Senior Cloud Engineer

Horizon Media • New York, NY

75d • $140,000 - $200,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Cloud Engineer is responsible for designing, engineering, and supporting multiple cloud initiatives in support of business requirements. This role requires advanced Snowflake platform experiences. AWS, Azure, Google, and Snowflake cloud experience within public, private, and hybrid cloud topologies. This role will set the direction for automation, testing and deployment for existing and new cloud projects. Responsibilities will also include partner/vendor management and monitoring of the environment for conformity. Must be able to document each environment, establish processes and procedures, and work within security frameworks. This role will help drive new innovative platforms here at Horizon Media by supporting the requests within the Snowflake environment and interconnected platforms. A dynamic environment that will push creativity and help bring ideas a architectural visions to life.

Requirements

• Degree in computer science related field
• Certifications in respective areas of technical skill set
• 5-7 years of experience in cloud infrastructure
• 2-3 years in Administering Snowflake environments
• Advanced Snowflake platform management, administration and optimization experience
• RBAC, Data shares, Snowpipe, Streamlit, Data Clean Rooms, Cortex, Warehouse Management
• DBT development and data transformation experience
• Architect, implement and maintain solutions to support the core business needs running in virtual private and public cloud environments
• Maintain an in-depth understanding of AWS, Google, and Azure public cloud technologies
• Act as the subject matter expert for clients, managers, application and engineering teams
• Promote automation best practices to minimize manual operational tasks
• Familiarity with multi-factor authentication capabilities within each cloud environment
• Knowledge of cloud-based event logging and auditing solutions
• Manage administrative level accounts
• Experience with Active Directory authentication services
• Manage automation scripts and tools related to system provisioning
• Create, revise, and maintain systems documentation
• Work closely with clients to set requirements and expectations
• Knowledge of software development tools such as DBT and GitHub

Responsibilities

• Technical Engineering and Design (50%)
• Advanced Snowflake architecture and features/functionality
• Decision making expertise amongst Cloud platforms
• Database design and RBAC expertise
• Team Collaboration (20%)
• Must have passion for working in a collaborating environment
• Confidence in managing projects
• Comfortable with re-prioritizations
• Client Relationships (20%)
• Must be able to lead internal and external client conversations
• Experience documenting requirements and converting to actions
• Vendor Management (10%)
• Required relationships: Snowflake Account and Support Teams, AWS Account and Support Teams, Akkio Development Collaboration, External integrations vendor outreach

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Retirement savings plans
• Company paid holidays
• Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
• Mental health and wellness resources
• Pet insurance
• Childcare resources
• Identity theft insurance
• Fertility assistance programs
• Fitness reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees