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Position Summary
Austin Texas Hybrid
The North American Datacenter & Cloud Operations team operates and maintains all the drivers licensing law enforcement and DHS systems for which Thales has responsibility.
As a Cloud Expert you will lead our cloud transformation initiatives and define architecture patterns for public cloud environments. This role involves collaborating with technical leaders training engineering teams and providing expertise in architecture design and security audits. The Cloud Expert will manage FinOps to optimize cloud costs develop automation tools and ensure the engineering team is autonomous with new technologies.
Regulatory Compliance Requirements
Must have U.S. Citizenship in order to obtain the posthire Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Clearance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and must be able to obtain posthire clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investments in the U.S. (CFIUS) and Department of Justice.
Key Areas of Responsibility
Lead the implementation and setup of cloud technologies in collaboration with technical leaders of the engineering and operation teams.
Train various engineering teams on cloudbased technology and CI/CD tools to support cloud transformation and ensure autonomy.
Provide guidance and expertise during architecture definition including security audits architecture design and presales support.
Collaborate with finance and engineering teams to establish cost management practices and monitor cloud spending.
Implement costsaving strategies and provide recommendations for cost optimization.
Develop and set up automation tools (CI/CD) to support development validation and integration technical processes.
Write guidelines installation guides documentation and training materials to ensure the engineering team is autonomous with new technologies.
Monitor cloud infrastructure to ensure optimal performance and availability.
Conduct regular reviews and audits of cloud infrastructure to identify and mitigate potential risks.
Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to ensure seamless integration of cloud solutions with existing systems.
Minimum Qualifications
Degree in Computer Science or a related field along with at least 10 years of professional experience.
AWS Certification(s) such as Solutions Architect Pro DevOps Engineer Pro SysOps Admin or Developer Associate.
5 years of experience in system integration and deployment of cloudbased technologies (IaaS Docker Kubernetes OpenStack monitoring systems such as Datadog authentication systems).
Extensive expertise in AWS services and solutions with a strong understanding of AWS architecture and best practices.
Proficiency in AWS services such as Amazon EC2 FSx S3 RDS and VPC.
Strong knowledge of AWS security services including AWS IAM AWS KMS and Amazon GuardDuty.
Experience with serverless architecture including AWS Fargate.
Experience with large and complex distributed systems with high availability and scalability (using application servers messagebroker services streaming loadbalancing autoscaling).
Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) languages source code management scripting and continuous automation principles (CI/CD) including tools like Terraform Flux GitLab and Helm.
Proficiency in at least one development language (Java C/C C# Python JavaScript Go).
Experience with automating cloudnative technologies deploying applications and provisioning infrastructure.
Experience implementing and designing cloudnative security concepts DevSecOps or MLOps.
Good knowledge of operating systems (Linux/Windows).
Experience with logging and monitoring tools such as AWS CloudWatch Datadog New Relic and Splunk.
Experience with software development automated testing practices.
If youre excited about working with Thales but not meeting the requirements for this position we encourage you to join our Talent Community!
What We Offer
Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all fulltime employees working 30 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents including the following:
Elective Health Dental Vision FSA/HSA Voluntary Life and AD&D Whole Group Life w/LTC Critical Illness Hospital Indemnity Accident Insurance Legal Plan Identity Theft and Pet Insurance.
Retirement Savings Plan after 30 days of employment with a company contribution and a match and with no vesting period.
Company paid holidays and Paid Time Off.
Company provided Life Insurance AD&D Disability Employee Assistance Plan and Wellbeing Program.
Why Join Us
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This position will require successfully completing a postoffer background check. Qualified candidates with a criminal history will be considered and are not automatically disqualified consistent with federal law state law and local ordinances.Thales champions inclusion and we believe diversity strengthens the fabric of our culture. Thales is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veterans.
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The reference Total Target Compensation(TTC) market range for this position inclusive of annual base salary and the variable compensation target is between
This reflects how companies in a similar industry and geographic region generally pay for similar jobs. This range helps the Company make pay decisions as one data point among many. Where a position falls within this range is also dependent on other factors including but not limited to the employees career path history competencies skills and performance as well as the companys annual salary budget the customers program requirements and the companys internal equity. Thales may offer additional benefits and other compensation depending on circumstances not related to an applicants status protected by local state or federal law.
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Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all fulltime employees working 30 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents including the following:
Elective Health Dental Vision FSA/HSA Voluntary Life and AD&D Whole Group Life w/LTC Critical Illness Hospital Indemnity Accident Insurance Legal Plan Identity Theft and Pet Insurance
Retirement Savings Plan after 30 days of employment with a company contribution and a match and with no vesting period
Company paid holidays and Paid Time Off
Company provided Life Insurance AD&D Disability Employee Assistance Plan and Wellbeing Program
Employment Type
Full-Time
