Job Description :
Roles and Responsibilities:- A cloud engineer is responsible for the design, review of architectures & construction of cloud service provider environments.
- Duties, and Responsibilities may include the following:
- § Responsible for the evaluation of cloud strategy and program architecture
- § Responsible for gathering system requirements working together with application architects and owners
- § Responsible for generating scripts and templates required for the automatic provisioning of resources
- § Discover standard cloud services offerings, install, and execute processes and standards for optimal use of cloud service provider offerings
- § Build software for the organization’s systems and ES as a service offering
- § Stay well-informed of failures and complications related to a cloud offering
- § Responsible for debugging technical issues inside a complex stack involving virtualization, containers, microservices, etc.
- § Collaborate with the engineering teams to enable their applications to run on Cloud infrastructure.
- § Experience with OpenStack, Linux, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, DevOps, NoSQL etc.
Qualifications:
A qualified applicant must possess a thorough knowledge of at least some of the following:
Education
- Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, or Engineering, or in other related technical field. In addition to educational qualification, they should possess at least 3-5years IT experience with cloud operations and systems administration
Knowledge Needed-
- A cloud engineer must have adept technical skills and cognate experience to be hired.
- Practical object-oriented development knowledge with at least Scala or Java, knowledge of systems like ZooKeeper, Consul etc., familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and Pivotal Cloud Foundry Docker, OpenStack, and Public cloud delivery know-how with AWS and/or Azure
- understanding of software development, engineering, programming languages and tools; Java, Python, Ruby, .NET/C#, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PowerShell, CI/CD pipelines, and ability to work with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean Startup, XP)
- Part of the daily tasks of a Cloud Engineer is to work with cross-functional teams (Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Developers, Designers, and Business Analysts), so it is vital that they can work in a team-driven environment
- Cloud technologies become advanced over time, so an essential ingredient that most recruiters look out for in cloud engineers is their willingness to learn and work with new and emerging technologies.
Certification
- Microsoft Azure – 70-533, 70-535 any other infrastructure certification is added advantage.
- Should have relevant cloud certifications such as Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect is added advantage
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- Strong Systems Experience- Linux, networking, cloud, APIs
- Scripting language Programming - Shell, Python
- Strong Debugging Capability
- AWS Platform -IAM, Network,EC2, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch
- Knowledge on Terraform, Packer, Ansible, Jenkins
- Observability - Prometheus, InfluxDB, Dynatrace,
- Grafana, Splunk • DevSecOps-CI/CD - Jenkins
- Microservices
- Security & Access Management
- Container Orchestration a plus - Kubernetes, Docker etc.
- Big Data Platforms knowledge EMR, Databricks. Cloudera a plus
- Must have a minimum of 3 years of experience in managing AWS resources and automating CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong scripting skills in PowerShell, Python or Bash be able to build and administer CI/CD pipelines.
- Knowledge of infrastructure tools like Cloud Formation, Terraform, Ansible.
- Experience with microservices and/or event-driven architecture.
- Experience using containerization technologies (Docker, ECS, Kubernetes, Mesos or Vagrant).
- Strong practical Windows and Linux system administration skills in the cloud.
- Understanding of DNS, NFS, TCP/IP and other protocols.
- Knowledge of secure SDLC, OWASP top 10 and CWE/SANS top 25.
- Deep understanding of Web Sockets and their functioning. Hands on experience of ElasticCache, Redis, ECS or EKS. Installation, configuration and management of Apache or Nginx web server, Apache/Tomcat Application Server, configure SSL certificates, setup reverse proxy.
- Exposure to RDBMS (MySQL, SQL Server, Aurora, etc.) is a plus.
- Exposure to programming languages like JAVA, PHP, SQL is a plus.
- AWS Developer or AWS SysOps Administrator certification is a plus.
- AWS Solutions Architect Certification experience is a plus.
- Experience building Blue/Green, Canary or other zero down time deployment strategies, advanced understanding of VPC, EC2 Route53 IAM, Lambda is a plus.
- AWS Cloud, CICD, Serverless setups, Monitoring Setup
- Performance setup, scalability in hands experience, Linux expertise, DevOps Operations
- AWS Cloud, CICD, Serverless setups, Monitoring Setup, Performance setup, scalability in hands experience, Linux expertise, DevOps Operations.
What will you do?
- Setup, manage Applications with automation, DevOps, and CI/CD tools.
