Cloud Platform Engineer

Kimley-Horn•Raleigh, NC

About The Position

Kimley-Horn’s IT Team has a challenging and rewarding opportunity for a Cloud Platform Engineer based in our Raleigh office. In this role, you will be working alongside a team of five professionals who manage our execution of Cloud Solutions & Architecture supporting the Cloud development platform for our various projects, both internal and external. Ranked as one of Fortune Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For,” Kimley-Horn prides itself on hiring high-achieving, dedicated, and professionals who are passionate about the work they do.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering or related fields of study
2+ years of relevant experience
Microsoft Azure certification (AZ-900, AZ-104, AZ500, AZ-305, AZ-700)
Knowledge in the platform of Azure IaaS, PaaS, SaaS services and foundational components of compute, storage, networking, identity and access management, security, tenant/subscriptions
Understanding of Azure App Services architecture and deployment
Hands on experience with Microsoft Azure Services such as Azure API Management, Azure Database management, Azure Security, Load balancing technologies: Front Door & Application Gateway + Web Application Firewalls
Experience with Azure DevOps for source control, continuous integration and deployment and software development lifecycle
Experience with cloud containerization technology and configurations
Experience in High Availability, geo-distributed architecture for multi-regional applications that require improved performance, and disaster recovery implementations
Ability to automate deployments using Terraform, PowerShell, CLI, or Bicep, and manage separate environments (Development, UAT, Production) through an IaC solution
Comfortable talking about technical issues with business partners and business issues with technical partners
Ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing in diverse situations with all levels of management, vendors, clients (internal), and peers.
Ability and willingness to continue to expand knowledge and experience base

Nice To Haves

Experience with other cloud platforms such as AWS and GCP

Responsibilities

Involvement in a variety of operational activities, such as continuous environment health monitoring, maintaining standards, and stability across our IaaS/PaaS/SaaS environment
Initiating incident management in the event of an issue and addressing escalations
Implementing recommended modifications while adhering to change management processes, vulnerability management and remediation, and engaging in disaster recovery tests
Identifying new cloud technologies and platforms to help solve technical challenges
Build cloud foundational components encompassing network, security, identity, operations, and governance in the cloud
Operationalize solutions from proof-of-concept through production, using automation for repeatability, maintainability, and to enforce standards
Designing technical architecture for cloud solutions that meet the needs for scalability, reliability, availability, and performance
Cloud Capacity Planning, Profiling, Load testing, and monitoring of cloud applications, while incorporating security best practices
Responsible for day-to-day operations of managing cloud resources which include resource allocation, optimizing capacity, and configuration management
Function as part of a team, involving and supporting others to get the job done