Cloud Engineer
Job Description
As a Cloud Engineer of the Cloud Platform team you will play a crucial role in architecting and implementing fully automated (IAAC/Terraform), secure, reliable, scalable & resilient multi-cloud/hybrid-cloud solutions. The Cloud Engineer will be part of a highly technical and cross functional team and work closely with cloud/DevOps engineers, platform delivery lead, solution architects, enterprise architects and other stakeholders. The ideal candidate for this role is a self-starter who can work independently with minimal oversight, has an agile/DevOps mindset, is an SME in building cloud products and has a passion to learn.
Objectives and Responsibilities
Work closely with solution architects, cloud engineers and provide support to product manager, ensuring designs align with technical and business direction across the company
Write clean, high-performance, well tested infrastructure code (Terraform - Must have) with a focus on reusability and automation (i.e. Shell, Python, GoLang, Puppet, Terraform etc…)
Work collaboratively with Cloud/DevOps developers, platform delivery lead, solution architects, enterprise architects to define and develop secured, highly scalable enterprise cloud products
Explore and recommend new technologies/services for implementing application patterns. Articulate the advantages of various solution options
Provide recommendations on architectural changes in order to improve efficiency, reliability and performance and to reduce cost
Support platform delivery lead on the prioritization of the product backlog, refining product roadmap, reporting, KPIs & releases
Actively participate and contribute on all sprint ceremonies (daily stand-up, sprint planning, sprint retro, sprint demo and backlog grooming)
Collaborate with Cloud/DevOps engineers to solve technical and design problems
Conduct and oversee design & code reviews
Define platform software engineering standards and ensure compliance
Technical Design, Development & Problem Solving
Technical leader with specialized skills/knowledge, that is recognized across the organization for their expertise and technical leadership
Research new ways of developing complex solutions partnering with EA; be able to freely challenge solutions
Publishes articles or demo's technical advancements in their area to their team and the larger organization
Help others troubleshoot and resolve complex issues
Execution & Delivery
Provide technical leadership for complex, long term initiatives
Provide communication to leadership on progress & gaps
Provide authoritative expertise to others by advising on prioritization, planning, and execution of projects within the subdomain
Software Engineering Excellence
Collaborate with colleagues, share ideas, and contribute to the overall success of the group by enforcing software engineering standards
Leads research and initiatives pushing the boundaries for solutions solving technical problems
Leads the team and coaches other members on creating efficient and high performing frameworks
Leads and implements best practices for continuous delivery and continuous integration frameworks
Leadership
Mentor all team members regardless of their level
Develop collaborative partnerships with internal partners
Contribute material time to developing junior and mid-level team members
Leads the team on technical decisions and helps drive other team members towards solutions
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent, 8 years in architecting and implementing fully automated (IAAC/Terraform), secure, reliable, scalable & resilient multi-cloud/hybrid-cloud solution.
AWS /Azure certification e.g., Solution Architect, Developer, Administrator, Security, DevOps
3+ Years of experience in AWS/AZURE cloud
CKA Certification - Certified Kubernetes Administrator or CKAD - Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
Subject matter expert in Cloud Security and/or Cloud Networking
Must have hands-on experience with Kubernetes, microservices architecture
Experience with network infrastructure skills (e.g. setting up and managing firewalls, WAFs, network segregation, VPNs and network ACLs)
Experience with DevOps concepts, tools (containers, (CI/CD - Github, Jenkins, Artifactory, Helm), Chef, Ansible, Puppet etc.) and emerging technologies
Experience with on-premise to cloud migration
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Able to thrive in a collaborative and cross-functional environment
MassMutual is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Individual with Disability/Protected Veteran. We welcome all persons to apply. Note: Veterans are welcome to apply, regardless of their discharge status.
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