Cloud Engineer

Progress Rail•Albertville, AL

About The Position

The Cloud Engineer designs, implements, administers, and optimizes enterprise cloud and DevOps platforms supporting application delivery, infrastructure automation, data services, and operational excellence. The role provides hands-on engineering and administration across cloud platforms, CI/CD automation, infrastructure as code, source code management, developer productivity tools, and cloud governance. The Cloud Engineer partners with application development, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, AI, engineering, and business teams to improve deployment velocity, reliability, security, scalability, cost visibility, and operational efficiency. This mid-level position delivers assigned solutions and resolves complex platform issues within established architecture, security, and governance standards, while contributing to continuous improvement. Senior-level enterprise architecture ownership and formal people-management responsibilities are not required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field; equivalent education and relevant experience may be considered.
Three to seven years of relevant experience supporting cloud platforms, DevOps environments, infrastructure automation, software engineering, or application delivery systems.
Strong written and verbal communication, problem-solving, prioritization, teamwork, customer service, requirements-gathering, and stakeholder-management skills.
Working knowledge of Agile, Scrum, ITIL concepts, incident management, change management, release management, and root cause analysis.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word for technical documentation, procedures, standards, and training materials.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel for data analysis, tracking work, formulas, pivot tables, and operational reports.
Ability to develop technical and executive presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint.
Ability to use Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, and Outlook for collaboration, content management, communication, scheduling, and knowledge sharing.
Ability to use Microsoft Visio or a comparable diagramming tool to document cloud architectures, integrations, and process flows.
Use Microsoft 365 Copilot responsibly to improve productivity, documentation, and collaboration where approved.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Terraform, Azure Bicep, ARM Templates, or AWS CloudFormation.
Experience with GitHub Advanced Security, GitHub Copilot administration, and software supply chain security.
Docker fundamentals and exposure to Kubernetes or Azure Kubernetes Service.
Experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, AWS CloudWatch, Splunk, Sumo Logic, or comparable observability platforms.
SQL fundamentals, Snowflake awareness, data integration concepts, and support for data or AI platforms.
Experience migrating repositories from Bitbucket to GitHub.
Experience implementing enterprise DevSecOps practices and cloud governance standards.
Relevant certifications such as AZ-104, AZ-400, AWS Solutions Architect Associate, Terraform Associate, GitHub, or Atlassian credentials.

Responsibilities

Support and administer Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services cloud environments, including deploying, configuring, and maintaining cloud-native services.
Monitor cloud resource utilization, performance, availability, and cost, and implement cloud governance, tagging standards, role-based access controls, and resource lifecycle management.
Assist with cloud migration, modernization, hybrid cloud, and on-premises integration initiatives.
Develop and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform, Azure Bicep, ARM Templates, or comparable technologies; automate provisioning and configuration management.
Develop reusable infrastructure templates, standards, and automation frameworks.
Administer GitHub Enterprise Cloud, including repositories, organizations, teams, permissions, and governance; support Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, Jira Cloud, and related integrations.
Design, implement, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines, and create reusable workflows and pipeline templates for application teams.
Support release and change management processes.
Integrate code quality, vulnerability scanning, secrets management, and security controls into CI/CD pipelines.
Support identity and access management, least-privilege access, software supply chain security, and DevSecOps practices; collaborate with Cybersecurity teams on corporate security, governance, and audit requirements.
Configure monitoring, alerting, logging, and observability solutions; monitor platform health, usage, performance, reliability, and cost, and proactively resolve issues.
Participate in incident resolution, problem management, and root cause analysis; develop software delivery performance dashboards and metrics.
Partner with development and engineering teams to improve workflows and platform adoption, and implement self-service tools and automation solutions.
Create technical documentation, standards, operational procedures, and training materials; provide technical guidance and training to developers and administrators.
Lead moderately complex cloud and DevOps platform enhancements within approved architecture, security, and governance standards.
Evaluate recurring operational issues and implement automation to reduce manual effort and improve reliability.
Contribute to enterprise cloud governance, platform standards, reusable patterns, and technology roadmaps.
Support repository migrations, platform consolidations, and modernization initiatives.
Mentor less-experienced team members and provide technical leadership for assigned initiatives.
Identify opportunities to improve deployment speed, quality, scalability, security, and operational efficiency.

Benefits

Competitive salary
401(k) plan with up to 6% company match, immediate vesting, and no waiting period
Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
Supplemental accident, critical care, and hospital insurance
HDHP and HSA with seed money
Flexible Spending Accounts
Paid vacation
Paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO)
Employee Assistance Plan
Education Assistance Program
Employee Recognition Programs
Site-specific production and incentive plans
Site-specific step and skill level wage adjustment plans
Site-specific relocation and sign-on bonus programs