What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud Engineer position at SANS?
Title: Cloud Engineer (Advisor)
Locations: Hybrid
- Plano, TX, US
- Reston, VA, US
As a valued contributor to our team, you will design and develop unprecedented solutions for Cloud Engineering, solving complex or unusual business problems across several projects, programs, or products. This work includes architecture, design, coding, testing, and certifying technology platforms, software, and applications.
THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE
The ideal candidate brings extensive experience in team building, collaboration, and facilitation of Cloud engineering in a large, multinational Fortune 500 enterprise. This individual will possess extensive experience in secure, scalable cloud infrastructure, with proven leadership capabilities. In this role, they will manage large-scale public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
The Cloud Infrastructure - Technology Engineering – Advisor role will afford you the opportunity to work as an individual contributor, while partnering with peers at the Manager and Senior Manager levels. The responsibilities include:
- Develop and execute strategic cloud infrastructure plans and drive best practices
- Design and implement cloud strategies and architectures.
- Build robust and modern solutions with hands-on coding
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align cloud solutions with business goals.
- Stay current with cloud technologies and industry trends.
- Develop technical documentation and executive-level presentations.
- Mentor junior engineers.
- Ensure integration of cloud solutions with existing systems.
- Identify and mitigate risks; troubleshoot complex issues.
- Advocate for cloud best practices and standards.
THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM
Minimum Required Experiences
6 years of hands-on experience Engineering cloud platforms
Desired Experiences
Bachelor''s degree or equivalent
Cloud Certifications
Experience working in mission-critical environments
Technical Skills
- Skilled in engineering resilient, highly available cloud solutions in secure multi-cloud environments e.g. AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform
- Deep knowledge of cloud infrastructure, network architecture, security, and identity management.
- Experience in building cloud environments (accounts and VPCs) and software-defined networking that allows for connectivity across the enterprise platforms
- Ability to design Fault Tolerant platforms and implement Failover and Recovery Strategies
- Skilled in DevOps and modern CI/CD methodologies and tools
- Automating cloud orchestration with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to scale services
- Experience with Cloud-native development frameworks and tools e.g. VPC, Lambda, SNS
- Understanding of modern cloud scalability to right-size resources to meet platforms computing needs
- Analytics and KPI usage to continuously evolve and improve Cloud Platforms
- Knowledgeable of modern cloud architecture and holistic developer experience.
Soft Skills
- Ability to train and develop mid-senior level engineers
- Strong understanding of mission-critical environments
- Ability to advise technical and non-technical stakeholders on Cloud Strategy and solutions
- Strong problem solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills
Tools
- Public Cloud Services: AWS
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, CloudFormation, JSON, YAML, and ARM Templates
- Programing/Scripting: Shell Script, Python, PHP, JavaScript, Perl, Ruby, and AWS step functions
- OS: Linux
- DevOps Practices: Continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD)
- Networking: Understanding cloud network architecture, VPCs, and load balancing
- Security: Implementing security best practices, access control, and data encryption
- Compliance: Adhering to industry regulations and compliance standards
Salary : $155,000 - $210,000