Senior Cloud Engineer (Plano)

This job is with Fisher Investments, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

It's an exciting time to be a member of the Fisher Investments Technology Department. We're investing in the future of our firm's technology and are building our team to achieve global growth. We are looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer to support our Cloud Platform team. If you are looking for an opportunity to make an impact as we develop scalable and strategic solutions to support our global growth, we want to hear from you!

The Opportunity:

As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will report to the Cloud Platform Team Lead and will be responsible for supporting, implementing, and managing our Azure-based cloud infrastructure. The Azure Cloud Engineer will maintain the operational Azure cloud environment, perform infrastructure deployments and ensure the production environment is operating securely and efficiently using automation tools. You will work with Infrastructure Engineering to make sure all deployments follow standards, are compliant and secure. You will also be partnered with other cloud team members, application owners and business owners for faster delivery of resources.

The Day-to-Day:

• Design and manage scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure and automation tooling for routine operation tasks
• Deploy enterprise scaled cloud resources that can be used across technology organizations using code
• Be the contact to business application owners and build bridge between them and cloud team
• Develop, implement and maintain scalable, AI infrastructure on Cloud Platform
• Follow security audit requirements and controls in every action
• Implement and suggest strategies in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, develop tooling and associated processes for applying automated, faster, efficient, and consistent error-free deployments
• Enhance existing deployment processes and Infrastructure as Code scripts to improve automation, efficiency, and consistency
• Participate in team activities such as peer code reviews, design collaboration efforts and rotating on-call process
• Use configuration management and automated deployment tools to provide cloud-based solutions and services ensuring best practices
• Work with solution architects, tech leads and partners to confirm developed solutions align with existing standards, meet security controls and meet cloud computing best practices
• Investigate and monitor current-state cloud usage, solutions in use, risks, gaps, limitations and recommend solutions, optimizations and remediation
• Provide international and 24/7 support at on-call duties and working a flexible off-hours schedule for planned and unplanned maintenance

Your Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in IT Infrastructure cross platform technology areas, with implementing and maintaining expertise of Azure/AWS cloud services.
• 5+ years of experience building, deploying and managing IaaS and PaaS services on Microsoft Azure/AWS platform.
• 4+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, including building reusable modules, managing state, and promoting infrastructure changes through automated CI/CD pipelines.
• 2 years of hands-on experience on Kubernetes and containerized workloads
• Knowledge on AI platforms such as Microsoft Azure AI or similar cloud-based AI services
• Hands-on experience implementing Cloud security and governance controls, including Cloud Platform Policy, Defender for Cloud, secure landing zones, identity governance, secret management and compliance enforcement.
• Strong working networking knowledge (DNS, routing, firewalls, and private access)
• Scripting and automation of builds, workflows, tasks and other integration aspects
• Linux and Microsoft Windows server administration
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef
• Azure DevOps Engineer Expert or Azure Solutions Architect Expert cloud certification or equivalent certification

Why Fisher Investments:

We work for a bigger purpose: bettering the investment universe. We take great pride in our inclusive culture, our learning and development framework customized for every employee, and our Great Place to Work Certification. It's the people that make the Fisher purpose possible, and we invest in them by offering exceptional benefits like:

• 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for you and your qualifying dependents
• A 50% 401(k) match, up to the IRS maximum
• 20 days of PTO, plus 10 paid holidays
• Family Support programs including 8 week Paid Primary Caregiver Leave, $10,000 fertility, family forming, and hormonal health assistance, and back-up child, adult, and elder care
• This is an in-office role. Based on your role, tenure, and performance eligibility you may have the opportunity to participate in our hybrid work from home program. This program is subject to change.

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