Cloud Ops Engineer

Description

Responsibilities

• Support the creation and maintenance of critical Application Environments primarily in
• AWS but additional experience with Azure is a plus.
• Support maintain and create Deployment systems and CI environments using Azure DevOps and AWS Code Pipeline.
• Provide Tier 3 Incident Support forApplications as required to assist internal Support Teams: during and after normal work hours.
• Collaborate with developers to properly automate software build test and deployments.
• Manage assigned project activities to achieve stated project goals objectives and schedules.
• Mentor and train junior Cloud and DevOps engineers as needed.
• Follow security best practices. Interact with security team to implement and maintain security controls on the cloud infrastructure.
• Creation of standardized templates using orchestrators Terraform and Cloud Formation
• Identifies and shares best practices as appropriate.
• Implements and supports Disaster Recovery solutions.
• Ensures capacity planning processes are followed by allocating system resources
• Participates in direction of documentation standards and reviews.
• Implements administers and maintains policies and procedures for ensuring the security and integrity of the company systems.
• Attends leadership meetings and effectively shares the information learned.
• Provide trend analysis to management as well as peer groups to enable informed decisions.
• Ability to interact with business and application development units on a daily basis
• Monitor and report on costs associated with assigned cloud products

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent with minimum of 4 years of relevant work experience in automation application deployment and/or systems administration or 4 years relevant experience in lieu of degree
• Experience with infrastructure automation infrastructure as code specifically Terraform and AWS CloudFormation is a plus
• 4 years of experience in AWS; Azure experience is a plus; and is willing to work with both platforms
• Experience with load balanced Web architectures
• Solid fundamental network knowledge TCP/IP routing subnetting OSI model.
• Solid understanding of DNS
• Experience with estimating AWS and Azure usage costs and identifying operational cost control mechanisms
• Experience with Azure Services with specific strengths in App Services Virtual Machine Scale Sets Functions Virtual Network Application Gateway App Insights
• Strong command of AWS Services EC2 RDS S3 VPC IAM BeanStalk API Gateway and Cloudfront
• Experience with programming and scripting languages: Powershell Python Bash Perl or Ruby
• Excellent written and verbal skills (Documentation is paramount)
• Strong knowledge of Azure DevOps GitHub and GitHub Actions is required.
• Ability to identify and understand complex problems/issues and develop effective solutions.
• Strong time management skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and collaborate with teams both remote and local.
• Possess strong time management prioritization and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with automation/configuration management software.
• Has knowledge of standard concept practices and procedures within a particular field; can explain Systems technology in nontechnical terms
• Develops Methods of Procedure (MOPs) for utilization by team.
• Ability to leverage vendor tools to research open and resolve defects or performance problems.
• Peer reviews technical content in technical documentation processes and changes.
• Ensures capacity planning processes are followed by allocating system resources Automates common tasks.
• Possesses advanced levels in software and information life cycle process data systems relational databases and client server concepts.
• Expert skills in utilizing vendor tools and vendor diagnostic tools to drive quick problem and performance resolutions.
• Possesses project management skills and knowledge of the technology industry.
• Versed in basic statistical methods and models (ex. demand growth cost per unit)

• Azure and/or AWS certified
• Experience administrating Windows and Linux systems
• Docker and Kubernetes experience
• Experience with configuration management code Puppet Chef Ansible Salt etc.
• CI/CD experience using tools like Jenkins AWS CodePipeline or Azure DevOps
• ITIL Certification and/or experience
• Experience working on PCI Compliant applications.
• Agile/Scrum Methodologies.
• Monitoring experience with SaaS technologies such as New Relic and Stackify