What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Cloud Engineer position at Pointwest-North America?
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We are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer with deep expertise in Amazon Web Services (AWS) . This role is responsible for designing, architecting, implementing, and maintaining scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cloud governance, automation, observability, migration, and Infrastructure-As-Code. They will play a key role in establishing and enforcing cloud standards across the organization.
Responsibilities
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We are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer with deep expertise in Amazon Web Services (AWS) . This role is responsible for designing, architecting, implementing, and maintaining scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cloud governance, automation, observability, migration, and Infrastructure-As-Code. They will play a key role in establishing and enforcing cloud standards across the organization.
Responsibilities
- Design, architect, build, and maintain secure and scalable AWS infrastructure in a multi-account hybrid environment based on AWS Organizations practices
- Develop and enforce cloud architecture standards, best practices, and governance policies
- Implement and maintain infrastructure delivery pipelines to enable reliable and scalable cloud operations, collaborating with Software Engineering teams and leveraging AWS services
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and monitoring using tools like Terraform, and AWS Cloud native services
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including DevOps, Security, and Software Engineering teams to ensure cloud solutions meet business and compliance requirements
- Monitor cloud environments for performance, cost optimization, and security compliance
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers
- Participate in incident response and root cause analysis for cloud-related issues
- Stay current with AWS services and industry trends to drive continuous improvement
- Share 7x24 rotational responsibilities for On-Call support
- Work with the Security and Compliance teams regarding risk mitigation
- Outstanding verbal, written, and presentation skills and ability to address a large and small audience
- Must be highly organized, motivated, and capable of working with minimum supervision
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, Team-based, Customer Service oriented environment
- Ability to articulate (verbally / visually) ideas, approaches, concepts, options, risks, impacts, tradeoffs, and recommendations to technical, non-technical, and Leadership audiences
- Understanding of PCI-DSS and PCI-Card Production compliance requirements, and secure cloud design preferred
- Ability to mentor/coach other Engineers and Peers in a domain or technical area
- Ability to provide expert technical and thought leadership
- Outstanding leadership skills, including partnering, consensus-building, and influencing
- Understanding of service delivery methodologies and principles
- Demonstrated ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment with stringent deadlines
- Must have excellent customer service skills and thrive in a team environment
- Highly motivated self-starter who is innovative and quick to learn
- Possesses strong analytical, conceptual, and planning skills and is detail-oriented
- Preferred Certification: AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer (AWS Certified SysOps Administrator), or AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
- Preferred cloud knowledge: Foundational knowledge of one of the following cloud environments Azure, GCP, Oracle
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or comparable experience
- 6 years of experience in cloud engineering or related roles with a focus on AWS
- Strong knowledge of AWS services equivalent to AWS Solution Architect or AWS CloudOps Engineer (AWS SysOps Administrator) – Associate certifications
- Experience with cloud governance frameworks, AWS Organizations, and policy enforcement
- Proficiency in infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline)
- Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, or similar)
- Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and integrating security into the CI/CD process
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS)
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Event Bridge, Datadog, Splunk)
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