Lead Cloud Solutions Engineer

Humana • Chicago, IL

1d • Remote

About The Position

The Lead Cloud Solutions Engineer Supports development of cloud implementation strategy within organization's existing IT infrastructure. The Lead Cloud Solutions Engineer works on problems of diverse scope and complexity ranging from moderate to substantial. The Lead Cloud Solutions Engineer Implements organization's cloud strategy from a technical perspective, including design, planning, integration, maintenance and support of cloud architecture. May work with partners across organization to evaluate cloud systems Collaborate with product managers and engineers to develop specifications for new cloud-based products/services, applications and solutions. Guide the roll-out of cloud management platforms, evaluate its performance and implement enhancements. Advise executives to develop functional strategies (often segment specific) on matters of significance. Exercise independent decision making on complex issues regarding job responsibilities and related tasks, and works independently. Uses independent judgment requiring analysis of variable factors and determining the best course of action.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (Computer Science, Computer Engineering), or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• 5 or more years of experience in IT systems installation, operations, administration, and maintenance of virtualized servers / cloud systems.
• Proficient knowledge of infrastructure design and components, such as servers, operating systems, networks, and storage.
• Good consultative communication skills are a must, as you will regularly interact between different teams which are distributed across the US.
• Hands-on experience scripting/development skills in Shell, PowerShell, Python, Java in a corporate environment.
• Strong Hands-on experience with: Azure DevOps and Pipelines, Terraform, Azure Resource Manager, Kubernetes, GitHub, and configuration management tools such as Puppet, Chef, or Ansible.
• Experience using and administering: Databricks.
• Experience using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiar with modern big data process and API-based webservice architecture.
• Experience architecting, implementing and maintaining available mission-critical environments for 24x7 availability.
• Experience working in an environment with a defined production change control process.
• Relevant experience with configuration and implementation of IaaS, Infrastructure as code, Azure, etc.
• Demonstrated history of working within deadlines.
• Must be passionate about contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving consumer experiences.

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree

Responsibilities

• Be a Subject Matter Expert to our organization for Azure cloud and virtualization end-to-end architecture.
• Provide expertise in IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions, including Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, and Data Warehouse, among others.
• Develop and maintain a library of deployable, tested, and documented automation design scripts and processes.
• Ensure DevOps development activities and complex development tasks to involve working with tools such as Docker, Kubernetes and container management systems.
• Provide advanced system administration (Infrastructure as Code), operational support and problem resolution for a complex cloud computing environment in Azure.
• Design, configure, implement and support an automated workflow for cloud and virtual environment provisioning.
• Implement production changes during defined maintenance windows and support on call rotation.
• Perform cloud computing and virtual environment buildouts, software maintenance and support.
• Write and maintain documentation of relevant operating procedures and processes.
• Design, develop, and build the business-oriented cloud infrastructure architecture.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision benefits
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave)
• short-term and long-term disability
• life insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior