Strategic Education, Inc ยท 1 day ago
Senior Cloud Engineer
Minneapolis, MN
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$104K/yr - $156K/yr
5+ years expStrategic Education, Inc is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer with expertise in modern cloud platforms and infrastructure automation. The role involves implementing and refining public cloud computing infrastructure while collaborating with engineers and developers to promote growth and innovation.
Education
Responsibilities
Working under the direction of the IT Manager, a successful Senior Cloud Engineer (SCE) will work to implement and refine public cloud computing infrastructure
The SCE will actively participate with other engineers and developers across the organization to implement new workloads in public cloud and refactor existing workloads to meet industry and business best practices
The SCE will also work to develop systems, tools, and infrastructure that will allow teams engaging with public cloud resources faster and more consistently to promote growth and innovation
Qualification
Required
Advanced experience in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Experience supporting and deploying a range of public cloud computing services, including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS deployments
Experience building or managing self-service platforms used to accelerate developer productivity
Demonstrable skills using Infrastructure as Code, idempotency, and repeatable tooling
Proven experience operating and managing container orchestration engines such as Kubernetes
Expertise in diagnosing and resolving complex issues across automation and cloud environments
Advanced experience architecting and managing highly-available and highly-performant multi-zonal and/or multi-regional systems
Experience leveraging API-driven secrets management and configuration tooling, such as HashiCorp Vault and Google Cloud Secrets Manager
Advanced understanding of networking concepts such as the Border Gateway Protocol, especially as it relates to public cloud infrastructure and on-premise components
Demonstrated understanding of infrastructure CI/CD pipelines and their related tooling, such as GitlabCI and ArgoCD
Ability to operate from within task and project management tools such as Jira and service desk tools such as Salesforce
5+ years' experience in cloud engineering or support role
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
Experience working in an 'agile-like' environment
General understanding of access management and the principle of least privilege
Strong time management skills
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
Proactively communicates with others and demonstrates clear presentation and communication skills
Associate Degree or higher, or 5 years of relevant experience
Must be able to travel occasionally should a business need arise (less than 10%)
Ability to work remote or onsite in Corporate location
Ability to work in a setting which enables meeting all requirements of the role (including privacy, reliable internet access, phone, ability to video conference, etc.) at a remote location
Must be able to meet critical thinking and problem solving aspects aligned to job duties, as well as effectively communicating with co-workers
Must be able to work more than 40 hours per week when business needs warrant
Participate in end-to-end root cause analysis and post-mortem reviews
Participate in compliance and security audits/reviews
Engage in 24x7 on-call rotation
Able to access information using a computer
Preferred
Multi-cloud experience in AWS, GCP, and Azure a plus
Cloud certifications and training in AWS, GCP, Azure are a plus
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life and disability plans
Well-being incentives
Parental leave
Paid time off
Certain paid holidays
Tax saving accounts (FSA, HSA)
401(k) retirement benefit
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Tuition assistance
Entertainment and retail discounts
Company
Strategic Education, Inc
Strategic Education Inc. (NASDAQ: STRA) is dedicated to enabling economic mobility with education.
Founded in 2018Herndon, Virginia, USA
5001-10000 employees
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