About the Company:
Gruve is an innovative Software Services startup dedicated to empowering Enterprise Customers in managing their Data Life Cycle. We specialize in Cyber Security, Customer Experience, Infrastructure, and advanced technologies such as Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Our mission is to assist our customers in their business strategies utilizing their data to make more intelligent decisions. As a well-funded early-stage startup, Gruve offers a dynamic environment with strong customer and partner networks.
Why Gruve:
At Gruve, we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute their best work. If you’re passionate about technology and eager to make an impact, we’d love to hear from you.
Gruve is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and thank all who apply; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Position summary:
Our Professional Services team seeks a Cloud Engineer with a focus on Public Clouds for professional services engagements. In this role, the candidate will be ensuring the success of our engagements by providing deployment, configuration, and operationalization of Cloud infrastructure as well as various other cloud technologies such as On-Prem, Openshift, and Hybrid Environments.
A successful candidate for this position does require a good understanding of the Public Cloud systems (AWS, Azure) as well as a working knowledge of systems technologies, common enterprise software (Linux, Windows, Active Directory), Cloud Technologies (Kubernetes, VMware ESXi ), and a good understand of cloud automation (Ansible, CDK, Terraform, CloudFormation). The ideal candidate has industry experience and is confident working in a cross-functional team environment that is global in reach.
Key Roles & Responsibilities:
- Public Cloud: Lead Public Cloud deployments for our Cloud Engineering customers including setup, automation, configuration, documentation and troubleshooting. Redhat Openshift on AWS/Azure experience is preferred.
- Automation: Develop and maintain automated testing systems to ensure uniform and reproducible deployments for common infrastructure elements using tools like Ansible, Terraform, and CDK.
- Support: In this role the candidate may need to support the environment as part of the engagement through hand-off. Requisite knowledge of operations will be required
- Documentation: The role can require significant documentation of the deployment and steps to maintain the system. The Cloud Engineer will also be responsible for all required documentation needed as required for customer hand-off.
- Customer Skills: This position is customer facing and effective communication and customer service is essential.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer programming or quality assurance.
- 5-8 years as an IT Engineer or DevOps Engineer with automation skills and AWS or Azure Expierence. Preferably in Professional Services.
- Proficiency in enterprise tools (Grafana, Splunk etc.), software (Windows, Linux, Databases, Active Directory, VMware ESXi, Kubernetes) and techniques (Knowledge of Best Practices).
- Demonstratable Proficiency with Automation Packages (Ansible, Git, CDK, Terraform, Cloudformation, Python)
Preferred Qualifications
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong ownership abilities, attention to detail.