Cloud Engineer II

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop an informed cloud strategy and oversee the adaptation process.

• Design, plan, manage, maintain, support, and execute various technology tasks for the organization's cloud computing environment.

• Monitor the consumption of cloud resources, turnaround time for request fulfillment, application performance, and the security posture of systems.

• Assess cloud applications, hardware, and software as necessary.

• Create technical solutions for AWS public cloud environments.

• Develop functional design specifications, reference architectures, and other technical documents.

• Collaborate across functions to evaluate cloud service provider SLAs, KRIs, and KPIs.

• Partner with Engineering teams to facilitate applications running on the relevant cloud platform.

• Work alongside IT Security to oversee the company's cloud privacy.

• Participate in a rotating on-call schedule for production-critical AWS incidents.

• Undertake additional responsibilities as directed.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and work experience.

• Typically requires 3+ years of experience in a related field with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

• At least 3 years of hands-on experience with AWS.

• Working knowledge of AWS services such as EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, IAM, Lambda, and CloudWatch.

• Strong grasp of AWS security best practices and experience in implementing IAM and network security measures.

• Experience with AWS network infrastructure, including VPCs, security groups, and NACLs.

• Familiarity with routing, VPNs, and Direct Connect.

• Experience using monitoring and logging tools, including AWS CloudWatch and CloudTrail.

• Familiarity with third-party monitoring solutions.

• Knowledge of AWS high availability and disaster recovery services and best practices.

• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code using AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, or similar technologies.

• Ability to identify improvements in technology, processes, and procedures for enhanced effectiveness and performance.

• Capacity to remain focused, motivated, organized, and effective in a remote work setting.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for conveying technical information to non-technical stakeholders.

• Strong collaboration skills within a team environment.

• Commitment to keeping up-to-date with AWS services and industry best practices.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual performance-based incentive opportunity.

• Health insurance.

• 401(k) retirement benefits.

• Life insurance.

• Disability benefits.

• Paid time off.

• Comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees.

• Remote work arrangement.