Cloud Engineer​/IS Systems Engineering

Location

9 Farm Springs Rd, Farmington, CT 10566

Work where every moment matters. Every day, over 40,000 Hartford Health Care colleagues come to work with one thing in common:
Pride in what we do.

Hartford Healthcare’s (HHC) cloud technology is an integral part of our digital transformation strategy. As a Cloud Engineer, you will contribute to the design and management of HHC’s cloud systems, applications, policies, and strategy. You will develop scalable architecture to support applications and infrastructure on IaaS and PaaS platforms. You will incorporate security management and privacy requirements into cloud hardware, software, and applications and maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of cloud products and technology.

In this role you may work with stakeholders across the organization to evaluate cloud systems and identify appropriate solutions. You will provide second‑ and third‑level support across all server system platforms, ensuring SLA’s and KPI’s are met for service recovery and order fulfillment. Experience with High Performance Computing (HPC) is required.

• Work independently and in collaboration with system engineers, developers, application, and security teams to architect, deploy, and maintain a hybrid, multi‑cloud environment (IaaS, PaaS, etc.) with consideration to application performance, uptime, security, scalability, cost optimization and business continuity.
• Develop, deploy and maintain monitoring, orchestration, automation, and configuration management tools in alignment with Dev Sec Ops  strategy.
• Perform day‑to‑day cloud infrastructure operational tasks such as monitoring metrics and logs, responding to alerts, and system troubleshooting.
• Document infrastructure design, related technical procedures, operations manuals, and other best‑practice guidance and strategies.
• Educate and mentor others on cloud technologies and initiatives to define, document, and enforce cloud architecture best practices.

This position reports to the Manager, Systems Engineering.

• Minimum:
  Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science or 5 years of relevant work experience.
• Preferred:
  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.

• Minimum: 3 years in cloud computing, 5+ years core systems engineering, 3+ years API/IaC/Scripting.
• Windows and Linux operating systems in a server environment.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Snowflake, and Ansible.
• Preferred: 5+ years in cloud computing, specifically with Google Cloud Platform, 6‑10 years core systems engineering, Terraform, etc.

• Minimum:
  Professional Cloud Technical certification (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Preferred:
  Professional Cloud Advanced Technical certification (Azure, AWS, or GCP), VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP), Microsoft MCSE Server 2016.

• English

• Excellent communication skills with emphasis on the ability to communicate effectively through clear, concise delivery coupled with listening attentively, valuing others’ perspectives, creating open dialogue in own areas of influence, and effectively conveying technical information to non-technical personnel.
• Good writing skills with the ability to write with accuracy, simplicity, and completeness while providing an appropriate level of detail for the intended audience.
• Ability to gain the confidence and trust of others through principled business ethics, high integrity, follow-through on commitments, and adherence to procedures.
• Ability to establish relationships that enhance cooperation and collaboration.
• Ability to work in a remote team environment; self-driven, organized and motivated to deliver results.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively under minimal supervision.
• Ability to organize and facilitate planning and demonstrations.
• Ability to work under pressure and stressful situations.
• Ability to trouble‑shoot problems of diverse scope and complexity ranging from moderate to substantial.
• Exercises independent judgment and decision-making,…