Sr. Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Dallas, IA - USA
Job Summary
Department:
Information TechnologyJob Description:
Join a growing Infrastructure team to help design build andmaintainrobust scalable and secure cloud environments that power our organizations operations. As a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer you will also lead governance and oversight of our Cloud Infrastructure Managed Services (CIMS) provider ensuring that contracted services are delivered reliably securely and cost-effectively in alignment with the organizations cloud strategy. This role blends deep cloud engineering with operational excellence incident leadership and vendor performance management.
Work Arrangement:
Employees who live within 30 miles of the TMG home office are expected to follow a hybrid or in-office schedule. The initial training period may require additional inoffice days.
Accountabilities:
Cloud Engineering & Platform Operations
Design & deliver cloud foundations including account/subscription setup networking access controls guardrails and secure scalable architecture patterns across AWS and Azure.
Implement automation through Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar) and CI/CD pipelines to provision update andmaintainenvironments.
Run reliable services by monitoring system health performance logs and security events responding to incidents and driving root-cause analysis.
Support modernization & migrations including containerization serverless adoption and transition to resilient multi-AZ/region patterns.
Vendor Governance & Managed Services Oversight
Serve as the primary technical day-to-day interface with the Cloud Infrastructure Managed Services (CIMS) provider supporting our AWS and Azure environments.
Oversee adherence to SOW/MSA obligations including scope SLAs security tasks DR drills ticket concurrency limits escalation matrix steps cost reporting and monthly governance deliverables.
Review andvalidatesupplier-delivered RCAs ensuring corrective actions arecompletedand prevention steps are implemented.
Review and approve vendor-initiated changes to ensure alignment with internal standards.
Participate in bi-weekly governance meetings contributing to KPI reviews risk tracking cost insights and optimization recommendations.
Incident & Problem Management
Lead technical response for cloud-related Severity 1 & 2 incidents coordinating with the supplier and internal teams to restore service quickly.
Ensure incidents meet response andresolutionSLAs and escalate via the SOWs escalation matrix when needed.
Drive problem management byidentifyingrecurring patterns and implementing remediation with the supplier.
Security Identity & Compliance
Apply and enforce cloud security baselines including MFA PAM RBAC encryption logging monitoring and identity governance.
Validate periodic vulnerability assessments and cloud security scoring delivered by the supplier; ensure remediation progress.
Partner with Security and Compliance to ensure cloud environments adhere todata-protectionrequirements.
Cost Optimization & FinOps Collaboration
Review monthly cloud consumption and cost reports delivered by the supplier;validateaccuracy of consumption-based CIMS billing tiers.
Identifyand action cost optimization opportunities including rightsizing scheduling storage optimization and cleanup activities.
Enforce tagging and cost-allocation standards for consistent reporting and chargeback readiness.
Documentation Standards & Knowledge Sharing
Maintain up-to-date runbooks diagrams and SOPs; ensure supplier documentation meets internal expectations.
Share best practices and mentor teammates in modern cloud practices automation and operational excellence.
Qualifications:
8 years in infrastructure/operations/DevOps/SRE roles with 5 years in cloud infrastructure engineering.
Hands-on experience running production workloads in AWS and/or Azure.
Strong Infrastructure-as-Code skills (Terraform or equivalent) and experience with CI/CD automation.
Solid understanding of cloud networking IAM/RBAC security and cost management.
Experience working with or overseeing a cloud managed services provider including ticket management SLA interpretation and escalation processes.
Strong troubleshooting and incident-response experience especially in cloud environments.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Experience with containers orchestration andGitOpsworkflows.
Familiarity with compliance frameworks (SOC 2 PCI HIPAA) and policy-as-code concepts.
Cloud certifications (AWS or Azure)stronglypreferred but notrequired.
Pay Range:
Anticipated Hiring Range:
$100000 - $150000annual base salary depending on experience qualifications and geographic location
Benefits:
We are proud to offer our full-time regular employees a robust benefits suite that includes:
Competitive base salary plus incentive plans for eligible team members
401(K) retirement plan that includes a company match of up to 6% of your eligible salary
Free basic life and AD&D long-term disability and short-term disability insurance
Medical dental and vision plans to meet your unique healthcare needs
Wellness incentives
Generous time off program that includes personal holiday and volunteer paid time off
Flexible work schedules and hybrid/remote options for eligible positions
Educational assistance
Equal Opportunity Employer
The Mutual Groupis an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to recruit hire train and promote individuals in all job classifications without regard to race color religion sex national origin age veteran status disability sexual orientation gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.
Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation due to a disability at any stage of the employment application process should contact.
Employment Verification
The Mutual Group participates in theE-Verifyprogram and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. You are protected fromemployment discriminationbased on your citizenship status and national origin.
All offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC