Staff Cloud Engineer

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AZ85250

Employment Type: Contract/Contract to Hire Job Number: 25845Remote Options: HybridJob DescriptionWe are hiring a Staff Cloud Engineer that will play an an important role in the development, test, and deployment of complex solutions.Essential Functions Build technical strategy for broad or complex requirements with insightful and forward-looking approaches that go beyond the direct team and solve large open-ended problems. Participate in the strategic development of methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for projects and programs.Drive all aspects of technical architecture, design, prototyping and implementation in support of both product needs as well as overall technology strategy.Provide leadership and technical expertise in support of building a technical plan and backlog of stories, and then follow through on execution of design and build process through to production delivery.Guide a broad functional area and lead efforts through the functional team members along with the team’s overall planning.Represent engineering in cross-functional team sessions and able to present sound and thoughtful arguments to persuade others. Adapts to the situation and can draw from a range of strategies to influence people in a way that results in agreement or behavior change.Collaborate and partner with product managers, designers, and other engineering groups to conceptualize and build new features and create product descriptions.Actively own features or systems and define their long-term health, while also improving the health of surrounding systems.Assist support and operations teams in identifying and quickly resolving production issues.Develop and implement tests for ensuring the quality, performance, and scalability of our application.Actively seek out ways to improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes.Supporting the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data. For Cloud Focus Only: Lead infrastructure-as-code projects, designing APIs and building tools to be used by engineering teams for reliable and repeatable cloud deployments Implement abstractions to simplify the complexities of cloud providers (AWS), open-source technologies (Kubernetes), and internal EWS infrastructure Obsess about the usability of the systems you build, allowing engineers to have an intuitive and predictable experience working with infrastructure at scale Troubleshooting complex infrastructure problems, often spanning multiple layers of the stack and requires working with multiple teams Experience designing cloud infrastructure for robustness, security, and observability Expertise in infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and continuous deployment pipelines Expertise in AWS foundations including compute, networking, storage, observability and security. Experience in automating AWS services using Terraform and Ansible. Experience in highly scalable distributed datacenter or cloud computer systems (AWS, Azure, VM) Strong knowledge of AWS services (EC2, IAM, ELB, Route53, S3, Lambda, Cloud Formation, DynamoDB) Experience architecting Kubernetes based systems Container orchestration - Kubernetes, TKGi, EKS, ECS Proficient with using and debugging networks, DNS, TLS, load-balancing, build systems, Linux, and Docker Experience in building CI/CD pipelines Experience building and scaling Workflow pipelines Experience in data center operations, monitoring, alerting and notifications Minimum Qualifications Education and/or experience typically obtained through a Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical field.Eight or more years of relevant related experienceSeven or more years of experience in the development of distributed systems, SaaS, cloud solutions, micro services.Hands-on Docker experience.Two or more years of experience in the development of front-end solutions. Hands-on familiarity with modern frameworks (Angular/React)Six or more years of work experience with Java/Spring. Proficiency in Maven/Gradle.Demonstrated experience in delivering business-critical systems to the market.Ability to influence and work in a collaborative team environment.Experience designing/developing scalable systems.Experience with event-driven architecture and messaging frameworks (Pub/Sub, Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc).Working experience with cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure, etc).Knowledge of mature engineering practices (CI/CD, testing, secure coding, etc).Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) best practices, software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, LEAN etc) and DevOps practices.Background and drug screen. Preferred Qualifications MS or PHDJavaScript and scripting frameworks experience (JQuery, AngularJS)Monitoring and Alerting systems experience (AppDynamics)Computer language experience (C#, Ruby, Python, and PHP)Knowledge of ACH/EFTKnowledge of real time payment networks (RTP, FedNow) FinTech experienceKubernetes experienceAWS, Azure (and/or other cloud-based) certification(s) strongly preferred Share This Job: to save this search and get notified of similar positions. Related Jobs: There are currently no related jobs. Please sign up for Job Alerts. Loading... to save this search and get notified of similar positions. About Scottsdale, AZ Ready to embark on a career adventure in Scottsdale, Arizona? This vibrant city nestled in the heart of Maricopa County offers a perfect blend of desert landscapes, world-class resorts, and a thriving arts scene, promising endless growth opportunities for job seekers. 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