Cloud Engineer II

The Cloud Engineer II plays a crucial role in improving Coinstar’s cloud capabilities and help to shape both our cloud (AWS, Azure) and on-premises infrastructure. This role demands technical depth across cloud platforms, infrastructure management, database administration, automation, and security. This position collaborates to evaluate new cloud-native capabilities and help strengthen/grow Coinstar's reference architecture, work alongside Infrastructure, Information Security, and Application Engineering teams throughout the development lifecycle.

Operating within a Dev Sec Ops  framework and be a catalyst to Coinstar’s evolving CICD processes and tools.

• Maintain and support Windows and Linux systems across on-premises, AWS, and Azure infrastructures.
• Optimize and troubleshoot both cloud-based and on-prem resources to ensure high performance and reliability.
• Administer Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environments, ensuring consistent availability and top‑tier user experience.
• Oversee resource utilization, subscription management, and cost monitoring for Azure and AWS platforms.
• Build, deploy, and monitor cloud resources using automation tools like Azure Dev Ops, Terraform, and ARM templates.
• Partner with Software Engineering to design and support robust application architectures using Azure‑native tools (Functions, Logic Apps, Event Hub, Service Bus, API Gateway, Key Vault).
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, and leadership to refine solutions and encourage technology adoption.
• Design, implement, and administer SQL databases across on‑premises and cloud environments, maintaining clear and complete documentation.
• Proactively monitor database health and performance, setting automated alerts for thresholds.
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and security for all database platforms.
• Perform routine database administration, including daily checks, backups, log reviews, security, and performance tuning.
• Manage backup processes, test disaster recovery strategies, and maintain high availability.
• Enforce and implement security, compliance, and governance standards throughout multi‑cloud ecosystems.
• Liaise with vendors and technology partners driving initiatives and successful project outcomes.
• Stay updated with emerging trends in cloud technology and security practices to enhance overall environment stability and security.
• Participate in a rotating on‑call schedule to ensure critical systems remain available.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of hands‑on management and optimization of on premise and cloud resources, with experience administering hybrid and multi‑cloud environments (Azure, AWS).
• 2+ years utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, and Dev Ops automation with tools such as Terraform, Azure Dev Ops, Chef, Puppet, or Ansible.
• 2+ years of SQL Server database administration, including installation, upgrades, security, performance tuning, high availability, job automation, and data migration (on‑premises to Azure).
• Demonstrated experience automating processes with Power Shell, Azure CLI, SQL tools, Azure Dev Ops, ARM templates, or Terraform.
• Hands‑on with deploying and maintaining Windows and Linux servers, including configuration and troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with monitoring platforms such as Datadog, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and SQL monitoring tools.

• Working knowledge of system/software deployment processes, version control, and change
• Skilled in backup, disaster recovery, and security compliance, with knowledge of Azure Security Center, Azure Policy, and IAM practices
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate across all levels in the organization.
• Strong organizational and efficiency skills.
• Solid understanding of Azure subscription architecture, resource management, and Azure cost management.
• Our corporate headquarters is in Bellevue, WA (Seattle area) but remote/work from home arrangements are welcome as many peer team members are remote today.
• This position requires some business…