IT Cloud Engineer Network

Univera Healthcare • Rochester, NY

2d • $79,068 - $198,168

About The Position

This role provides vision, strategy, functionality, and technology solutions for creating and maintaining network platforms for public and private cloud infrastructure. It involves designing flexible platforms that deliver services compatible with industry-leading providers while enabling legacy systems to interact safely when necessary. The position conducts technology research, evaluation, development, and delivery throughout infrastructure deployment lifecycles.

The engineer works with Information Technology teams to support deployment of technologies that may include PaaS, SaaS, hosted, and on-premises subscriptions. The aim is to provide flexible, secure, on-demand cloud-like functionality and services, improve resiliency, reduce costs, and maintain a secure and flexible environment. The role is intended for a hands-on network engineering professional with deep traditional enterprise networking experience, particularly in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting large-scale Cisco and/or Arista environments. Cloud networking experience is valuable, but the primary emphasis is on enterprise network engineering and operations rather than cloud infrastructure, systems administration, or software development.

The position has four classification levels. New hires are placed at the level best matching their experience, credentials, and skills. Higher levels add responsibilities such as primary engineering and subject-matter expertise, strategy and budget contributions, mentoring, automation, capacity planning, technical and project leadership, and advising management.

Requirements

• Level I: Seven cumulative years of related work experience in lieu of a degree; or an associate degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field plus four years of related experience.
• Awareness of security, compliance, and audit policies and procedures.
• Experience with research, design, and implementation in assigned technologies.
• Infrastructure operations and infrastructure project delivery experience.
• Scripting and automation experience.
• Strong communication skills.
• Understanding of cloud computing infrastructure and concepts.
• Knowledge of cloud and/or on-premises integration, including the ability to integrate disparate systems.
• Level I: Intermediate knowledge of at least three listed concepts or tools, including Azure, AWS, GCP, Cisco, Arista, SD-WAN, ForeScout, network emulation tools such as GNS3, next-generation firewalls, load balancers, wireless networking, network orchestration, Terraform or related IaC tools, Ansible or related configuration management, Nutanix or similar hyperconverged technology, VMware ESXi or similar virtualization, YAML, JSON, REST APIs, or GitHub and related Git repositories.
• Level II: Intermediate knowledge of at least four listed concepts or tools; intermediate infrastructure operations and project delivery experience; strong technical documentation skills; experience managing and optimizing IT computing resources; business maturity and confidentiality; strong scripting and automation; intermediate disaster recovery knowledge; and intermediate knowledge of security, compliance, and audit policies and procedures.
• Level III: Advanced knowledge of at least four listed concepts or tools; advanced understanding of IT infrastructure disaster recovery procedures; ability to mentor within the team; a professional certification in a job-related technology; and strategic vision aligned with business objectives.
• Level IV: Advanced knowledge of at least five listed concepts or tools; competence in team and technical leadership, facilitation, and project leadership; extensive hybrid cloud knowledge; and proven peer-mentoring ability.
• Ability to work in a traditional office environment under fluorescent lighting and to communicate orally.
• Ability to sit at a desk viewing a computer and using a keyboard and mouse for three or more hours at a time.
• Ability to travel across the enterprise, work in a home office for continuous periods for business continuity, and provide on-call rotation support.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Cloud networking experience is valuable.
• Professional certification in a job-related technology is specified for Level III.

Responsibilities

• Act as a high-level escalation tier for operational support in assigned technical areas.
• Conduct proof-of-concept testing in a lab environment.
• Create infrastructure design documents for production deployments.
• Create, update, and maintain supporting documentation for technology standards.
• Deploy new technology to the production environment.
• Design infrastructure solutions to support business requirements.
• Ensure assigned technologies align with the business.
• Research and implement hybrid cloud technology.
• Support high-level strategy for the enterprise server environment.
• Work directly with business stakeholders to gather IT infrastructure requirements.
• Work with technology vendors and technical SMEs to produce corporate standards for assigned technology areas.
• Integrate multiple systems and technologies.
• Maintain reliable attendance, demonstrate interpersonal skills and integrity, support the company's mission and values, exercise good judgment and accountability, and protect member privacy.
• Perform other functions as assigned by management.
• At Level II, act as a primary engineer for assigned technology areas, maintain performant and optimized infrastructure, contribute significantly to budgets and enterprise strategy, and assist with RFI/RFP processes.
• At Level III, mentor lower-level engineers, establish purchase justifications, automate job-related tasks, analyze systems and plan computing capacity, serve as a primary SME, contribute to automation workflows, and stay current with hybrid cloud technology.
• At Level IV, advise management, emphasize technology cost optimization, mentor peers, lead business-critical IT infrastructure projects, and lead internal strategic efforts in collaboration with peers.

Benefits

• Group health and/or dental insurance may be included in the total rewards package.
• Retirement plan may be included in the total rewards package.
• Wellness program may be included in the total rewards package.
• Paid time away from work may be included in the total rewards package.
• Paid holidays may be included in the total rewards package.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree