Cloud Engineer

Position Summary

The Cloud Engineer is responsible for the design implementation and management of the Companys public cloud infrastructure primarily on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) while also supporting resources on AWS and Azure. This role requires a deep understanding of GCP services cloud architecture and best practices for building scalable and secure cloud infrastructure. The successful candidate will work closely with our architecture and development teams to implement optimize and manage our multicloud environment. This is an opportunity to play a crucial role in the modernization of our IT infrastructure and to collaborate closely with crossfunctional teams to drive our cloudfirst strategy forward.

Essential Functions and Duties

• Infrastructure Design and Implementation: Design implement and manage cloud infrastructure across GCP AWS and Azure using Terraform ensuring high availability security and scalability while optimizing resource management across these platforms.
• IaC: Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform Deployment Manager or Ansible to automate cloud infrastructure provisioning and management.
• Version Control and Collaboration: Work with version control systems like GitHub to manage Terraform code including branching merging and pull requests.
• CI/CD Integration: Integrate Terraform workflows with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to automate infrastructure deployment and updates.
• Monitoring and Optimization: Monitor the health performance and security of cloud infrastructure and optimize resource usage to reduce costs and improve efficiency.
• Compliance and Security: Implement security best practices and ensure compliance with industry standards including identity and access management (IAM) policies encryption and data protection.
• Documentation and Training: Document Terraform code and processes and provide training or knowledge sharing sessions to other team members as needed.
• Incident Management and Troubleshooting: Respond to infrastructure incidents troubleshoot issues and provide solutions in a timely manner.
• Roadmap: Evaluate current environments and collaborate with the cloud architecture team and DevOps team to create a roadmap for the adoption of the public cloud.
• Could Migration: Identify onpremises workloads/applications and execute the migration to GCP ensuring minimal disruption to business operations.
• Innovation and Continuous Improvement: Stay updated with the latest GCP features and services and suggest improvements to optimize cloud infrastructure and reduce costs.
• FinOps: Monitor and optimize GCP costs using native tools like Google Cost Management or identify other thirdparty solutions for additional cost management capabilities.
• HA/DR: Ensure high availability disaster recovery and backup procedures are in place and regularly tested.
• Containerization and Orchestration: Strong understanding of containerization technologies (e.g. Docker) and experience with container orchestration platforms particularly Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
• Mentorship: Mentor and provide guidance to team members helping them develop their technical skills and understanding of cloud infrastructure best practices.
• Team Building: Collaborate effectively with coworkers internal and external customers sharing ideas constructively fostering crossfunctional collaboration and keeping all stakeholders informed of progress issues and timelines.
• Adheres specifically to all company policies and procedures Federal and State regulations and laws.
• Display dedication to position responsibilities and achieve assigned goals and objectives.
• Always represent the Company in a professional manner and appearance.
• Understand and internalize the Companys purpose
• Display loyalty to the Company and its organizational values.
• Display enthusiasm and dedication to learning how to be more effective on the job and share knowledge with others.
• Work effectively with coworkers internal and external customers and others by sharing ideas in a constructive and positive manner; listen to and objectively consider ideas and suggestions from others; keep commitments; keep others informed of work progress timetables and issues; address problems and issues constructively to find mutually acceptable and practical business solutions; address others by name title or other respectful identifier and respect the diversity of our work force in actions words and deeds.
• Comply with the policies and procedures stated in the Injury and Illness Prevention Program by always working in a safe manner and immediately reporting any injury safety hazard or program violation.
• Ensure conduct is consistent with all Compliance Program Policies and procedures when engaging in any activity on behalf of the company. Immediately report any concerns or violations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education Knowledge Skills and Experience

Required Education:

• Bachelors degree in information technology or a related field of study or four 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.

Required Knowledge:

• Solid understanding of cloud computing.
• Knowledge of Network Operations.
• Terraform.
• GCP Projects shared VPC VPC Network Peering.

Preferred Knowledge:

• Ansible.
• Monitoring logging and cost management tools.
• Understanding of data archive/restore policies.

Required Experience:

• At least five(5 years experience nine 9 for nondegreed candidates in an infrastructure role.
• Proven experience as a Terraform Engineer or similar role with a strong background working with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools and principles.
• Proven experience migrating applications to GCP.
• Experience managing daytoday infrastructure and operations.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience in designing scalable secure cloud infrastructure architecture on GCP.
• Experience with Google Cloud Operations Suite.
• Google Identity and Access Management.
• Google Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).
• Google Security Command Center Premium (SCC).

Required Skills:

• Must have strong organizational skills.
• Must have a detail orientation and the proven ability to prioritize work.
• Must have effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Must have the ability to work with limited supervision and as part of a team.
• Sound decisionmaking abilities.

Preferred Skills:

• Strong presentation and communication skills.

Professional Certification:

GCP Certifications (Associate Cloud Engineer Professional Cloud Engineer) preferred.

Google Professional Cloud Architect (PCA) preferred.

Google Professional Cloud Network Engineer (PCNE) preferred.

Terraform Certified Associate preferred.

Physical requirements

Vision hearing speech movements requiring the use of wrists hands and/or fingers. Must have the ability to view a computer screen for prolonged periods and the ability to sit for extended periods. Must have the ability to work the hours and days required to complete the essential functions of the position as scheduled. The employee occasionally lifts to 20 lbs. and occasionally kneels and bends. Must have the ability to travel occasionally. Working condition include normal office setting.

Mental Demands

Learning thinking concentration and the ability to work under pressure particularly during busy times. Must be able to pay close attention to detail and be able to work as a member of a team to ensure excellent customer service. Must have the ability to interact effectively with coworkers and customers and exercise selfcontrol and diplomacy in customer and employee relations situations. Must have the ability to exercise discretion as well as appropriate judgments when necessary. Must be proactive in finding solutions.

Direct Reports

No

EEO/AAP Statement

FFF Enterprises/Nufactor is an equal opportunity employer to all and prohibits discrimination and harassment based on the following characteristics: race color caste religion religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices) national origin ancestry citizenship physical or mental disability medical condition (including cancer and genetic conditions) genetic information marital status sex (including pregnancy childbirth breastfeeding or related medical conditions) gender gender identity gender expression age 40 years and over) sexual orientation veteran or military status medical leave or other types of protected leave (requesting or approved for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act or any state protected leaves) domestic violence victim status political affiliation reproductive health decisionmaking and any other characteristic protected by state or federal antidiscrimination law covering employment. These categories are defined according to Government Code section 12920. The Company prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.