Systems Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Systems Engineer to join our team. This candidate will help us as we embark on our multi-cloud journey with a primary focus on operating within our DevOps environment. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of implementing complex infrastructure solutions with this high skill level in identity management (AD, Azure AD, and Okta), and experience with scripting, configuration, orchestration, and automation all in a multi-cloud environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams with solutioning in the cloud

• Investigate automation opportunities to increase speed and efficiency.

• Perform automation, integration, and orchestration services

• Implement and follow Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) best practices to ensure high availability, performance, and reliability of cloud-based systems

• Automate operational tasks, monitoring, and incident response to enhance system stability and consistency

• Help develop future direction for identity management across cloud environments including automating

• Implement integration of identity management for all software including SaaS integration, application rollouts, and 3rd party vendors

• Operate within DevOps culture and practices, promoting collaboration between development and operations teams

• Operate within robust CI/CD pipelines for deploying, testing, and releasing applications on AWS

• Work with modern IaC principles in supporting our software and platform engineering provisioning, support, and maintenance

• Collaborate with Service Delivery and Infrastructure Services teams on identity management

• Provide technical leadership in selecting appropriate services and technologies to achieve optimal performance and cost-effectiveness

• Monitor and analyze cloud infrastructure performance, identifying bottlenecks and opportunities for optimization

• Implement cost management strategies, ensuring efficient resource utilization and cost control across cloud services

• Partner with our security team to implement best practices for securing cloud environments and ensuring compliance with Clayco and industry standards

• Conduct regular security assessments and audits to identify and address potential vulnerabilities

Qualifications:

• Strong ownership and technical leadership skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; Master's degree preferred

• 8+ years of experience in operating and solutioning in the cloud, with a strong emphasis on multi-cloud operations

• Understanding of cloud architecture principles, including infrastructure design, microservices, containers, and IaC

• Strong expertise in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices and platform engineering concepts

• Proficiency in DevOps methodologies and tools for automation

• Certified Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, etc., are highly desirable

• Experience with security best practices, compliance frameworks, and cloud-native security solutions

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues

• Strong communication skills with the ability to convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders