Cloud Engineer
Kansas City, KS - USA
Job Summary
UMBs Enterprise Cloud Architect team was recently formed to streamline and accelerate adoption of the Cloud. The team provides self-service means to empower other teams to deploy cloud-native platforms while ensuring security governance architectural best-practice cost containment and control. The team works to provide architecture tools services knowledge support organization structure and operating model arranged as a compelling product.
As a Cloud Engineer you will be heavily participating in defining the organizations cloud platform strategy designing enterprise cloud solutions and enabling cloud adoption across the business. This involves combining architecture vision with hands-on cloud engineering to align technical decisions with business objectives and regulatory requirements. This is a subset of the overall responsibilities which will include multiple initiatives as assigned by IT leadership.
This role is hybrid (Mon through Thu on-site / Fri remote) at the UMB Technology & Operations Center located in downtown Kansas City MO.
How you will spend your time:
- Participate in defining enterprise cloud strategy (AWS) reference architectures and design patterns.
- Involved in hands-on building of AWS environments.
- Design and implement CI/CD pipelines (Terraform)
- Adhere to governance frameworks technology standards and architectural principles.
- Communicate architectural vision to executive technical and business audiences
We are excited to talk if you have:
- Bachelors Degree in Information Technology Computer Science or related field or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
- At least 5 years of experience in designing and implementing cloud architecture (AWS) for enterprise environments.
- Following technical skills:
- Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform)
- AWS Cloud platform
- AWS Cloud security identity and compliance (i.e. IAM VPC etc.)
- AWS Network fundamentals (i.e. VPC design routing NLB ALB APIGW etc.)
- Containerization (i.e. Docker)
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts for diverse audiences.
- Strategic thinker mindset balancing delivery with long-term vision.
- Proficiency in Agile/Scrum.
Bonus Points if you have:
- AWS Solutions Architect Professional Certification AWS DevOps Engineer Professional Certification or any additional cloud certifications
- Banking/financial services industry experience
- Development experience especially
- AWS Enterprise Support or Well-Architected Review experience
- Event-driven architecture (i.e. Kafka Kinesis)
- Microservices and API design
- Kubernetes advanced management
- IDE experience
Applicants must have legal authority to work in the United States. Work Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Compensation Range:
$83200.00 - $178800.00The posted compensation range on this listing represents UMBs standard for this role but the actual compensation may vary by geographic location experience level and other job-related addition this range does not encompass the full earning potential for this role. Please see the description of benefits included with this job posting for additional information
UMB offers competitive and varied benefits to eligible associates such as Paid Time Off; a 401(k) matching program; annual incentive pay; paid holidays; a comprehensive company sponsored benefit plan including medical dental vision and other insurance coverage; health savings flexible spending and dependent care accounts; adoption assistance; an employee assistance program; fitness reimbursement; tuition reimbursement; an associate wellbeing program; an associate emergency fund; and various associate banking benefits. Benefit offerings and eligibility requirements vary.
Are you ready to be part of something more
Youre more than a means to an enda way to help us meet the bottom line. UMB isnt comprised of workers but of people who care about their work one another and their community. Expect more than the status quo. At UMB you can expect more heart. Youll be valued for exactly who you are and encouraged to support causes you care about. Expect more trust. We want you to do the right thing no matter what. And expect more opportunities. UMBers are known for having multiple careers here and having their voices heard.
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Required Experience:
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