Senior Cloud Engineer (Remote Eligible)

Requisition Id 13106 

 

 

Overview:    

We are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer in the Digital Platform Services Group of the Digital Services Infrastructure & Operations Division of the Information Technology Services Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

 

Cloud computing allows for the modernization and consolidation of IT infrastructure, automated workloads, and the pursuit of next-generation innovation. To continue this transformation, we’re seeking qualified applicants having expertise in the strategy, design, development, and implementation of large-scale projects in the cloud. The ideal candidate is experienced in cloud-based tech, with a firm grasp of new technologies, platforms, and applications, and ability to customize them to help our business become more secure and efficient.

 

Extensive knowledge of cloud maintenance, experience leading staff, and advanced industry knowledge is key to keeping us on the cutting edge. From day one, you’ll have an immediate impact on the day-to-day efficiency of our IT operations, and an ongoing impact on our overall growth.

 

Objectives of this Role:

• Work in tandem with our engineering team to identify and implement optimized cloud-based solutions for the company.
• Define and record best practices and strategies regarding application deployment and infrastructure maintenance.
• Provide guidance, thought leadership, and mentorship to development teams to build cloud competencies.
• Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards of code quality and thoughtful design.
• Manage cloud environments in accordance with company and Federal security guidelines.

 

Major Duties/Responsibilities:   

 

Cloud Operations Management:

• Provide technical expertise in cloud service categories such as PaaS/SaaS/IaaS.
• Design, build, maintain, document, and automate technical processes and operations using VMWare, vCenter, vSphere, Azure Virtual Machine.
• Implement configuration and deployment automation towards improving functionality, availability, and manageability of our enterprise cloud offerings. Design, implement, and test disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity architecture.
• Monitor and maintain multiple environments based on client requirements.

 

Continuous Improvement:

• Provide continuously improving sets of software and systems engineering practices fora streamlined IT environment.

 

Communications:

• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal, written, presentation, leadership, collaboration, facilitation and negotiation skills and the ability to interact with all levels of internal and external partners. Cultivate positive relationships with industry authorities.
• Solve incidents, identify root cause, fix, and document problems, and implement preventive measures.
• Educate teams on the implementation of new cloud-based initiatives, providing associated training as required.
• Employ exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to see and tackle issues before they affect business productivity.

 

Deliver ORNL’s mission by aligning behaviors, priorities, and interactions with our core values of Impact, Integrity, Teamwork, Safety, and Service. Promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility by encouraging a respectful workplace – in how we treat one another, work together, and measure success.  

 

Basic Qualifications: 

• A BS in business, computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, system analysis, or a related field of study and eight (8) or more years of experience in cloud computing technologies. An overall combination of equivalent experience may be considered.
• Experience with Azure Cloud.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (firewalls, load balancers, DNS, DHCP) and various virtualization technologies, including VMWare vCenter and vSphere.
• Experience in scripting languages such as Terraform, PowerShell, CloudFormation, Ansible Shell Scripting, Python, Ruby, PERL Scripting.

 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• An advanced degree in business, computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, system analysis, or a related field of study and seven (7) or more years of experience in cloud computing technologies.
• Azure certifications.
• Familiarity with Azure Open AI
• Experience in several of the following areas: database architecture, ETL, business intelligence, big data, machine learning, advanced analytics.
• Understanding of authentication and authorization, and both identity and access management.
• Familiarity of d