Principal Software Engineer

Role Description

The team is looking for a motivated and passionate Cloud Automation Engineer to join a consulting practice. The ideal candidate is a practitioner of cutting-edge automation tools and provisioning in a public cloud provider – AWS, GCP, or Azure. The ideal candidate will have experience in customer-facing roles and success delivering cloud solutions with IaC automation on projects.

As a Cloud Automation Engineer, you will get to:

• Leverage the latest DevOps and Cloud automation tools such as Hashicorp Terraform, ARM Template, Cloud Formation, Powershell, Azure DevOps, and/or GitHub Actions to deploy cloud solutions for enterprise clients.
• Become a full-stack Hashicorp and automation focused Cloud Architect.
• Work on teams that design, plan and implement cloud solutions for enterprise customers in a major public cloud provider: Azure & AWS.
• Work on teams that design, plan and implement container platform-based solutions in a Kubernetes platform.
• Work on large-scale app modernization projects through application rationalization and modernization processes.
• Work on client projects that encompass systems architecture, proof-of-concept and technical deployment services.
• Integrate emerging technologies into offerings to provide sales teams additional opportunities to approach customers with new ideas/engagement.
• Collaborate with Practice leadership and thought leaders on pre-sales engagements, solution designs and proposals.
• Assist with development of new offerings within frameworks for emerging cloud technologies.
• Become a partner, subject-matter expert and trusted advisor to clients, advising on best-fit technologies and best practices.

Qualifications

• In-depth experience in automation, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), Configuration-as-Code (CaC) and management of cloud hosted resources.
• Experience working in a DevOps and Agile culture.
• Experience with industry DevOps and IaC tools such as Hashicorp Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins is preferred.
• Experience in DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing is preferred.
• Background in application development, .Net, or other development frameworks is a plus.
• Background in systems engineering, networking, and server infrastructure also works.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field preferred.
• Certifications in relevant technologies, cloud providers, or demonstration of ongoing learning.
• 4+ years of experience in consulting services or similar roles focused on project-based work, and/or solution development.
• 1-2 years of leading teammates or being part of large teams on projects.
• Breadth of knowledge across Google AWS and Azure Cloud products & solutions.
• Prior work experience in a Consulting/Architecture position within a software and/or services company.

Benefits

• Freedom to work from another location—even an international destination—for up to 30 consecutive calendar days per year.
• Core values of Hunger, Heart, and Harmony, which guide everything we do, from building relationships with teammates, partners, and clients to making a positive impact in our communities.