Sr. Cloud Systems Engineer [Hybrid/Remote]

Scope of Position

About Us:

EDF Renewables North America is a market-leading independent power producer and service provider with over 35 years of experience. We deliver grid-scale power: wind (onshore and offshore), solar photovoltaic, and storage projects; distribution-scale power: solar and storage; asset optimization: technical, operational, and commercial expertise to maximize the performance of generating projects, and onsite solutions, through the Company’s PowerFlex affiliate, offering a full suite of onsite energy solutions for commercial and industrial customers: solar, storage, EV charging, energy management systems, and microgrids.

 

Benefits & Perks: 

EDF Renewables offers best-in-class employee benefits, including the following:

• Competitive bonus incentives.  This position is eligible for our annual bonus program.
• Comprehensive health coverage. We provide low-cost health & wellness coverage for employees and their eligible dependents.
• Rewarding 401k. We provide a generous matching contribution.

We are also proud to offer:

• Favorable paid time off programs, including paid parental leave after one year of service.
• Rewarding learning & career development and advancement opportunities.
• Supportive mentorship & buddy programs.

Be a part of an innovative and collaborative team environment that fosters our goal of delivering renewable solutions to lead the transition to a sustainable energy future.

 

Salary range:  The full pay range for this role is $118,400 - $197,300 annually. The target range for this position is $140,000 to $175,000.  We generally base our salary decisions on factors such as internal equity, candidate work and/leadership experience, educational credentials, and in some cases, candidate work location.

 

Summary: The Senior Cloud Systems Engineer plays a key role in help us transform our on-premises infrastructure into scalable cloud architectures which meet security, audit, and other compliance requirements. This position will support a variety of organization-wide IaaS and PaaS solutions running in AWS, GCP and Azure cloud services. This role will develop modern cloud solutions to support all of our energy generation projects. This person will serve as a technical expert on Cloud Solution best practices and advise IT Leaders, Project Teams, Business Stakeholder, and Third-Party Partners. This role is a leader throughout the design, development, testing, and implementation of appropriate Public Cloud and SaaS solutions during the lifecycle of the IT or Business initiative.

Responsibilities

Secure and scalable cloud deployments are essential for every organization and is a constantly evolving task. The Senior Cloud Systems Engineer will be responsible for creating a roadmap to update, deploy and evolve current and future Cloud Infrastructure with a heavy focus on automation. Our cloud posture will be greatly improved when the organization can:

 

• Lead the technical planning and implementation strategies of Cloud Deployments with risk mitigation, internal\external security and compliance in mind.
• Represent business process re-engineering as part of the overall program to simplify Cloud Infrastructure processes, enhance customer value and eliminate waste.
• Translate functional requirements into technical designs for Cloud Deployments with a focus on automation and security including roles\tools and related provisioning processes.
• Maintain awareness of new security and authentication trends and recommend tools and techniques for the organization.
• Develop, enhance and communicate the Cloud Governance strategy effectively to key stakeholders and team members.

The successful individual in this role will be able to identify the most optimal, cost-effective cloud-based solutions for our internal clients and maintain Cloud Infrastructures in accordance with best practices and company security policies including:

• Acts as Subject Matter Expert by defining and implementing architecture\design, as well as supporting the engineering, production integrations\releases\upgrades and maintenance of Cloud Infrastructure Services and solutions following industry security and framework best practices throughout the system life cycle.
• Drive an automation-first approach when implementing our services and frameworks using infrastructure-as-code technologies like Terraform and Cloud Formation
• Ensures that current Cloud Architecture, design, and solutions protect information resources against unauthorized access and use, inappropriate degrees of access, disclosure, damage and\or loss.
• Ensure delivery