- Deploy, Maintain and Monitor Infrastructure and Services.
- Automate code and Infra Deployments.
- Tune, optimize and keep systems up to date.
- Design and implement deployment strategies.
- Setup infrastructure in cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, IBM cloud, Digital Ocean etc as per requirement.
Specific responsibilities commensurate with experience and include:
- Ability to react quickly and effectively to identify and resolve issues that heavily impact CI/CD system (immediate mitigation of impact, long-term resolution including strategies for risk mitigation/monitoring/alert for proactive resolution of potential future occurrences)
- Design, develop, unit test, and implement build automation scripts including environment configuration validation processes
- Automate and improve development process by evaluation and introduction of new tools and scripts, and manage their life cycle and validation
- Determine branching strategy and maintain branches for various components, products, and product lines
- Come up with solutions to open-ended problems that focus on workflow improvements for the Software department
- Address issues with well-defined requirements efficiently; come up with short-term and long-term solutions and staged deployment strategies
- Self-driven-- takes action to move tickets from start to completion with minimal oversight
- Ability to communicate with and consider perspectives of stakeholders including but not limited to: IT, software development, verification
- Ability to break down a problem into smaller components and solve them in a logical, controlled, clearly explainable approach
- Lead the creation and maintenance of a pre-production environment as a testbed for build process improvements and changes before deployment to the production environment
- Gather metrics via direct input, data based on analysis of developer working habits analysis and pain points to assess current state and areas requiring further improvement
- Define chain of communication and immediate paths of action in the case of a build fault state
- Ability to work within constraints of the internal network without access to commercial cloud solutions
- Create metrics that define ‘efficiency’ and ‘reliability’ in measurable terms, and track them
- Perform static code and security analysis
- Design and execute unit tests and perform code coverage analysis
- Able to work in Agile development team environment
Key Requirement & Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
- 6+ years (minimum) experience handling Build, Release, and Deployment of software on Windows and/or Linux environments (on-premise)
- Experience with the development and deployment of CM processes and tools
- Build automation for .NET using TeamCity (Jenkins is an asset)
- Scripting languages: Windows batch scripting, Powershell, Ant/NAnt
- Source control systems usage, branching strategies, and workflow (Git preferred, Subversion)
- 6+ years of hands-on programming experience with C# and .NET (both Framework and Core)
- Troubleshooting and debugging-- what information to gather when there are issues with CI/CD system, and how to gather it (i.e., analyzing network communication? Windows crash dumps, java logs, etc.)
- 6+ years (minimum) in web/desktop application software development experience
- Excellent problem solving, critical and analytical thinking
- Strong team player who understands SDLC and QA methodologies
- A professional, results-oriented individual with a high degree of self-motivation
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to coordinate work/activities with multiple software/IT teams
- Working with virtual machines and build management on virtual machines (VMware preferred).
- Managing configurations for multiple build environments
- OS administration and scripting experience (Windows is a must, Linux desired)
- Experience with test automation tools (NUnit, customer inhouse frameworks) and strategies is an asset
- Creation and maintenance of monitoring and alert systems (Zabbix)
- Familiarity with databases (SQL-based) - create, modify, optimize (via script)
- Data and metrics gathering, aggregation, and reporting
- Experience with work management and documentation tools: JIRA and Confluence
Job Title: |
Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (AWS) |
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Department & Team |
Technology |
Location: |
India /UK / Ukraine |
Reporting To: |
Infrastructure Services Manager |
Role Purpose: |
The purpose of the role is to ensure high systems availability across a multi-cloud environment, enabling the business to continue meeting its objectives.
This role will be mostly AWS / Linux focused but will include a requirement to understand comparative solutions in Azure.
Desire to maintain full hands-on status but to add Team Lead responsibilities in future
Client’s cloud strategy is based around a dual vendor solutioning model, utilising AWS and Azure services. This enables us to access more technologies and helps mitigate risks across our infrastructure.
The Infrastructure Services Team is responsible for the delivery and support of all infrastructure used by Client twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. The team’s primary function is to install, maintain, and implement all infrastructure-based systems, both On Premise and Cloud Hosted. The Infrastructure Services group already consists of three teams:
1. Network Services Team – Responsible for IP Network and its associated components 2. Platform Services Team – Responsible for Server and Storage systems 3. Database Services Team – Responsible for all Databases
This role will report directly into the Infrastructure Services Manager and will have responsibility for the day to day running of the multi-cloud environment, as well as playing a key part in designing best practise solutions. It will enable the Client business to achieve its stated objectives by playing a key role in the Infrastructure Services Team to achieve world class benchmarks of customer service and support.
