Senior Cloud Platforms Engineer

Vizient•Chicago, IL

16h•$102,400 - $179,000

About The Position

The Senior Cloud Platforms Engineer partners with infrastructure, application development, and security teams to define and implement Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) and Azure DevOps requirements for development initiatives. The role supports automation and monitoring needs through technical expertise, organizational skills, and collaboration. It drives improvements to technical teams’ experience, proposes pragmatic solutions to complex problems, and promotes learning and knowledge sharing. The engineer designs and maintains native toolsets in a multi-cloud environment, supports cloud deployments and application performance monitoring, and administers tools and environments for platform and application delivery teams. The role collaborates with Agile product teams and internal infrastructure and security teams to automate code deployments, meet configuration needs, and implement security controls, governance processes, and compliance validations. The estimated salary range is $102,400 to $179,000. The position is also incentive eligible. Vizient describes its environment as inclusive and supportive of employee engagement, authenticity, and personal and professional development.

Requirements

At least 5 years of relevant experience.
Experience in a Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or related position.
Experience in a software development role using languages such as Java, C#, or Python, with an understanding of CI/CD concepts.
Knowledge of Cloud Infrastructure as Code and tools such as Pulumi, Terraform, Ansible, and Chef.
Experience with SOA applications and cloud-based services, preferably Azure.
Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Relevant degree.
Experience with Windows Server.
Linux experience.
Deep knowledge of PowerShell or other scripting languages.
Azure Architect, DevOps Administrator, or other cloud-related certification.
Understanding of networking and internet protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP, and distributed networks.
Extensive experience with open-source technology, software development, and system engineering.

Responsibilities

Design, manage, and maintain native toolsets in a multi-cloud environment to automate operational processes and improve development delivery.
Partner with Agile product teams to identify opportunities for improvement.
Configure Azure CI/CD and integrations with Azure cloud environments, Artifactory, automation testing tools, Octopus, Jenkins, and Infrastructure as Code tools such as Pulumi.
Work with developers and DevOps-oriented engineers to test system integrity.
Partner with Internal IT Infrastructure to establish automation frameworks for fully automated code deployments.
Monitor Azure cloud deployments and application performance.
Administer tools or environments that support platform and application delivery teams.
Support code deployments and pipeline monitoring across environments, troubleshooting and resolving issues.
Collaborate with the Security team to understand, implement, and automate security controls, governance processes, and compliance validations.
Assist Agile product teams with configuration needs and ensure alignment with efficient product releases.
Support engineers in other departments in creating and demonstrating practical demonstrations of proposed solutions.
Stay up to date on emerging technologies, trends, and opportunities to use effective techniques and tools.