Cloud Engineer
Summary
Designs, implements, and manages AWS-based cloud infrastructure and services for an athletic apparel company, optimizing cloud applications with dev teams, ensuring security and compliance, monitoring performance, and automating to cut costs. Core stack: AWS, Kubernetes, .NET Core, and Node.js.
Why you would want to work on our team…
OUR MISSION:
To be the #1 service organization in the athletic industry.
OUR PURPOSE:
We exist to energize and galvanize teams and communities.
OUR VISION:
To be our customers most trusted partner for fast, high quality, thoughtful solutions.
OUR VALUES:
Humility, Team, Hunger, Ownership & Agility.
Our benefits package includes:
Medical, Dental, Vision, Short- and Long-Term Disability, Life Insurance
FSA
Paid Vacation, Paid Holidays, Floating Holiday, and Paid Sick Time
401(k) Plan, with annual Company Contribution
Discounts on Momentec Brands products (formerly ASB and FSG brands)
Clean work environment with a casual dress code…no uniforms!
JOB SUMMARY:
The Cloud Engineer will design, implement, and manage cloud-based infrastructure and services to ensure efficient and reliable operations. This position involves working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud to deploy and maintain scalable solutions. Responsibilities include collaborating with development teams to optimize cloud applications, ensuring security and compliance, and managing cloud resources to meet business needs. The Cloud Engineer will also monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and automate processes to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES (includes other duties as required):
- Work in tandem with our engineering team to identify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the company.
- Define and document best practices and strategies regarding application deployment and infrastructure maintenance.
- Provide guidance, thought leadership, and mentorship to development teams to build cloud competencies.
- Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards of code quality and thoughtful design.
- Managing cloud environments in accordance with company security guidelines.
- Develop and implement technical efforts to design, build, and deploy AWS applications at the direction of lead architects.
- Participate in all aspects of the software development life cycle for AWS solutions, including planning, requirements, development, testing, and quality assurance.
- Troubleshoot incidents, identify root cause, fix and document problems, and implement preventive measures.
- Monitor cloud spend, mentor engineers on best practices to optimize cost, and identify cost saving opportunities.
- Educate teams on the implementation of new cloud-based initiatives, providing associated training as required.
- Employ exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to see and solve issues before they affect business productivity.
SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or mathematics.
- 3+ years of experience architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions on AWS platforms.
- Must have experience architecting solutions leveraging Kubernetes.
- Understanding of and experience with the five pillars of a well-architected framework.
- Strong understanding and hands on experience with .Net core and Node.js frameworks.
- Experience in several of the following areas: database architecture, ETL, business intelligence, big data, machine learning, advanced analytics.
- Proven ability to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams of business analysts, developers, quality analysts, and subject matter experts.
Preferred Qualifications
- AWS certifications are a plus.
- Strong understanding of AWS serverless platforms.
- Preferred knowledge of Big Data services and languages- Glue, DMS, Python, Spark.
- Knowledge of web services, API, REST, and RPC.
- Knowledge of Azure Dev Ops, experience using with AWS is a plus.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is possible that requirements may be modified to reasonably accommodate disabled individuals. However, no accommodation will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others, or which impose undue hardships on the organization.
- Ability to sit for extended periods of time (up to 8 hours).
- Ability to stand and walk regularly.
- Occasionally, be able to lift/carry, push/pull up to 35 lbs.
- Frequent head and neck rotation.
- Frequent handling, grasping, and writing as needed for daily tasks at a standard computer workstation.
- Ability to constantly use a computer keyboard/mouse/monitor to enter data (repetitively).
- Ability to endure occasional movement bending, stooping, and reaching above shoulder level as needed for daily tasks.
- Occasionally climb stairs to multi-level work site.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- Office or remote
WORK HOURS:
- Full-Time; typically Monday-Friday, 8:00AM-5:00PM
DRESS CODE:
- Dress appropriate/business casual
DISCLAIMER:
All descriptions have been reviewed to ensure that only essential functions and basic duties have been included. Peripheral tasks, only incidentally related to each position, have been excluded. Requirements, skills, and abilities included have been determined to be the minimal standards required to successfully perform the positions. In no instance, however, should the duties, responsibilities, and requirements delineated be interpreted as all inclusive. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.