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Responsibilities: |
Operations · Deliver end to end technical and user support across all platforms (On-premise, Azure, AWS) · Day to day, fully hands-on OS management responsibilities (Windows and Linux operating systems) · Ensure robust server patching schedules are in place and meticulously followed to help reduce security related incidents. · Contribute to continuous improvement efforts around cost optimisation, security enhancement, performance optimisation, operational efficiency and innovation. · Take an ownership role in delivering technical projects, ensuring best practise methods are followed. · Design and deliver solutions around the concept of “Planning for Failure”. Ensure all solutions are deployed to withstand system / AZ failure. · Work closely with Cloud Architects / Infrastructure Services Manager to identify and eliminate “waste” across cloud platforms. · Assist several internal DevOps teams with day to day running of pipeline management and drive standardisation where possible. · Ensure all Client data in all forms are backed up in a cost-efficient way. · Use the appropriate monitoring tools to ensure all cloud / on-premise services are continuously monitored. · Drive utilisation of most efficient methods of resource deployment (Terraform, CloudFormation, Bootstrap) · Drive the adoption, across the business, of serverless / open source / cloud native technologies where applicable. · Ensure system documentation remains up to date and designed according to AWS/Azure best practise templates. · Participate in detailed architectural discussions, calling on internal/external subject matter experts as needed, to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment. · Take part in regular discussions with business executives to translate their needs into technical and operational plans. · Engaging with vendors regularly in terms of verifying solutions and troubleshooting issues. · Designing and delivering technology workshops to other departments in the business. · Takes initiatives for improvement of service delivery. · Ensure that Client delivers a service that resonates with customer’s expectations, which sets Client apart from its competitors. · Help design necessary infrastructure and processes to support the recovery of critical technology and systems in line with contingency plans for the business. · Continually assess working practices and review these with a view to improving quality and reducing costs. · Champions the new technology case and ensure new technologies are investigated and proposals put forward regarding suitability and benefit. · Motivate and inspire the rest of the infrastructure team and undertake necessary steps to raise competence and capability as required. · Help develop a culture of ownership and quality throughout the Infrastructure Services team.
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Skills & Experience: |
· AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional - REQUIRED · Microsoft Azure Fundamentals AZ-900 – REQUIRED AS MINIMUM AZURE CERT · Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE ) - REQUIRED · Must be able to demonstrate working knowledge of designing, implementing and maintaining best practise AWS solutions. (To lesser extend Azure) · Proven examples of ownership of large AWS project implementations in Enterprise settings. · Experience managing the monitoring of infrastructure / applications using tools including CloudWatch, Solarwinds, New Relic, etc. · Must have practical working knowledge of driving cost optimisation, security enhancement and performance optimisation. · Solid understanding and experience of transitioning IaaS solutions to serverless technology · Must have working production knowledge of deploying infrastructure as code using Terraform. · Need to be able to demonstrate security best-practise when designing solutions in AWS. · Working knowledge around optimising network traffic performance an delivering high availability while keeping a check on costs. · Working experience of ‘On Premise to Cloud’ migrations · Experience of Data Centre technology infrastructure development and management · Must have experience working in a DevOps environment · Good working knowledge around WAN connectivity and how this interacts with the various entry point options into AWS, Azure, etc. · Working knowledge of Server and Storage Devices · Working knowledge of MySQL and SQL Server / Cloud native databases (RDS / Aurora) · Experience of Carrier Grade Networking - On Prem and Cloud · Experience in virtualisation technologies · Experience in ITIL and Project management · Providing senior support to the Service Delivery team. · Good understanding of new and emerging technologies · Excellent presentation skills to both an internal and external audience · The ability to share your specific expertise to the rest of the Technology group · Experience with MVNO or Network Operations background from within the Telecoms industry. (Optional) · Working knowledge of one or more European languages (Optional)
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Behavioural Fit: |
· Professional appearance and manner · High personal drive; results oriented; makes things happen; “can do attitude” · Can work and adapt within a highly dynamic and growing environment · Team Player; effective at building close working relationships with others · Effectively manages diversity within the workplace · Strong focus on service delivery and the needs and satisfaction of internal clients · Able to see issues from a global, regional and corporate perspective · Able to effectively plan and manage large projects · Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills at all levels · Strong analytical, presentation and training skills · Innovative and creative · Demonstrates technical leadership · Visionary and strategic view of technology enablers (creative and innovative) · High verbal and written communication ability, able to influence effectively at all levels · Possesses technical expertise and knowledge to lead by example and input into technical debates · Depth and breadth of experience in infrastructure technologies · Enterprise mentality and global mindset · Sense of humour
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Role Key Performance Indicators: |
· Design and deliver repeatable, best in class, cloud solutions. · Pro-actively monitor service quality and take action to scale operational services, in line with business growth. · Generate operating efficiencies, to be agreed with Infrastructure Services Manager. · Establish a “best in sector” level of operational service delivery and insight. · Help create an effective team. |
- You will manage all elements of the post-sale program relationship with your customers, starting with customer on-boarding and continuing throughout the customer relationship.
