Cloud Engineer III

JOIN THE BEST TEAM IN SPORT & SPIRIT

At Varsity Brands, we believe every student deserves the opportunity to succeed and every educator wants to make a difference. It takes a team to make a real impact, and through our two divisions – BSN SPORTS and Varsity Spirit – and our network of 6,000+ employees and independent representatives, we are proud to partner with a wide range of educational institutions and club and professional sports to transform the student journey in SPORT and SPIRIT.

Hybrid (4 days in office / 1 remote)

14660 Varsity Brands Way, Farmers Branch, TX 75244

We are seeking an experienced Dev Ops/Cloud Engineer to join our team of highly skilled professionals. In this role, you will support a portfolio of mission-critical web applications, CI/CD processes, and development workflows on infrastructure in AWS, Azure, and on-premises. Your work will enhance the team’s existing Dev Ops practices and drive the adoption of proven operational methods across environments.

• You have a passion for creating scalable technology approaches.
• Your daydreams are about how to automate everything you’ve ever had to do twice.
• Much of your time is already spent turning those daydreams into action.

• Design infrastructure to meet availability and performance requirements.
• Implement systems using reliable, version-controlled Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and Configuration-as-Code (CaC) methods.
• Administer, maintain, and develop automation tools (e.g. CI/CD) to facilitate application development, deployment, and maintenance activities.
• Define and monitor metrics for performance reporting and error detection.
• Integrate AWS, Azure, and on-premises systems for seamless operations.
• Participate in on-call rotation for in-case-of-emergency coverage.

• Evaluate, prototype, and recommend system and process improvements.
• Optimize infrastructure for cost, performance, and security.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging cloud and Dev Ops methods.
• Lead workshops and training sessions to share knowledge with the team.

• Work closely with peers, Development, Network, Systems, and Security teams to design and implement scalable, reliable, fit-for-purpose systems.
• Advocate for best practices (e.g. build/test/deploy, as-code, low/no-touch)
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across cloud and on-premises environments.

• Contribute to team roadmap planning by understanding the needs and initiatives of development teams and other stakeholders.
• Document and maintain procedures for system configurations and deployments.
• Prepare reports on infrastructure performance, cost projections, and improvement plans.

• Strong experience in Dev Ops with engineering automated web environments.
• Collaborative attitude, comfortable in both mentoring and learning roles, and not just open to critical feedback but eager for it.
• Experience automating applications on public cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure).
• Experience consuming on-premises virtualization solutions (e.g. Nutanix, VMware).
• Experience using as-code infrastructure, image creation, server automation tools (e.g. Terraform, Docker, Packer, Ansible, Power Shell DSC).
• Experience with software development lifecycle (e.g. git branch/merge strategies).
• Experience configuring CI/CD tools (e.g. Azure Dev Ops, Jenkins, Git Hub Actions).
• Solid knowledge of cloud computing and networking principles and web hosting.
• Solid knowledge of Linux, Windows, and containerization.
• Willingness to obtain and maintain relevant certifications (e.g. AWS Solutions Architect Associate, Azure Administrator Associate).
• Experience deploying and using the Azure Monitor suite or similar tools (e.g. New Relic, App Dynamics).
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

• General knowledge of scripting language and application programming ecosystems (e.g. Bash, Python, Power Shell, Java, Node.js, PHP)
• Experience with container orchestration platforms (e.g.…