Senior Cloud Engineer

Job Description

The Scientific Data Consumption product line is seeking an experienced cloud engineer with expertise in the strategy, design, development, and implementation of large-scale IT solutions in the public cloud (Amazon Web Services / AWS). The ideal candidate is experienced in cloud-based technology, with a firm grasp of emerging technologies, platforms, and applications, and ability to customize them to help our business become more secure and efficient. Extensive knowledge of cloud maintenance, and advanced industry knowledge is key to keeping us on the cutting edge. Hands on experience with AWS managed services such as Lambda, Redshift, RDS, Glue and S3 is a must. 

Objectives of this Role 

• Work in tandem with our engineering team to identify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the company 

• Define and document best practices and strategies regarding application deployment and infrastructure maintenance 

• Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards of code quality and thoughtful design 

• Managing cloud environments in accordance with company security guidelines 

Primary Responsibilities 

• Develop and implement technical efforts to design, build, and deploy AWS applications at the direction of lead architects, including large-scale data processing, computationally intensive statistical modeling, and advanced analytics 

• Participate in all aspects of the software development life cycle for AWS based solutions, including planning, requirements, development, testing, and quality assurance 

• Troubleshoot 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 solve issues before they affect business productivity 

Required Expertise and Skills 

• Minimum 2-3 years of experience as a cloud engineer or relevant role (DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering) 

• Knowledge of Infrastructure as a Code (IaaC) technologies like Terraform, Ansible, etc. 

• Proficiency in DevSecOps tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Artifactory, JIRA, Wiz.io, Docker 

• Proficiency in AWS managed services like AWS Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, Cognito, CloudFormation, IAM, Redshift 

• CI/CD hands-on experience (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Cloudbees CD) 

• Know your way around Linux and the Unix Shell 

• Aptitude in scripting language such as Python, Bash, Go 

• Hands on experience with AWS CLI 

• RDBMS and NoSQL database administration 

• Be able to actively leverage SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) best practices 

Education

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field 

What we offer: 

• Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment 

• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally 

• Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern (e.g. even 80% full-time is possible in justified cases) 

• Pension and health insurance contributions 

• Internal reward system plus referral program 

• 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution 

• Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, L