible etc.).
• Working knowledge/experience with on-premises and Public Cloud technologies, such as Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes, Docker.
• Experience in leading / facilitating analysis of current systems and problem identification and resolution.
• Ability to lead / facilitate technically complex discussions and working sessions.