Senior Cloud Platforms Engineer

Vizient•Irving, TX

About The Position

The Senior Cloud Platforms Engineer partners with infrastructure, application development, and security teams to define and implement CI/CD and Azure DevOps requirements for development initiatives. The role supports automation and monitoring through technical expertise, organizational skills, and collaboration, and works to improve technical teams’ experience by proposing practical solutions and sharing knowledge. The engineer designs and maintains automation toolsets in a multi-cloud environment, supports Azure CI/CD integrations and cloud deployments, administers platforms and tools, and troubleshoots pipelines across environments. The position also collaborates with Agile product teams and Vizient’s Security and Internal IT Infrastructure teams to improve release processes, automate deployments, and implement security, governance, and compliance controls. The role calls for staying current with emerging technologies and helping other engineers demonstrate proposed solutions.

Requirements

At least 5 years of relevant experience.
Experience in a Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or related role.
Experience in a software development role using a language such as Java, C#, or Python, with an understanding of CI/CD concepts.
Knowledge of Cloud Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and tools such as Pulumi, Terraform, Ansible, and Chef.
Experience with SOA applications and cloud-based services; Azure is preferred within this requirement.
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.
Assist with Azure CI/CD setup and integrations with Azure cloud environments, Artifactory, automation testing tools, Octopus, Jenkins, Infrastructure as Code, Pulumi, and related tools.
Work with developers and other DevOps-oriented engineers to test system integrity.
Partner with Internal IT Infrastructure to establish automation frameworks that support 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 Vizient’s Security team to understand, implement, and automate security controls, governance processes, and compliance validations.
Collaborate with Agile product teams on configuration needs and ensure they align with efficient product releases.
Support engineers in other departments in creating practical demonstrations of proposed solutions and presenting them to team members.
Stay current on emerging technologies, trends, and opportunities to help ensure the use of effective techniques and tools.