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CenterPoint Energy · 1 day ago

Senior Analyst Cloud Engineering

Houston, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

CenterPoint Energy is a long-established utility company committed to delivering electricity and natural gas reliably. The Senior Analyst Cloud Engineering will be responsible for developing infrastructure as code templates and collaborating with application teams to align cloud services with architectural standards.

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Responsibilities

Review Reference Architect Designs for IT services, build cloud products, and provide the necessary operational environment that is required for deploying products and applications into the cloud

Build out the service catalog through development of infrastructure as code templates and DevSecOps pipelines based on the service architecture and identified requirements

Write configuration/migration scripts, and manage all services, including automating the environment, provisioning, cloning and workflow patterns

Design, build, and support secure cloud native infrastructure environments

Engage Cloud Enterprise Architecture and initiate alignment for cloud products and service architectures

Align Cloud Service Catalog and Cloud Service Offerings to standard architecture

Enforce product design patterns & standards by baking into curated design templates

Bake standards alignment into DevOps cycle and CI/CD pipeline via automated control points

Factor in specific SLA and KPI parameters and reporting requirements

Develop and maintain processes that enable optimizing and reporting associated with cloud cost management

Drive and enforce data architectures that comply with CenterPoint Energy data standards

Provides 24x7 on call support, including evenings, weekends and holidays on a rotational basis with other team members

Works in a team environment

Works closely with other IT team members to provide technical advice and resolve problems

Communicates well with technical and non-technical clients

Qualification

Cloud EngineeringInfrastructure as CodeDevOpsCI/CDConfiguration ManagementVersion Control SystemsCloud Cost ManagementAzure CertificationWindows/Linux/Unix SupportCommunication SkillsTeam CollaborationProblem Solving

Required

Bachelor's or Associate degree from an accredited college preferred. In lieu of a degree, any combination of applicable education, experience for five – eight years is acceptable

5+ years of experience with designing, building, deploying, and testing complex distributed systems in service environments

5+ years of experience supporting Windows/Linux/Unix environment, including upgrades and migrations within an operations setting

3+ years of experience with DevOps, CI/CD

Experience building, integrating, deploying and provisioning services, virtual servers, containers in cloud as well as on-premise

Expertise in multiple version control systems (Git, GitHub, Subversion)

Experience with configuration management systems (Chef, Puppet, BOSH, Ansible)

Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, etc.)

Experience with CI/CD (Jenkins, Azure DevOps Pipelines, etc.)

Key Certification Areas (One or more): Azure Fundamentals AZ-900, Azure Administrator Associate AZ-104

Benefits

Competitive pay

Paid training

Benefits eligibility begins on your first day

Transit subsidies

Flexible work schedule, paid holidays and paid time off

Access to discounts at fitness clubs and an on-site wellness center at our headquarters in Houston

Professional growth and development programs including tuition reimbursement

401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match dollar-for-dollar up to 6% and a company contribution of 3% regardless of your contribution

Company

CenterPoint Energy

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CenterPoint Energy is an energy delivery company with electric transmission and distribution, power generation and natural gas distribution.

Founded in 1866

Houston, Texas, USA

5001-10000 employees

http://centerpointenergy.com

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