Senior Cloud Engineer

AAA-The Auto Club Group•MI-Admin Office Building (AOB), MI

2d•$119,808 - $165,000•Remote

About The Position

Serves as Subject Matter Expert on large global infrastructure projects that require partnership of cross-functional IT resources. Partner with architects and engineers to collaborate plan, design, implement, enable, promote, and assist in the adoption of DevOps methodologies and standards as well Cloud based solutions (IaaS, PaaS, CaaS, FaaS, and SaaS). This position is currently able to work remotely from a home office location for day-to-day operations unless occasional travel for meetings, collaborative activities, or team building activities is specified by leadership. This is subject to change based on amendments and/or modifications to the ACG Flex Work policy.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field or an equivalent level of work experience.
8+ years of experience in overseeing mission critical enterprise level systems.
8 years of experience working with virtual machines, virtual networking, and storage using a third party infrastructure.
Experience with infrastructure s code implementation and developing Cloudformation templates.
Production experience with developing and employing GCP and/or AWS cloud services with strong understanding of the implementation, best practices, and usage of at least the following core services: IAM, Networking (VPC, interconnectivity, load balancing, and DNS), Compute (VMs and containers), Storage (managed relational and nosql databases, object store, file store, etc), KMS, Encryption in transit
5+ years’ experience administering and troubleshooting Linux based systems
2+ years’ experience with Docker
Broad experience developing cloud migrating solutions
Experience installing, configuring, and troubleshooting middleware including Nginx, Apache HTTP, Jetty, Tomcat
Proven ability to fully work through project life-cycle, (i.e., discovery, analysis, architecture, design, documentation, building, migration, automation, readiness).
Able to configure and install relational databases
Installing and configuring monitoring and metrics collections solutions for server resources, middleware, and custom applications - Nagios, Cacti, Ganglia, CollectD, Graphite, and or NewRelic
Load and performance testing and analysis
Scripting experience - Python and Bash

Nice To Haves

AWS Certification a plus
Primary focus on Google Cloud.
Production AWS support.
Hybrid and multi-cloud architecture.
Security engineering.
Cloud platform design and troubleshooting.
Secure cloud platform design.
Multi-region architecture.
High availability patterns.
Cloud observability.
Production support patterns.
Cloud troubleshooting

Responsibilities

Promote and provide expert guidance to teams on Agile development and Agile infrastructure principles and practices including: Infrastructure as Code, Provisioning, Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment, Test automation
Focus on future cloud-based technology growth options to support organizational maturity.
Plan, design, implement, and educate on DevOps tools, practices and usage, Cloud based platforms (AWS and GCP)
Provide leadership to the organization to identify and remove infrastructure and system level impediments which limit productivity and quality.
Identify and implement process improvements which support and complement DevOps methodologies and Cloud usage.
Track and provide feedback to teams and organizations on DevOps adoption
Provide direction for and design solutions for infrastructure, security, deployment, scaling, metrics, and IT operations.
Conduct technology reviews and internal audits to ensure existing solutions meet business and security needs.

Benefits

PTO, paid sick leave
Medical plans with multiple coverage options, including HSA eligibility.
Prescription drug coverage.
Dental and vision benefits.
Employee Assistance Program (confidential support services).
Company-paid basic life insurance.
Optional supplemental life insurance and dependent coverage.
Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
Critical illness, accident, and pet insurance options.
401(k) plan
Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) options.
Paid Time Off (PTO)
10 company-paid holidays annually
1 mental health day
2 floating holidays
1 volunteer day
Paid leave programs, including parental, bereavement, jury duty, and military leave.
Tuition assistance (up to $5,250 annually; 80% covered by ACG).
Professional certification support with 100% reimbursement for eligible programs.
Opportunities for career development and advancement.
Complimentary AAA membership with roadside assistance and travel discounts.
Adoption assistance program.