Cloud Infrastructure Engineer II

BankUnited, Inc.•Miami Lakes, FL

About The Position

The Cloud Infrastructure Engineer II will be part of a team that manages the provisioning, monitoring, recovery, and updating of cloud infrastructure (inclusive of the automation of these functions). The individual in this position must be someone whom is a fast learner, a self-starter, loves to solve problems, and keen to automate operational processes. The individual should have the desire to continually improve the Bank's cloud infrastructure design and provide a secure and highly available computing platform. In addition, the Cloud Infrastructure Engineer will configure and maintain existing infrastructure components, implement upgrades, and utilize management tools to monitor & report on the reliability of the environment. The role will also be responsible for finding opportunities to improve the Bank's architecture using cloud and cloud-native technologies. The Cloud Infrastructure Engineer II role will help team junior members ramp-up on cloud technology as well as embrace and adopt new technology

Requirements

College degree or equivalent management/work experience (At least 4 years), which includes practical experience in Information Technology and IT Security
Experience with cloud-based enterprise infrastructure architecture and/or operations required
3+ years experience - supporting, monitoring, implementing cloud solutions
2+ years experience -- Experience in designing application platforms (eg web, client/server, COM+, etc)
1+ years experience -- Experience with access federation and identity management (SSO, AZAD)
Experience supporting automation teams using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Python
3+ years experience -- supporting and improving infrastructure experience: Monitoring, DNS, DHCP, Backups, and Disaster Recovery
Experience with and knowledge of RedHat Enterprise Linux platform
Strong understanding of cloud technology, particularly AWS technologies like EC2,S3, ALB/NLB, DRS, SSM,SG, etc
Understanding of and experience with the five pillars of a well-architected frameworks
Ability to interface with cloud services and tools from an infrastructure as code perspective
Awareness of networking and internet protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP and distributed networks
Sound knowledge of information security/governance controls
Work within the construct of a platform product team, to understand the technical requirements of our product teams to deliver creative solutions which meet or exceed those needs
Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
Excellent communication and organizational skills, and the ability to stay focused on completing tasks and meeting goals within a busy workspace
Strong communication and collaboration skills
Ability to work independently
Self-motivated
Ability to set own goals and manage towards them
Ability to effectively mentor team members/direct reports
Strong written and oral communication skills
Strong customer service skills

Nice To Haves

Associate level Cloud Certification or equivalent preferred
Candidates residing in locations within BankUnited's footprint may be given preference.

Responsibilities

Assist in the day-to-day operations of managing the Bank's Cloud Infrastructure Services including software deployment and upgrades, system setup, system administration, monitoring, incident resolution, problem management, configuration and change management, capacity planning, availability management, disaster recovery and routine update of services
Performs Capacity Analysis of applications/platforms
Supports multiple systems or applications of medium to highly complex (complexity defined by size, technology used, and system feeds and interfaces) with multiple concurrent users, ensuring control, integrity, and accessibility
Produce and maintain documentation to support solutions that have been developed/deployed to aid in the support of the solution
Acts as the technical liaison between operations teams, engineers and architects, providing critical operational insight to upcoming implementations and strategies, including validating ongoing solutions supportability
Design and maintain production monitoring tools, troubleshoot performance and stability issues
Create and maintain automated monitoring and reporting of cloud infrastructure health, performance and cost control
Monitor cloud infrastructure to identify areas of improvement, reliability, cost savings, etc.
Develop/change SOP/Knowledge Article review for any new Feature launch or other significant change that may impact support documentation
Configuration management, review, and governance of Cloud resources, identity and access management (IAM), etc.
Actively troubleshooting any issues that arise during testing and production, catching and solving issues before launch
Disaster recovery planning and testing
Back-up and recovery of cloud-hosted systems
Troubleshooting and providing technical support service
Provides Level 2 production support
Participate in routine on-call rotations
Ensuring and facilitating knowledge sharing within the department
Maintain current knowledge of cloud trends & developments
Contribute to the development of cloud standards, best practices and organizational cloud capability
Research and drive adoption of cloud-native technologies
Problem Management: Performs Post-Incident Reviews of all Major Incidents and determining Action Items required to avoid similar issues/minimize downtime for future Incidents
Adheres to and complies with applicable, federal and state laws, regulations and guidance, including those related to anti-money laundering (i.e. Bank Secrecy Act, US PATRIOT Act, etc.).
Adheres to Bank policies and procedures and completes required training.
Identifies and reports suspicious activity.