- As the primary customer interface, you engage with customer teams to educate, identify needs, develop designs, set goals, manage and execute on plans that unlock continuous, incremental value from their investments in the CloudPassage Halo platform.
- You are hands-on during execution and thoroughly enjoy seeing your security projects come to life and supporting them afterwards. You are a trusted adviser.
Responsibilities :
- Manage a portfolio of 5+ Enterprise customer accounts with complex needs (typical enterprise customers invest between $500k and $4m+ per year with CloudPassage, have hundreds to tens of thousands of individual public cloud infrastructure deployments, and protect hundreds of thousands of cloud infrastructure assets with Halo).
- Provide level-3 technical support on your customer's most complex issues
- Lead implementation of low-level security controls in Cloud environments, for services, server and containers
- Remotely diagnose & resolve DevSecOps issues in customer environments - able to resolve their DevOps issues that may be interfering with CloudPassage processing.
- Interact with CloudPassage Engineering team by providing customer issue reproduction and data capture, technical diagnostics and validating fixes. QA experience preferred.
- Establish and program manage proactive, value-driven, high-touch relationships with your customers to understand, document and align customer strategies, business objectives, designs, processes and projects with Halo platform capabilities and broader CloudPassage services.
- Develop a trusted advisor relationship by building and maintaining appropriate relationships at all levels with your customer accounts, creating a premium and high-caliber experience.
- Ensure continued satisfaction, identify & confirm unaddressed customer needs that can be value-add opportunities for up-sell and cross-sell, and communicate those needs to the CloudPassage sales team. Identify any early CSAT issues and renewal risks and work with the internal team to remediate and ensure strong CSAT and a successful renewal.
- Be a strong customer advocate within CloudPassage and identify and support areas for improvement in the customer experience, both in our product and processes.
- Be team-oriented, but with a bias towards action to get things done for your customers.
Requirements : Strong cloud security knowledge & experience including :
- End-to-end enterprise security processes
- Cloud security - cloud migrations & shift in security requirements, tooling & approach
- Hands-on DevOps, DevSecOps architecture & automation (critical)
- 4+ years experience in security consulting and project/program management serving cybersecurity customers.
- Complex, level 3 technical support
- Remotely diagnosing & resolving DevSecOps issues in customer environments
- Interacting with CloudPassage Engineering team with customer issue reproduction
- Experience working in a security SaaS company in a startup environment.
- Experience working with Executive and C-Level teams.
- Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external constituents.
- Excellent organization, project management, time management, and communication skills.
- Understand and document customer requirements, map to product, track & report metrics, identify up-sell and cross-sell opportunities.
- Analytical both quantitatively and qualitatively.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Security certifications (Security +, CISSP, etc.).
Expert Technical Skills :
- Consulting and project management : documenting project charters, project plans, executing delivery management, status reporting. Executive-level presentation skills.
- Security best practices expertise : software vulnerabilities, configuration management, intrusion detection, file integrity.
- System administration (including Linux and Windows) of cloud environments : AWS, Azure, GCP; strong networking/proxy skills.
Proficient Technical Skills :
- Configuration/Orchestration (Chef, Puppet, Ansible, SaltStack, CloudFormation, Terraform).
- CI/CD processes and environments.
Familiar Technical Skills & Knowledge : Python scripting & REST API's, Docker containers, Zendesk & JIRA.