Cloud & Virtualization Engineer

Company: Modis
Location: Quincy
Posted on: May 11, 2022

Job Description:

JOB SUMMARY: This persn will closely with the Applications & Infrastructure teams to architect Cloud based solutions that improve systems availability and minimize operating costs. Uses automation and cloud integration skills to integrate and automate applications at our -remote computing service providers, e.g. Amazon AWS and our private Cloud. Provides technical leadership and infrastructure expertise to ensure a reliable and efficient deployment process into private and public cloud platforms. Performs capacity planning, monitoring and cost optimization techniques to ensure end-to-end cost transparency. Deploys and administers Virtual Machine environments and services, including capacity planning and management based on near and long-term forecasts. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Implements infrastructure deployment methods that are optimized for the cloud and which enable an elastic and resilient application environment.
• Maintains infrastructure version control, configuration management, and automatic deployment of the entire application stack.
• Develops and maintains standards for Cloud Operations and infrastructure Deployment. Provides infrastructure versioned templates that meet these standards and are accessible to IS teams for infrastructure automated deployment.
• Uses diverse technologies such as CloudFormation, Terraform, PowerShell, etc. to build automated cloud infrastructure.
• Uses diverse tools to load balance applications across multiple cloud instances.
• Helps IS teams to deploy and optimize various technologies and systems.
• Performs research and analysis on emerging systems technologies and determines how to integrate the new technology into a cloud-based environment.
• Participates in planning, implementation, and growth of our infrastructure on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and other Cloud platforms.
• Generates Business Intelligence reports in various tools such as CloudHealth and AWS QuickSight, for proactive analysis of cloud utilization, capacity management, and security reporting.
• Creates and maintains automation for frequent updates to Operating System machine images (AMIs) for secure, automated Cloud based deployment to AWS, Azure and on-premise Clouds.
• Adheres to all IS departmental policies and procedures published by the IS PMO.
• Provides on-call support for Cloud Implementations.
• Performs additional responsibilities as assigned. - KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
• Proven ability to be strategic, creative, and leverage technology to solve business problems.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code using tools such as AWS CloudFormation templates.
• Proficiency in using tools such as AWS EC2 and Elastic Load Balancer.
• Proficiency with container technologies and management platforms (e.g. Elastic Container Service).
• Proficiency in AWS Identity and Access Management and SAML integrations with Active Directory.
• Proficiency in developing and troubleshooting Node, Python, .Net based applications.
• Expertise in writing queries and administration scripts in languages like Python, TSQL, Bash.
• Experience implementing and administration of systems for Linux and Windows OS.
• Experience leading small to medium scope projects as a technical lead.
• Experience mentoring other team members within their teams.
• Experience with Microsoft Active Directory.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud a plus.
• Experience deploying and managing DNS, DHCP solutions.
• Experience with Hashicorp suite of tools for Cloud Management - Terraform, Vault, Packer, Vagrant.
• Experience with Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) for deploying application/infrastructure - Git, Jenkins, Artifactory etc.
• Collaborative skills.
• Quality and detail oriented.
• Excellent written and verbal communication (Technical, Functional, Cross-functional).
• Process-oriented approach to analysis and design.
• Excellent time and resource planning and management skills.
• Ability to perform Ad-Hoc data analysis and research.
• Ability to effectively consult and interact with Business Project Team members.
• Ability to work well with people in other departments and outside the company.
• Ability to respond quickly and effectively to changing priorities while working in a varied, fast paced environment. - EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
• Bachelor's Degree (CS, CSE, MIS, CE, Mathematics or other related field), or equivalent work experience.
• 6+ years of experience with systems support responsibilities
• 2+ years of experience building and supporting solutions on Amazon AWS
• AWS / Cloud Certifications Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/DisabledTo read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please navigate to https://www.modis.com/en-us/candidate-privacyThe Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records

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