Inside Higher Ed · 1 week ago
Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Stanford, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$151K/yr - $155K/yr
8+ years expInside Higher Ed is seeking an Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to build and maintain scalable and resilient systems in the cloud and on-prem. The role involves developing automation scripts, optimizing performance, and collaborating with teams to ensure high performance and cost-effectiveness of cloud-based solutions.
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Responsibilities
Build and manage IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services (e.g., compute, storage, network, security, administration, automation, application services, and databases) in either native cloud or hybrid cloud environments
Will ensure that the infrastructure is properly optimized for performance, cost, and security
Develop and maintain automation scripts using high-level with a 'devops language' (such as Python, etc) and infrastructure-as-code templates to provision and manage Oracle OCI and AWS resources using Terraform
Engineer processes across various areas like servers, applications, and databases and monitor them to ensure everything works as it should, taking necessary steps to facilitate spikes in traffic and usage
Take responsibility for infrastructure resource design and performance optimization, backup and recovery strategies and implementation, as well as monitoring the overall health of the environment
Develop and maintain efficient and appropriate connectivity solutions between various campus infrastructure to ensure necessary data is available as needed
Collaborate with application development and infrastructure teams to optimize cloud-based solutions, ensuring high performance and cost-effectiveness
Ensure monitoring coverage for applications and proactively monitor and manage the health of applications/systems; responsible and accountable for driving the root cause and ensuring all issues are addressed and resolved in a timely fashion
Implement Best Practices for IaaS, PaaS services lifecycle
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree and eight years of relevant experience or a combination of education and relevant experience
Demonstrate Cloud Infrastructure experience including but not limited to AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI
Extensive Experience with AWS server deployment using AWS CLI, HashiCorp Terraform
Experience in orchestrating environment deployment from OS all the way through the application layers of a solution, using tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Git, Puppet and many others
Experience with Servers, Infrastructure, Platform Sizing, Infrastructure Cost Reduction
Experience with automated deployment/ Continuous Integration/ Release
Demonstrate experience in Network Security and Network awareness principal
Demonstrate a full-stack infrastructure including but not limited to database, web server, application server development as code
Good understanding & experience of Networking, Firewall, Security hardening, storage and OS software package management in Unix Environment
Strong understanding of Cloud Technologies with focus on AWS and OCI
Comprehensive knowledge of DevOps practices and tools
Knowledge of infrastructure APIs on cloud platforms such as EC2/VM/Bare Metal/Containers, Storage/EBS/Volumes, Network/VPC/Subnet, Network Interfaces, etc
Extensive experience with deploying Infrastructure as Code (IaC) patterns using Terraform
Ability to script proficiently using Unix Shell, Python for automation
Ability to work independently or as a team member and self-motivated in learning new technology
Excellent communication, presentation and collaborative problem-solving skills
Ability to collaborate with vendors and system service providers, provide administration for system solutions, and act as a liaison
Preferred
Experience working with Single Sign-On SAML, OpenID is a plus
Experience with AWS SQS, API Gateway, OAuth 2.0 & RESTful APIs is a plus
Experience in Oracle OCI is highly recommended
AWS , OCI certifications preferred
Benefits
Career development programs
Tuition reimbursement
Superb retirement plans
Generous time-off
Family care resources
Health care benefits
Free commuter programs
Ridesharing incentives
Discounts
Company
Inside Higher Ed
Inside Higher Ed is the online source for news, opinion, and jobs related to higher education.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
unknown2022-01-10Acquired
2006-08-31Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Stephanie Shweiki
Director, Foundation Partnerships
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