Cloud Platform Engineer

Salary range is $65k to $150k, with a midpoint of $105k.  New hires typically receive between minimum and midpoint, however, we may go slightly higher based on experience, internal equity and market.

Sound Transit also offers a competitive benefits package with a wide range of offerings, including:

• Health Benefits: We offer two choices of medical plans, a dental plan, and a vision plan all at no cost for employee coverage; comprehensive benefits for employees and eligible dependents, including a spouse or domestic partner.
• Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Retirement Plans: 401a – 10% of employee contribution with a 12% match by Sound Transit; 457b – up to IRS maximum (employee only contribution).
• Paid Time Off: Employees accrue 25 days of paid time off annually with increases at four, eight and twelve years of service. Employees at the director level and up accrue additional days. We also observe 12 paid holidays and provide up to 2 paid floating holidays and up to 2 paid volunteer days per year.
• Parental Leave: 12 weeks of parental leave for new parents.
• Pet Insurance.
• ORCA Card: All full-time employees will receive an ORCA card at no cost.
• Tuition Reimbursement: Sound Transit will pay up to $5,000 annually for approved tuition expenses.
• Inclusive Reproductive Health Support Services.
• Compensation Practices: We offer competitive salaries based on market rates and internal equity. In addition to compensation and benefits, you’ll find that we provide work-life balance, opportunities for professional development and recognition from your colleagues.

GENERAL PURPOSE: 

As an IT Cloud Platform Engineer, play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and maintaining our cloud infrastructure to support IT operations and digital initiatives. Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to ensure a secure, scalable, and highly available Azure cloud environment that enhances reliability and service delivery across the Agency. This will include establishing a framework to manage our Azure environment.  Expectation is to adhere to enterprise architecture strategy and direction, establish standards as needed, and work across all IT teams in supporting the business demand, data platform needs, and other administrative and planning needs.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

The following duties are a representative summary of the primary duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, position-specific duties.

• Cloud Infrastructure Design and Implementation:
  • Work with solution architects to design, deploy, and maintain cloud-based infrastructure solutions on Azure platform.
  • Implement best practices for security, scalability, and performance optimization.
  • Automate provisioning and deployment processes to enhance operational and financial efficiency.
  • Collaborate with software development teams and solution architects to ensure compatibility with cloud platforms.
  • Work with third-party cloud service providers to ensure seamless integration and support.
  • Automating deployments of new applications and services to the cloud platform.
• Security and Compliance:
  • Establish and maintain security protocols, access controls, and compliance standards for Azure environment.
  • Monitor and mitigate security risks, conduct regular vulnerability assessments, and ensure data protection.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC):
  • Utilize Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., ARM, Ansible) to manage infrastructure configurations.
  • Version control and document infrastructure changes.
• Performance Optimization:
  • Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues to optimize cloud resources.
  • Implement cost management strategies to control cloud expenditure.
  • Monitoring and scaling cloud systems to handle user traffic and maintain service uptime.
  • Analyzing cloud usage and identifying opportunities to optimize cost and performance.
• Disaster Recovery and High Availability:
  • Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans and ensure high availability of cloud services.
  • Conduct regular backups and recovery tests.
• Collaboration and Documentation:
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