Cloud Software Engineer

Cloud Software Engineer- Hybrid, Cary NC 

 

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About the job

*This is an early career position*

As a Cloud Engineer on the CloudOps team in the Cloud and Information Services division at SAS, you will bring a hands-on, can-do attitude to the design of our public cloud architecture in Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud. You will be part of a team that works closely with teams across SAS to meet evolving business requirements by developing new tooling and implementing cloud services that improve efficiency, optimize performance, and support best practices. Our work involves cross-team and cross-division collaboration with many exciting opportunities for pushing the boundaries of the latest in technology while developing robust solutions in our fast-paced industry.

 

As a Cloud Engineer, you will:

• Draw upon your knowledge of public cloud services and your proven track record of software development to understand business needs and translate them into software that manages and governs our public cloud footprint.
• Design public cloud software solutions that implement security policy, maximize utilization, reduce cost, and deploy new services across our enterprise infrastructure, relying on your understanding of best practices.
• Utilize your intellectual, communication, and technical skills to diagnose issues and provide solutions to our users working within our public cloud infrastructure.
• Exercise your ability to adapt and react to complex issues in a timely manner as our business needs and objectives evolve.
• Be encouraged to participate in open-source projects on behalf of SAS.
• Ensure all applicable security policies and processes are followed to support the organization’s secure software development goals.
• Embrace curiosity, passion, authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Work Location: Cary, NC- Hybrid 

 

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of programming experience in an agile software development/integration or consulting environment, including two years of experience developing data models in an enterprise environment. Experience with continuous integrations-delivery/deployment (CI/CD) methods preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
• Experience with one or more major public cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Development experience in one of the following languages: Python, C#, PowerShell, or Go.
• Understanding of best practices in cloud architecture and usage.
• Understanding of security fundamentals and best practices including data privacy, access, and authorization.
• Understanding of networking fundamentals.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and get up to speed quickly on unfamiliar services.
• Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.

Additional competencies, knowledge and skills  

• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure, containers, programming languages, operating systems, utilities and cloud services for assigned area
• Career level of technical knowledge of the internal workings, diagnostic tools, and features of cloud systems
• Aptitude for visualization of solutions for problems
• Familiarity with automation through interaction with remote APIs (REST).
• Experience with an IT service management platform such as ServiceNow.
• Experience with large-scale, multi-platform enterprise systems.
• Experience with system administration of Linux or Windows.
• Experience with Docker containers and Kubernetes.
• Experience with identity and access management technologies such as LDAP or Active Directory
• Agile development practices. Strong customer focus.
• Ability to evaluate technical gaps and propose solutions.
• Collaborative team experience with superior problem-solving skills.
• Proven organization and documentation skills.

World-Class Benefits  

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