Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

Job Description: The Senior AWS Cloud Engineer will be a vital member of the Cloud Architecture team, responsible for creating and supporting architecture and systems within the Stride AWS Cloud environment. The selected candidate will provide technical expertise and design recommendations to optimize the performance of our AWS cloud footprint. They will collaborate with architecture, security, and compliance teams to streamline processes related to shared concerns such as cloud costs, end-of-life systems, patch management, disaster recovery, and resource tagging, among others.

Essential Functions, Duties, and Responsibilities:

• Work with development teams to design and implement cloud technologies within the parameters of Stride Governance policies.
• Document and maintain cloud infrastructure configurations, processes, and procedures.
• Provide expert advice and recommendations for building new solutions within the AWS platform.
• Set up, configure, and maintain AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, etc. for shared systems.
• Collaborate closely with the architecture team to ensure compliance of new solutions implemented in AWS.
• Provide guidance to the development teams for daily cloud systems support and troubleshooting activities.
• Design, develop and maintain efficient processes and architecture improvements for managing shared systems and concerns through scripting, automation and reporting.
• Assist in troubleshooting shared concerns and systems using data extraction and analysis via AWS scripting and tooling.
• Implement security best practices to protect cloud environments and ensure compliance with industry standards.
• Create and maintain proper documentation, including system architecture diagrams and process documentation.
• Investigate, analyze, and assist with optimizing cloud resources (IOPS, CPU/EC2s, Memory, Storage/S3) for cost savings, performance, and reliability.
• Build and test prototypes of new AWS services and features to validate technical suitability for improving existing systems and preparing for new solutions.
• Participate in cloud architecture planning sessions and contribute to the development of cloud strategies.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in designing, implementing, and supporting AWS Cloud-based infrastructure and Linux systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Desired Certificates and Licenses:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or equivalent.

Other Required Qualifications:

• A passion for analysis, troubleshooting and a proactive and continuous learning mindset, with a passion for cloud technologies and career growth.
• Expert knowledge of AWS cloud technologies.
• Extensive knowledge of AWS cloud architecture principles, design, security and compliance.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills to include AWS services and networking.
• Background and experience in Linux and Windows systems.
• Strong scripting experience with AWS CLI / SDKs in either Linux or Windows platforms.
• Strong experience and understanding of infrastructure as code (e.g. CloudFormation, Terraform).
• Strong knowledge of source code control concepts, tooling and automated deployments.
• Practical understanding of network fundamentals (e.g. DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, routing,
• Knowledge of containerization technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with performance testing and tuning.
• Experience with monitoring frameworks (e.g. CloudWatch, New Relic).
• Experience in designing and building application workloads in AWS using common AWS resource types like EC2, ELB, RDS, and S3.
• Experience with cloud optimization from both a performance and cost perspective.
• Experience with AWS cloud services pricing and utilization models.
• Strong knowledge of AWS cloud architecture principles and services.
• Knowledge of disaster recovery solutions in AWS cloud (ex: site reliability engineering, multi-Availability Zone, Multi-Region).
• Experience collaborating across functional borders enterprise-wide (i.e. within and outside of IT).
• Ability to pass a required background check.

Desired Qualifications:

• Strong experience with git source code control commands / tools.
• Ability to adapt and succeed in an everchanging IT environment.
• Excellent Communication Skills and ability to communicate effectively with different stakeholders including technical and non-technical team members.
• Ability to work independently without direct supervision.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This is a home-based position.

Compensation & Benefits:

Stride, Inc. considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee’s salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position’s level and expected contribution, and the employee’s benefits elections. Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range. We anticipate the salary range to be $81,045.75- $140,000.00. The upper end of this range is not likely to be offered, as an individual’s compensation can vary based on several factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. Eligible employees may receive a bonus. Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off. The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is "at-will" as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the "at-will" nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

Job Type Regular

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is "at-will" as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the "at-will" nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Stride, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants receive consideration for employment based on merit without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. Stride, Inc. complies with all legally required affirmative action obligations. Applicants will not be discriminated against because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

For more than 20 years, Stride, Inc. has transformed the teaching and learning experience for millions of people by providing innovative, high-quality, tech-enabled education solutions, curriculum, and programs. Stride serves learners of all ages in all 50 states and more than 100 countries. At Stride, learning is essential. It is the foundation of the human experience and we are proud of our commitment to powering learning, no matter what stage of life you are in. For more than 20 years, we’ve worked to challenge the idea of one-size-fits-all education and provide personalized, online, lifelong learning at every step of the journey. Above all else, we believe in serving the communities we live in and creating space for all voices therein.