Posted: 02/12/20242024-02-122024-03-17Employment Type:ContractJob Category:Infrastructure & HelpdeskJob Number: 612723Is job remote?: YesCountry: United States
Job Description
Sr. Cloud Systems Engineer Location: 100% Remote or Hybrid (San Diego, CA) Pay Range: $70 to $95 per hour DOE Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision and more
Scope of Position:
Planet Technology's client is seeking a Sr. Cloud Systems Engineer to join their team. The Senior Cloud Systems Engineer will be responsible for creating a roadmap to update, deploy and evolve current and future Cloud Infrastructure with a heavy focus on automation. Our cloud posture will be greatly improved when the organization can:
Lead the technical planning and implementation strategies of Cloud Deployments with risk mitigation, internal\external security and compliance in mind
Represent business process re-engineering as part of the overall program to simplify Cloud Infrastructure processes, enhance customer value and eliminate waste
Translate functional requirements into technical designs for Cloud Deployments with a focus on automation and security including roles\tools and related provisioning processes
Maintain awareness of new security and authentication trends and recommend tools and techniques for the organization
Develop, enhance and communicate the Cloud Governance strategy effectively to key stakeholders and team members
Job Responsibilities:
Act as a Subject-Matter Expert by defining and implementing architecture\design, as well as supporting the engineering, production integrations\releases\upgrades and maintenance of Cloud Infrastructure Services and solutions following industry security and framework best practices throughout the system life cycle
Drive an automation-first approach when implementing our services and frameworks using infrastructure-as-code technologies like Terraform and Cloud Formation
Ensures that current Cloud Architecture, design, and solutions protect information resources against unauthorized access and use, inappropriate degrees of access, disclosure, damage and\or loss
Ensure delivery of high-quality cloud solutions, emphasizing regulatory compliance and operability while optimizing for development velocity and extensibility, all with a strong focus on cost optimization
Works with the broader Cybersecurity, IT, risk and compliance groups to interpret policies and regulatory requirements
Ensures a working balance in which the Cloud security and process controls benefit and support the business with an effective operating model for the company using a risk management mindset
Support and/or facilitate the adoption, training, communication, and education of Cloud capabilities, functions, and standards
Coordinates with internal and external resources and stakeholders, to include security personnel, IT personnel, vendors, managed service partners, and consultants
Required Qualifications:
5+ years’ experience managing infrastructure solutions in at least two of the three main cloud service providers (AWS, GCP, and Azure)
Proven experience with centralizing SSO and MFA for all applications with Azure Active Directory
Collaboration tools including Jira, Atlassian and Azure DevOps
Solid understanding of integrating cloud workloads with SaaS and on-premises/legacy applications
Proven focus on cost optimization skills and techniques
Strong stakeholder management & business partnering skills
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or related degree
7-10+ years’ experience in managing infrastructure hosted both on-prem and in the big three cloud providers
Technical experience in systems architecture and cloud deployment strategy\solutions
Experience with Agile methodologies
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