Senior Cloud Engineer

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Responsibilities & Qualifications Design, deploy, and manage cloud-based infrastructure in AWS to support business applications and services. Utilize performance metrics and monitoring tools to optimize infrastructure performance and cost efficiency. Develop and maintain automation scripts and infrastructure as code (IaC) templates. Ensure the security, reliability, and availability of cloud environments, implementing best practices and compliance standards. Implement and manage backup, restore and disaster recovery strategies for cloud infrastructure and applications to ensure business continuity.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and provide cloud solutions to meet their needs. Create documentation and runbooks to accelerate adoption of cloud services to other engineering and platform teams. Stay up to date with the latest AWS technologies and industry trends, providing insights and recommendations for improvements. Implement best practices for cloud security, identity and access management (IAM), encryption, and compliance.

Work closely with Dev Ops and software engineering teams to integrate cloud infrastructure into application development and deployment processes, focusing on cloud-native microservices and serverless architecture. Lead small to medium scale projects and initiatives, planning effectively and ensuring successful execution. Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to cloud infrastructure, networking and application deployment. Mentor junior engineers, sharing AWS knowledge and best practices.

Must be available to report to Austin, TX office. Telecommuting permitted.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Management Information Systems, or a related field.

Five (5) years of experience in cloud infrastructure engineering.

Requires experience in each of the following:
Amazon Web Services (AWS);
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform and AWS Cloud Formation;
Serverless architecture implementation;
Scalable and resilient infrastructure design;
Identity and Access Management (IAM);
Developing tools and scripts in Python, Bash, and Power Shell to support deployment automation;
Integration of cloud solutions into SDLC; and, Continuous integration/Continuous deployment (CI/CD) using tools like Git, Jenkins, or Bitbucket.

Our Benefits:

Annual performance bonus and merit-based pay increase

Lifestyle Savings Account ($1,000 per year)
Automatic 4% employer contribution to retirement plan
401k plan with 100% employer match up to 6%
Student loan repayment matching in 401k plan Three weeks’ time off for vacation

Nine paid holidays and two personal days each year

Day one health, Rx, vision and dental insurance

Life and disability insurance

Flexible spending account

Pet insurance and pet Rx discounts

Free on-site gym, fitness classes, and health and wellness resources

Free identity theft protection

Free student loan repayment and refinancing consultation

Professional development and tuition reimbursement

Employee referral bonus

Free onsite snacks