Senior Cloud Engineer

Cloud ServicesUS Exempt RegularFull timeStateside Exempt 4.2Location: Adelphi, MD (Hybrid)

Summary:

The Senior Cloud Engineer is responsible for driving the design, deployment, and support of cloud hosting environments including cloud resource deployment, auto-scaling, continuous integration and release engineering, infrastructure hardening, and compliance adherence.  The Senior Cloud Engineer creates cloud migration strategies, documentation, and project plans to migrate complete environments to the cloud and plays a key role in defining high-level strategy and positioning of IaaS and PaaS for cloud consumption. The role will be responsible for the implementation of the technical infrastructure and integrating the solution into the current learning model.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Drive the design, deployment, and support of cloud hosting environments including auto-scaling, continuous integration and release engineering, infrastructure hardening, and compliance adherence.

• Works closely with internal application development teams to understand how applications function, the software and processes required to run and monitor them, and the common architectural patterns that can be distilled into a common infrastructure.

• Responsible for high-level design, building prototypes, and driving implementation of the systems in production environments.

• Responsible for capacity planning, functionality testing, and load testing in a virtualized server environment, documentation as well as training of other organizations and ongoing server solution support.

• Builds next-generation cloud services using the latest web technologies.

• Architects, designs, and develops back-end Web-based applications, and Web/Internet

• Continually reviews and recommends improvements to operational processes and procedures. 

• Create documentation and learn new technologies roadmap related to the cloud.

• Creates tools, scripts, and additional components to assist with managing the cloud hosting infrastructure (e.g. Amazon Web Services AWS, Docker, Azure, and VMWare) that enable 

• support automation solutions for source, deployment, pipeline, and configuration management.

• Deploys application server technology to many platforms and environments. Participate in the development and analysis of new cloud computing technologies.

• Review and recommend improvements to operational processes and procedure, and generally look for opportunities to automate anything and everything.

• Supports QA function by enabling automated testing, continuous deployments and optimizing the release process.  

• Support DevOps CI/CD function leveraging Azure DevOps into Azure, AWS, VMWare Environments. 

• Assist in implementing disaster recovery and failover systems.

• Leads configuring monitoring and ensures monitoring and alerting standards are tested in transition and followed in production. 

• Performs architectural deep dive/evaluation and proof of concept for various Cloud Platforms (Microsoft Azure, Google Compute Engine, Amazon Web Services, VMWare.

Skills:

• Ability to write clean and maintainable code and shell scripting typically with one or more of the following: Python, Java, HTML 5, PHP Experience

• Ability to support the monitoring of performance including SLAs and metrics.

• Ability to define processes, SOPs, and identify effectiveness and efficiency improvements.

• Practical knowledge of agile development process 

• Ability to think strategically. 

• Efficient communication and organizational skills 

• Ability to balance multiple projects and tasks concurrently in a fast-paced environment. 

• Proficiency with packaging and deployment tools such as Maven, Capistrano, Puppet, NPM, etc.

• Demonstrated proficiency in methodical troubleshooting to provide resolution to incidents and problem management projects. 

Education & Experience Requirements:

Experience:

• At least 5 years of systems engineering experience with Windows and/or Linux environments including cloud administration, docker deployments, and automation.

• 3 or more years of hands-on experience working in a cloud environment with multiple layers of networks and operating systems, including installation, configuration, patching, and cloud deployment automation.    

• 2 years' experience in infrastructure architecture and design of complex distributed systems environments, including failover techniques, recovery/rollback, and application partitioning.

• 3+ years working and collaborating with Quality Assurance and Operations teams.

• Experience with scripting languages (Bash, Python, Javascript, Powershell. or similar)

• Strong knowledge of Dockers/Kubernetes deployments based on cloud automation.

• Advanced knowledge of Cloud Platforms (Hybrid Clouds, IAAS, PAAS and SAAS) with solid experience working in a cloud environment with multiple layers of networks and operating systems. Ability to create new cloud architecture platforms to drive projects from an architecture standpoint.

• 4+ years' experience with virtualization technologies

• 4+ years of experience with automation/orchestration tools and technologies including source mgt (e.g., GIT, CodeCommit); continuous integration (Azure DevOps), application configuration management (Puppet, Ansible, Terraform, ARM) and container management tools (Azure Kubernetes)

• Experience in Internet-facing applications, security concerns, vulnerability assessment, and network protocols.

• Knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server, Cloud API's, Azure Storage.

• Solid understanding of cloud technologies and services and various IT operations, often based on the ITIL Framework.

• Knowledge of serialization such as JSON and/or BSON

• Knowledge of RESTful / SOAP web services and APIs

Preferred Experience Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree

Certifications:

• Preferred Cloud Certifications: Azure Developer Associate, AWS Certified Developer - Associate; AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional; AWS Certified SysOps Administrator-Associate (Cloud)

All submissions should include a cover letter and resume.

The University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination. UMGC is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, ancestry, political affiliation or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

Workplace Accommodations:

The University of Maryland Global Campus Global Campus (UMGC) is committed to creating and maintaining a welcoming and inclusive working environment for people of all abilities. UMGC is dedicated to the principle that no qualified individual with a disability shall, based on disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of the services, programs, or activities of the University, or be subjected to discrimination. For information about UMGC's Reasonable Workplace Accommodation Policy or to request an accommodation, applicants/candidates can contact Employee Accommodations via email at employee-accommodations@umgc.edu. 

Benefits Package Highlights:

• Generous Time Off: Enjoy 22 days of paid vacation, 15 days of sick leave, 3 personal days, and 15 paid holidays (16 during general election years). For part-time employees, time off rates will be prorated based on the number of hours worked.
• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Access to health care, medical with vision, dental, and prescription plans for both individuals and families, effective from the 1st of the month following your hire date.
• Insurance Options: Term Life Insurance, Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance, and Long-Term Disability (LTD) Insurance. Part-time employees working less than 0.5 FTE are not eligible for LTD.
• Flexible Spending Accounts: Available for medical and dependent care expenses.
• Retirement Plans: Choose between the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) or the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System (MSRPS).
• Supplemental Retirement Plans: include 401(k), 403(b), 457(b), and various Roth options. The university does not provide matching funds.
• Tuition Remission: Immediate availability for Regular Exempt Staff. Spouses and dependent children are eligible for undergraduate tuition remission after two years of service. NOTE: For part-time employees (at least 50 percent of the time), tuition remission benefits are prorated.

Hiring Range:

$133,000.00 - $143,100.00