Senior Engineer, Cloud Operations

At Jack Henry, we’re more than a technology company, we’re a force for good in financial services. We’re redefining how community banks and credit unions connect with the people they serve. Our mission is rooted in people inspired innovation, empowering financial institutions to deliver seamless, secure, and human centered experiences. We deliver cutting-edge solutions that are paving the way for the next generation of digital banking and payments, but our true impact begins with our associates.

If you’re ready to help transform an industry and grow with a company that values purpose, collaboration, and excellence then we’d love to meet you.

Our Technology Services Systems Engineering and Operations Team is expanding, and we are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Cloud Operations Engineer to join us. You will be responsible for supporting infrastructure growth into public and private cloud spaces. This role involves building strong relationships with various business units and IT departments and collaborating with other infrastructure teams to develop standards for a hybrid cloud datacenter model.

As an engineering role, it will elevate Systems Engineering and Operations to the next level of support by utilizing Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles to manage current and new workloads within our data centers and public clouds such as Google Cloud Platform and Azure. Additionally, this position will play a crucial role in redesigning and redeploying services currently in Azure and on-premises, facilitating their transition to Google Cloud Platform while adhering to SRE principles.

This is a remote position, and candidates must live within approximately a 70-mile radius of our office locations in Allen, TX;
Birmingham AL, Cedar Falls, IA;
Charlotte, NC;
Lenexa, KS;
Louisville KY;
Springfield, MO; or Monett, MO.

The salary range for this position is $89,850 – $141,550 based on experience, location, and will be set by the hiring manager.

This position is ineligible for immigration sponsorship and support. Please do not apply if at any time you will need immigration support now or in the future (i.e., H-1B, STEM OPT Training Plans, etc.).

All positions, regardless of location, may require an onsite interview or in-person onboarding requirement to verify your identity.

• Manage and support internal server infrastructure and development and testing environments.
• Manage and support public cloud production, testing and development environments.
• Maintain operational software and tooling including but not limited to SCCM, Chef, Ansible, Foreman.
• Design and implement Site Reliability and Disaster Recovery processes.
• Build and support company’s growth into the public cloud services.
• Develop strong relationship with the Dev Ops team(s) to assure best practice implementations.
• Implement automation across both public and private cloud data centers.
• Maintain processes, tools, and documentation in support related to operational environments.

Patch Management: Develop and implement strategies for efficient and effective patch management across all environments, including on-premises and public cloud data centers. Ensure timely application of patches to migrate security vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Management: Identify, assess, and prioritize vulnerabilities in hybrid datacenter infrastructure. Collaborate with security teams to remediate vulnerabilities and ensure compliance with security policies.

Configuration Management: Design and maintain configuration management processes to ensure consistency and reliability of hybrid datacenter environments. Automate configuration management tasks using tools such as Ansible, Chef, etc.

Hybrid Datacenter Management: Manage and optimize both on-premises and public cloud data centers to ensure high availability, scalability, and performance. Work with cloud service providers (e.g.) Azure, Google Cloud Platform) and on-premises infrastructure to implement best practices.

Automation: Develop and maintain automation scripts and tools to streamline operations across hybrid datacenter environments. Implement…