About the Job:
The IT Public Cloud team is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure that supports scalable, secure, and highly available applications. In this role, you will work within a small team of system and cloud engineers to understand the interdependencies between public and private cloud platforms, define platform requirements, and implement enterprise-grade cloud solutions.
You will collaborate with internal and external teams to optimize cloud resources, automate workflows, and enhance system performance. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with major cloud providers, strong Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) expertise, and a passion for automation and operational excellence.
What will you do?
Deploy, manage, and optimize cloud environments (AWS, IBM Cloud, Azure, and GCP) to ensure reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
Develop and maintain infrastructure automation using tools like Ansible Automation Platform and Terraform.
Implement and maintain intelligent infrastructure and application monitoring designed to enable application engineering teams
Implement cloud security best practices, IAM policies, network security, and ensure compliance with industry standards.
Set up observability tools (e.g. Splunk, Splunk IM, etc) to monitor cloud services, troubleshoot performance issues, and enhance system efficiency.
Work closely with development, security, and operations teams to provide cloud solutions that align with business and workload needs.
Investigate and resolve cloud infrastructure issues, ensuring high availability and minimal downtime.
Help and develop peers’ capabilities through knowledge sharing, mentoring, and collaboration
Participate in a regular on-call schedule, supporting the operation needs of our tenants
Practice sustainable incident response and blameless postmortems
Work within a small agile team to develop and improve SRE methodologies, support your peers, plan and self-improve
What will you bring?
3-5 years of experience in cloud management, DevOps, or system administration managing cloud-based production platforms or internally hosted services and platforms.
3+ years of experience in using cloud providers and technologies (AWS, IBM Cloud, GCP, Azure, etc.)
Strong experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, similar tools, and configuration management tools like Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
Proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation, plus experience with object-oriented programming languages.
Experience with enterprise monitoring tools (CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus, Splunk) and troubleshooting system issues to ensure high availability and performance.
Basic knowledge of enterprise security requirements.
Solid understanding of cloud networking (VPCs, subnets, firewalls) and security best practices (IAM, encryption, SIEM).
Experience working with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or similar tools.
Experience with Git and repository management, with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to work effectively with development and operations teams.
Independent problem-solving and self-direction
Works well alone and as part of a global team
Experience working with Agile development methodologies
Preferred Qualifications:
Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator, or Google Cloud Associate Engineer.
Experience with hybrid cloud or multi-cloud environments.
Familiarity with serverless computing (AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, GCP Cloud Functions).
Experience working in Agile or DevOps-focused teams.
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