Cloud Engineering

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About the Role

The Leader, Cloud Engineering is responsible for the automation, configuration, and management of the business’s on-premise and cloud-based infrastructure, and the design and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines. 

Key Responsibilities

Ensure the stability, integrity, and efficient operation of the in-house information systems that support core organizational functions. This role will:

• Collaborate with Engineering, Infrastructure, and teams outside of Technology to ensure smooth and reliable operation of software and systems to meet business objectives.
• Manage and oversee SA’s cloud infrastructure, including AWS configurations, DNS, and various SaaS products.
• Design and deploy new applications and enhancements to existing processes.
• Interact and negotiate with vendors and contractors to secure system-related products and services.
• Monitor and test system performance; prepare and deliver system performance statistics and reports.
• Develop and maintain automated provisioning / permissions for third-party applications.
• Create and maintain documentation as it relates to system configuration, mapping, processes, and service records.

Qualifications

• 5 years of tech experience with at least 3 years as a Sr. DevOps Engineer or equivalent.
• High level of familiarity with reviewing and authoring IaC code in either Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Basic knowledge of configuration management tools such as Ansible or Puppet.
• In-depth understanding of AWS products and their subsequent limitations and mechanics.
• Basic understanding of GCP API’s and multi-cloud platforms.
• Proficiency in at least one modern scripting language (Python, Ruby, Sh, etc)
• Basic understanding of GitOps and or other development workflows on at least one major CI/CD platform.
• Basic understanding of containerization under Linux using at least 1 major orchestration framework (Nomad, K8s, Swarm).