Senior Cloud and Data Center Engineer

Senior Cloud and Datacenter Engineer

Location: Hybrid (2-3 days in Office) – Phoenix, AZ

Relocation – No

Experience: 8-10 Years

Duration: Long Term Contract

About Matson

Matson is a leader in shipping, logistics, and supply chain innovation, delivering mission‑critical services that support global transportation and maritime operations. As part of Matson’s Shared Digital Services organization, you will help architect and operate secure, resilient, scalable cloud and on‑prem infrastructure powering enterprise applications, vessel operations, terminals, and analytics workloads.

Role Overview

We are seeking a high‑impact Senior Cloud & Datacenter Engineer to provide architectural leadership, hands‑on engineering, and operational excellence across Matson’s AWS cloud platform and on‑prem datacenter environments.

In this role, you will architect, build, and operate Matson’s mission‑critical hybrid infrastructure, integrating modern AWS cloud platforms with on‑premises technologies. Your responsibilities span compute, storage, virtualization, automation, security, monitoring, and lifecycle management, all essential to Matson’s global logistics and transportation ecosystem. 

You will design and integrate technologies including VMware vSphere/vSAN, Nutanix, Cisco UCS/HX, and storage/backup systems with AWS services such as EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, ECS/EKS, and Lambda. This role requires the ability to independently own either cloud or datacenter domains end‑to‑end while leading modernization efforts and implementing automation using Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, and Puppet, along with CI/CD pipelines and scripting.

You will partner cross‑functionally with cloud, security, networking, and application engineering teams to ensure reliability, performance, and operational resilience across Matson’s hybrid ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

1. Cloud Architecture, Engineering & Operations (AWS)

• Design and integrate on‑prem datacenter with AWS cloud services to deliver a unified, secure hybrid environment.
• Architect, build, and operate AWS environments across multiple accounts and regions.
• Engineer solutions using EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, RDS, ECS/EKS, and Lambda. 
• Design and operate containerized workloads using Amazon ECS/EKS, including cluster configuration, image lifecycle, scaling, and workload integration.
• Implement Infrastructure‑as‑Code automation patterns using Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Deploy and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins; integrate pipelines with IaC workflows.
• Implement monitoring and observability with Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, and logging frameworks.
• Lead cloud network integration: DNS, DHCP, routing, and cross‑region/multi‑VPC design.

2. Datacenter & On‑Prem Infrastructure Engineering

• Lead modernization efforts across compute, storage, virtualization, and backup platforms, including VMware vSphere/vSAN, Nutanix, and Cisco UCS/HX.
• Architect, implement, and operate enterprise on‑prem platforms including Cisco UCS, Dell PowerEdge, VxRail, Pure storage, and other HCI solutions.
• Manage storage, backup, and disaster protection systems such as Cohesity.
• Maintain and optimize virtualization stacks, ensuring lifecycle readiness and high availability.
• Perform capacity planning, performance optimization, and system hardening across datacenter infrastructure.
• Lead hardware refresh, platform upgrades, converged infrastructure deployments, and modernization initiatives.
• Implement and enforce security standards including IAM, privileged access, encryption, segmentation, and compliance controls.

3. Automation, DevOps & Infrastructure as Code

• Develop, maintain, and scale Terraform modules for cloud and datacenter deployments.
• Implement configuration and automation using Puppet, Ansible, and scripting (Python/PowerShell/Bash).
• Build fully automated release, patching, lifecycle, and monitoring pipelines.
• Reduce operational overhead by standardizing environments and enabling self‑service provisioning.

4. Operations, Monitoring & Reliability Engineering

• Provide senior‑level oversight for 24x7 operations, including incident, problem, and change management.
• Own monitoring systems such as Nagios, Prometheus, and Grafana across both cloud and datacenter footprints.
• Maintain DR playbooks, manage failover readiness, and test DR scenarios, including datacenter failover testing.
• Develop and maintain runbooks, architectural documentation, diagrams, SOPs, and lifecycle roadmaps.

5. Cross‑Functional Collaboration & Leadership

• Collaborate closely with security, networking, DevOps, engineering, and application teams to deliver cohesive infrastructure services.
• Work with vendors and external partners on architecture reviews, technology evaluations, and support contracts.
• Mentor junior engineers; drive engineering governance, standards, governance, and technical best practices.

Required Qualifications

• A bachelor's or master's degree (preferred) in computer science, information systems, or other discipline.
• 8 years of experience with both data center and AWS cloud environments.
• Hands‑on experience with VMware vSphere/vSAN, ESXi, vCenter, Windows Server administration, Linux systems administration (RHEL/Ubuntu preferred), enterprise compute/storage, and backup solutions, 
• Deep AWS expertise: EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, ECS/EKS, Lambda. 
• Strong Infrastructure‑as‑Code experience (Terraform, CloudFormation) and CI/CD automation.
• Strong networking fundamentals (DNS, DHCP, VLANs, routing, firewalls) and hybrid security controls.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools for VDI/EUC environments.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work cross‑functionally. 
• Ability to independently manage cloud or datacenter domain end‑to‑end.
• Proven ability to document, present, and communicate complex infrastructure designs. 
• Strong troubleshooting skills in hybrid environments.
• Ability to work onsite in Phoenix, AZ in alignment with Matson’s collaboration‑focused culture. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications: AWS Solutions Architect, VMware VCP, Cisco CCNA, RHCE, Nutanix NCP.
• Experience with Azure Infrastructure, VDI, identity (SSO/ MFA), and other security tools.
• Understanding of cybersecurity, infrastructure, SDLC, and change management control. 
• Experience with SRE, ITIL, monitoring/logging tools, and DR architectures.
• Prior experience in regulated industries, ideally Logistics, Shipping, Transportation, or Finance. 
• Hands‑on maritime industry experience working directly in vessel, cruise, port, or terminal operational environments is highly preferred and considered a strong differentiator.

Why This Role Matters at Matson?

Matson operates in a sector where operational uptime, security, and resilience are non‑negotiable. Your work ensures the stability and scalability of the hybrid infrastructure that powers global logistics and maritime operations. By engineering secure and highly available cloud and datacenter platforms, you help drive Matson’s digital transformation, strengthen its operational reliability, and support critical shipping and transportation workflows across the enterprise.