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8am · 3 days ago

Sr. Cloud Platform Engineer

Austin, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$110K/yr - $165K/yr

5+ years exp

8am is a company focused on empowering professionals with innovative technology, and they are seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to build and maintain their next-generation platform. The role involves automating deployment and management for AWS cloud infrastructure, developing internal tooling, and collaborating with development teams to enhance the developer experience.

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Responsibilities

Automate deployment, monitoring, and management for 100% AWS cloud based infrastructure

Develop, implement and own developer focused internal tooling and automation as your product

Share in new feature design as the cloud SME supporting container/k8s first designs

Create and maintain automated Ci/CD pipelines that streamline the release process and ensure high-quality code is delivered rapidly and continuously in a safe and compliant manner

Leverage agentic and generative AI and AI tooling in the development, management and enhancement of the Internal Developer and Production Platforms

Collaborate with developers to identify pain points and bottlenecks in the development process and design and implement solutions that improve the developer experience and increase overall productivity

Put together comprehensive onboarding programs and training resources to seamlessly integrate new developers into the organization

Participate in an on-call rotation and provide emergency support occasionally outside of normally scheduled hours as needed

Evolve and extend observability tools and systems to determine and resolve performance and usability issues

Qualification

AWSInfrastructure as CodeKubernetesCI/CD pipelinesNetworkingRelational databasesSecurity systemsLinux container technologiesProgramming languagesGenerative AIPCI DSSBachelor's degree

Required

5+ years of professional technical experience in software engineering, cloud operations, or a related function

3+ years of professional experience implementing and maintaining infrastructure in a public cloud environment such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure

Experience and demonstrated proficiency with Infrastructure as Code

Experience implementing and maintaining Kubernetes clusters

Demonstrated proficiency with networking as it pertains to cloud infrastructure (VPCs, subnets, route tables, NACLs, security groups, peering connections, etc)

Experience implementing and maintaining relational database systems/clusters

Experience with security systems such as Web Application Firewall, HIDS/FIM, intrusion detection systems, and vulnerability detection systems

Experience developing and maintaining internal tooling consumed by others

Experience with Linux container technologies, such as Docker, OCI, LXC and ability to administer, build and deploy images in an automated manner

Proficiency in at least two of the following programming or scripting languages: Ruby, Python, Java, Javascript (NodeJS), Bash

Working understanding of relational database systems such as PostgreSQL

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience)

Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools and technologies to improve workflows, enhance decision-making, or drive innovation

Preferred

AWS (heavily preferred)

Terraform preferred

EKS preferred

RDS or Aurora preferred

MySQL (preferred)

MSK preferred

Experience with generative and agentic AI in an infrastructure management and implementation capacity is a plus

Experience working in a PCI DSS environment is a plus

This role is preferred to sit in Austin, Texas

Benefits

Health Insurance Coverage: We offer our 8Team a variety of medical, dental, and vision plans, designed to fit your needs, including a 100% company-paid HDHP plan for employees.

Financial perks: We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package including annual bonuses, equity options and 401(k) or RRSP if in Canada, with a company match for all team members.

Time for what matters: Flexible Time Off, paid holidays, and a parental leave program for our new parents.

Wellness: Wellness stipends, mental health support, and one-on-one nutrition coaching.

Learning and Development: Continuous learning through 8am.edu, leadership programs, professional development funds, and individually focused talent development.

Giving back to the communities around us: Participate in our charitable matching gift program, paid time off for volunteer service, and company-sponsored volunteer events (both local and virtually).

Engagement: Virtual and in-person team-building events, quarterly award recognition through our Rise & Shine Award of Excellence Program, and our peer-to-peer appreciation platform.