Platform Engineer

CPower • Baltimore, MD

28d • Hybrid

About The Position

CPower is a leading Virtual Power Plant platform, monetizing the value of customer-sited energy to intelligently strengthen the grid. For over a decade, we've made turning flexible energy into revenue simple for partners and large energy users such as businesses, manufacturers, public institutions and healthcare organizations, delivering over $1.2 billion from demand response and energy flexibility programs to customers since 2015. With 6.7 GW of customer capacity nearly 23,000 sites, we're empowering energy users across North America, enabling them to benefit from an innovative energy economy. We are seeking a Platform Engineer who will bring a strong background in Cloud Engineering with expertise in how to build and manage modern, robust and scalable infrastructure in Microsoft Azure. This role will be a key contributor on cross functional teams to design, implement and manage IaC to support product and technology initiatives. Based on candidate location, our primary preference is a hybrid role requiring in-office presence at our Baltimore, MD location three days per week (Tues/Wed/Thurs). Our secondary preference is remote.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 4+ years technical expertise in cloud engineering with strong technical experience in the following areas: Virtual Networks, Load Balancers, VPN Gateways, Network Security Groups and other relevant Azure networking components.
• Managing microservices based applications deployed on AKS.
• Designing, deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters within AKS (YAML, HELM).
• Experience designing scalable, secure and resilient solutions using Azure services, optimizing for cost and performance and creating disaster recovery plans.
• Experience implementing and maintaining IaC solutions using Terraform to automate the creation and management of Azure resources.
• Using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and other tools to track key metrics, set up alerts, and diagnose problems.
• Well versed in Windows and has the skills and confidence to work on Linux when needed.
• Experience with Azure CLI, PowerShell/Azure PowerShell for automation, provisioning and configuration of Azure environments.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot and optimize Azure-native services such as API Management, Azure Functions, Storage, Service Bus, Key Vault, and Container Apps.
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps, GitHub and ADZO pipelines.
• Delivery focused with the ability to drive tasks forward and meet demanding deadlines.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• The ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people internally and externally.
• Azure Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, ExpressRoute, Azure Active Directory, AD Connect, Operations Management Suite/Log Analytics, Azure Monitor, Azure Site Recovery, Azure Backup, Azure App Services, Azure Storage, Azure SQL Server, Azure Automation.
• Experience building and deploying Azure resources using IaC (Terraform, Ansible).
• Creating and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps (Git) to deploy both infrastructure and applications.
• VMWare ESXi.
• System Center Configuration Manager.
• Microsoft InTune.
• Active Directory.
• Bash experience.
• Experience with serverless deployment, maintenance and associated tool chain.
• Working knowledge of ITIL disciplines.
• All applicants must be able to provide documentation that they are legally eligible to work in the United States for an extended period, and will not now, nor in the future, require sponsorship for employment visa status to work legally for our Company in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Certifications are a plus: Azure Administrator, Azure Developer, Azure Architect, Azure DevOps, Terraform, MCSE, Security +

Responsibilities

• Responsible for designing, implementing and managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) cloud-based solutions on the Microsoft platform.
• Develop and implement automation scripts and tools to streamline operations, such as deployments, scaling and infrastructure management.
• Identify performance bottlenecks, tuning systems and optimize performance to improve efficiency and user experience.
• Analyzing system capacity, planning for growth and designing systems that can handle traffic spikes and increased load.
• Respond to incidents, resolve issues and conduct post incident reviews to identify root causes and prevent future problems.
• Implement monitoring systems to track key performance indicators and ensuring observability into system behavior through metrics, logging and tracing.
• Work closely with development, operations and other teams to share knowledge, improve system design and embed reliability into the software development lifecycle.

Benefits

• Unique opportunity to work at a successful, growing company with a strong entrepreneurial spirit. We focus heavily on developing our employees and linking successes to our core values.
• CPower offers a great benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401K, vacation, up to $10,000 per calendar year in tuition reimbursement, etc.
• CPower's leadership prides itself on maintaining a rewarding culture, and always striving to offer a great team-member experience.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Publishing Industries
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees