Sr. Cloud Platform Engineer
3B Staffing LLC, Appleton, WI, United States
Sr. Cloud Platform Engineer
Job Responsibilities
Responsible for managing all infrastructure platforms across all cloud environments
Design, implement, and manage highly scalable and reliable infrastructure platforms to support SLA's and business continuity plans
Lead the effort to automate and set up traditional infrastructure components as well as cloud native infrastructure and middleware in both on-premises and public cloud environments heavily utilizing Infrastructure as Code practices
Install and manage middleware platforms as part of the cloud native application ecosystem in order to meet well defined service level objectives
Plan, document, implement, and oversee infrastructure upgrades and configuration changes.
Recommend and evaluate modern technologies based on business, end-user, and technology requirements
Assist in disaster recovery planning and testing
Build relationships with other technical and business teams
Practice an everything as code philosophy
Mentor junior members of the team
STANDARD CORPORATE FUNCTIONS:
Live company vision & values
Actively participate in FABW (Finding a Better Way)
Assist with budget preparation for server upgrades, licensing, etc.
Develop skills and abilities appropriate to the position
Support corporate efforts for safety, government compliance, and all other company policies & procedures
Perform other related duties as required and assigned
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in computer science or other highly technical scientific discipline or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
5+ years' IT experience
3+ years public cloud experience
Demonstrate the ability to set goals and define strategy
Excellent communication, customer service, problem-solving, mentoring, and analytical skills
A proactive approach to spotting problems, areas for improvement, and performance bottlenecks
Familiarity with traditional infrastructure solutions such as hypervisors, SAN, NAS
Experience with Windows Operating Systems
Available for off-hour work on a scheduled basis as well as participation in an on-call rotation
Familiarity with ITIL Framework
Proven experience with Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform services, including deployment, configuration, and management of resources.
Demonstrate hands-on expertise in technologies in public cloud technologies including IaaS solutions, virtualization, networking, security, IAM, storage solutions, PaaS solutions including gateway servers, database services, and application services.
Familiarity with DevOps tools, Cloud templates and IaaC tools for infrastructure automation (Azure DevOps, ARM templates, and Terraform strongly preferred).
Understanding of cloud security, governance, and cost management best practices.
Preferred: Knowledge in Linux Operating Systems
Preferred: Knowledge and experience with Microsoft Azure and / or Google Cloud Platform
Job Responsibilities
Responsible for managing all infrastructure platforms across all cloud environments
Design, implement, and manage highly scalable and reliable infrastructure platforms to support SLA's and business continuity plans
Lead the effort to automate and set up traditional infrastructure components as well as cloud native infrastructure and middleware in both on-premises and public cloud environments heavily utilizing Infrastructure as Code practices
Install and manage middleware platforms as part of the cloud native application ecosystem in order to meet well defined service level objectives
Plan, document, implement, and oversee infrastructure upgrades and configuration changes.
Recommend and evaluate modern technologies based on business, end-user, and technology requirements
Assist in disaster recovery planning and testing
Build relationships with other technical and business teams
Practice an everything as code philosophy
Mentor junior members of the team
STANDARD CORPORATE FUNCTIONS:
Live company vision & values
Actively participate in FABW (Finding a Better Way)
Assist with budget preparation for server upgrades, licensing, etc.
Develop skills and abilities appropriate to the position
Support corporate efforts for safety, government compliance, and all other company policies & procedures
Perform other related duties as required and assigned
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in computer science or other highly technical scientific discipline or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
5+ years' IT experience
3+ years public cloud experience
Demonstrate the ability to set goals and define strategy
Excellent communication, customer service, problem-solving, mentoring, and analytical skills
A proactive approach to spotting problems, areas for improvement, and performance bottlenecks
Familiarity with traditional infrastructure solutions such as hypervisors, SAN, NAS
Experience with Windows Operating Systems
Available for off-hour work on a scheduled basis as well as participation in an on-call rotation
Familiarity with ITIL Framework
Proven experience with Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform services, including deployment, configuration, and management of resources.
Demonstrate hands-on expertise in technologies in public cloud technologies including IaaS solutions, virtualization, networking, security, IAM, storage solutions, PaaS solutions including gateway servers, database services, and application services.
Familiarity with DevOps tools, Cloud templates and IaaC tools for infrastructure automation (Azure DevOps, ARM templates, and Terraform strongly preferred).
Understanding of cloud security, governance, and cost management best practices.
Preferred: Knowledge in Linux Operating Systems
Preferred: Knowledge and experience with Microsoft Azure and / or Google Cloud Platform