What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud Engineer position at Shamrock Trading Corporation?
Description
Company Overview
Shamrock Trading Corporation is the parent company for a family of brands in transportation services, finance and technology. Headquartered in Overland Park, KS, Shamrock is frequently recognized among the “Best Places to Work” in Kansas City and Chicago and was most recently recognized as one of America’s top 100 “Most Loved Workplaces” by Newsweek. We also have offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Ft. Lauderdale, Houston, Laredo, Nashville, Philadelphia and Phoenix. Overland Park is a great place to live, work and play, being conveniently located within driving distance of everything Kansas City has to offer. Housed within the heart of Overland Park, our offices include 4 gorgeous towers on the East and West sides of Metcalf Ave. With a heavy community presence and a winning culture, Shamrock is a great place to work in Overland Park!
With an average annual revenue growth of 25% over several decades, Shamrock’s success is attributed to three key factors: hiring the best people, cultivating long-term relationships with our customers and continually evolving in the marketplace.
Responsibilities
Shamrock Trading Corporation is looking for a Cloud Engineer to design and implement secure best practice architecture in our public cloud environments. This position will also be accountable for the implementation and management of adjacent technologies.
At Shamrock we hire bright, ambitious people and give them the tools they need to be successful. By investing in training and development, we hope to become a long-term career for employees, where there are always opportunities for advancement. Shamrock also offers a premier set of benefits for employees and their families:
Company Overview
Shamrock Trading Corporation is the parent company for a family of brands in transportation services, finance and technology. Headquartered in Overland Park, KS, Shamrock is frequently recognized among the “Best Places to Work” in Kansas City and Chicago and was most recently recognized as one of America’s top 100 “Most Loved Workplaces” by Newsweek. We also have offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Ft. Lauderdale, Houston, Laredo, Nashville, Philadelphia and Phoenix. Overland Park is a great place to live, work and play, being conveniently located within driving distance of everything Kansas City has to offer. Housed within the heart of Overland Park, our offices include 4 gorgeous towers on the East and West sides of Metcalf Ave. With a heavy community presence and a winning culture, Shamrock is a great place to work in Overland Park!
With an average annual revenue growth of 25% over several decades, Shamrock’s success is attributed to three key factors: hiring the best people, cultivating long-term relationships with our customers and continually evolving in the marketplace.
Responsibilities
Shamrock Trading Corporation is looking for a Cloud Engineer to design and implement secure best practice architecture in our public cloud environments. This position will also be accountable for the implementation and management of adjacent technologies.
- Design, deploy and maintain cloud and data center infrastructure and related technologies.
- Work with other Technology teams to design secure and scalable cloud solutions.
- Implement and manage cloud tooling that allows for the responsible empowerment of other teams to securely deploy to our cloud environments.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of cloud security strategies.
- Implement, maintain and act on monitoring for improper cloud configurations.
- Perform cloud cost analysis trending and reporting to leadership.
- Perform complex troubleshooting and resolve technical issues.
- Take part in the development of technical processes and documentation.
- Participate in an on-call rotation to support our cloud environments.
- BA/BS degree in a technical field or evidence of exceptional ability.
- Must possess a passion for technology and take initiative to stay educated on the latest and most relevant technologies and methodologies.
- Experience with implementing production IaaS and PaaS solutions in AWS.
- Ability to automate via scripting languages (ex. Python), configuration management tools (ex. Ansible) and orchestration systems (ex. Terraform)
- Working knowledge with GitHub.
- Must possess initiative and analytical skills to resolve issues before they become critical.
- Must possess strong people skills and the ability to work as a team member, collaborating and partnering with others to address issues.
- Ability to communicate clearly in English, verbally and in writing, keeping the right people informed of relevant issues as well as understand and execute oral and written instructions.
- Able to adapt to changes in a dynamic work environment.
- Must have a propensity for knowledge gathering and sharing.
- Must be self-motivated, able to respond quickly when on-call, willing to work outside core area.
- Functional Jenkins and Git skills.
- Experience with methods for responsibly releasing new AWS services.
- Professional level AWS certification.
At Shamrock we hire bright, ambitious people and give them the tools they need to be successful. By investing in training and development, we hope to become a long-term career for employees, where there are always opportunities for advancement. Shamrock also offers a premier set of benefits for employees and their families:
- Medical: Fully paid healthcare, dental and vision premiums for employees and eligible dependents
- Work-Life Balance: Competitive PTO and paid leave policies
- Financial: Generous company 401(k) contributions and employee stock ownership after one year
- Wellness: Onsite gym and discounted membership to select fitness centers. Jogging trails available at Overland Park offices
