Sr. Cloud Systems Engineer

Cloud Systems Engineer

Hybrid (Austin, Texas onsite 1 day per week, with potential for increased onsite presence)

Long-Term Contract

Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Systems Engineer with extensive experience in designing and implementing highly available, fault-tolerant cloud systems. In this role, you will analyze business objectives, user requirements, and operational challenges to develop cost-effective, automated solutions that enhance existing computer systems. You will collaborate with various teams to document detailed user needs and system capabilities, perform comprehensive cost/benefit analyses, and recommend alternative solutions to improve processes. Your expertise in AWS services, monitoring tools, containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and serverless architectures will be essential in ensuring system performance and reliability, while strong problem-solving skills will enable you to troubleshoot issues and adapt to changing priorities effectively.

Minimum Requirements

• Cloud Engineering Experience:
• 8 years of overall experience in cloud engineering, with at least 5 years focused on core AWS services.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Deployment Automation:
• 5 years of experience automating deployments using CI/CD pipelines with tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Ansible, etc.
• Serverless Architecture:
• 4 years of experience working with serverless architectures.
• High Availability & Fault Tolerance:
• 4 years of experience designing and implementing high availability and fault-tolerant systems.
• Monitoring Tools:
• 4 years of experience with monitoring tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and Splunk.
• Containerization:
• 4 years of experience with containerization, specifically with AWS ECS, EKS, and/or Fargate.
• Programming/Scripting:
• 2 years of strong skills in Python, Bash, or other scripting/programming languages.
• Problem Solving:
• 1 year (or demonstrable experience) of strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Certifications:
• AWS certifications are strongly preferred.
• Adaptability:
• Proven ability to thrive in an environment with clear goals but requiring initiative in finding solutions, understanding situations, and determining processes.
• Professional Profile:
• Candidates with an active LinkedIn profile are preferred.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.