Cloud Engineer

The Opportunity:

Avantor is looking for a Cloud Engineer to optimize our Platform Services team, delivering results against some of the most complex business and technology initiatives. 

Reporting to the Senior Manager of Platform Services, the Cloud Engineer will focus on managing, educating and troubleshooting of our AWS and Azure offerings. You will collaborate with individuals at all levels of the organization as a spokesperson and an expert in cloud, in support of various programs and projects, and as you build and nurture these offerings.

What we’re looking for

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and/or equivalent experience, education and training
• Experience: 3+ years of work experience with AWS is required  
• Collaboration Tool: Microsoft Office Suite experience preferred 
• Preferred Qualifications: 
  • 1-2 years of Azure experience
  • 5+ years of experience in IT is highly desirable
  • Experience in cloud migration, cloud service implementation and troubleshooting
  • Network hands-on experience
  • Experience with management of Linux & Windows operating systems and scripting in Python, YAML and similar languages

How you will thrive and create an impact

You will enjoy a wide variety of work in areas including, but not limited to, logical and physical lifecycle management, coordination of planned infrastructure refreshes, oversight of exceptions and evaluation of risk levels for end-of-life systems and development of service owner relationships and processes to keep vendor managed systems current. You will work closely with IT, security, compliance and business team members at all levels.

• Design and configure cloud solutions, cloud automation and cloud transformations
• Experience on converting 3 tier applications to cloud native using AWS PaaS services
• Work closely with the Network and Security teams to architect, deploy and configure cloud connectivity, the underlying cloud foundation and cloud security layers (cloud accounts, network buildout, cloud subnetting, and security settings)
• Provide guidance and design support to manage service providers
• Write and maintain scripts to increase efficiency and reduce human intervention
• Build/manage CI/CD framework for IaC activities
• Manage and maintain cloud services and settings using cloud vendor console
• Configure backup & disaster recovery and troubleshoots issues related to backup and DR
• Support proof-of-concept initiatives in cloud “sandboxes” to address business challenges
• Assist application teams to refactor and migrate applications to public cloud services
• Identify cloud savings opportunities through improved configuration of existing systems
• Monitor for and review alerts and notifications related to cloud service events
• Adhere to and comply with change management processes and procedures
• Assist with setting processes and determining tools for enterprise service delivery
• Advocate for cloud through participation and leadership in cloud center of knowledge and cloud ideation work-sessions
• Support leadership team in streamlining processes for enterprise level service delivery
• Review new and emerging cloud offerings for enterprise fit and business use
• Support leadership team in developing technical roadmaps for future cloud implementations
• Resolve cloud issues and participate in global incident management as needed
• Ensure security is integrated into all cloud architecture solutions
• Perform other duties as assigned

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Skills:
  • Development and support of IaaS and PaaS cloud services in AWS & Azure
  • Thorough understanding of AWS & Azure cloud infrastructure (VPC, ALB/NLB, EBS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, EC2, Cloud Security etc.)
  • Good working knowledge of Cloud Orchestration, automation and Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation, Bicep and/or Terraform
  • Highly skilled in scripting
  • Excellent troubleshooting skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Abilities:
  • Accustomed to work within the ITIL framework of Incident, Problem, Change, Configuration and Release Management is highly desirable
• Additional qualities:
  • Desire to focus on and please the customer, ability to understand requests from the customer’s point of view
  • Commitment to high professional and ethical standards in a diverse workplace

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL EFFORT

• Remote work is an option, with the ability to remain as such if agreed upon during the