*Hybrid, 3 days onsite, 2 days remote*

*We are unable to sponsor as this is a permanent Full time role*

A prestigious company is looking for a Principal, Cloud Engineering. This role is focused on Kubernetes containerization and incorporating applications into the containers. This principal will need experience with tools such as Kafka, Terraform, Rancher, Ansible, Java, Python, puppet, chef, etc.

Responsibilities:

• Reports to the Executive Director of Platform Automation and Cloud Engineering
• Design, configure, implement and manage a fully automated workflow for provisioning and maintaining a complex, highly available cloud environment using infrastructure as code
• Develop and maintain a library of deployable, tested, and documented automation design scripts, processes, and procedures for deploying services to the cloud
• Manage DevOps development activities and complex development tasks that will involve working with tools such as Docker, Kafka and container management systems
• Lead and participate in cloud computing environment build-outs, software installation, maintenance and support, including but not limited to, patches, fixes, end-of-life preparation, and upgrades
• Ensure the reliability of the services your area of responsibility provide and manage to both specific and implied SLAs to help the organization achieve both internal and external quality standard excellence for the cloud platform
• Assess and plan for capacity needs within the cloud platform and forecast accordingly
• Implement and manage initiatives within your assigned area of responsibility with accountability for results and compliance with all controls and security requirements
• Manage and participate in the implementation of production changes during defined maintenance windows and support on call rotation
• Institutes corrective actions to address audit and other regulatory or compliance findings
• Write and maintain documentation of relevant systems, procedures and processes

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in a technical discipline (Computer Science, Mathematics, etc.), or equivalent combination of education and experience required
• 10+ years experience in IT systems installation, operations, administration, and maintenance of cloud systems/virtualized servers
• Strong hands-on experience scripting/development skills in Python, Ruby, Go, Java, JavaScript, etc. in a corporate environment
• Hands-on experience with: Terraform, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Kafka, Github, OpenShift, and configuration management tools such as Puppet, Chef, or Ansible
• Relevant experience with configuration and implementation of IaaS, Infrastructure as code, AWS, Azure, etc.
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate Certification or higher