Cloud Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Our client is set to change the auto finance industry and is leading the path of embarking on tech modernization – we have a startup mindset, and preserve our small company culture, in a public company environment with financial stability and intense growth over a decade-plus history. We are data junkies and trust in data and insights to advance our business objectives.

We take our goal of zero emission, zero collision, zero congestion, and zero friction very seriously. We believe as an auto finance market leader we are in the driver's seat to lead us in the EV mission to change the world. We are building global platforms, in LATAM, Europe, China, U.S. and Canada – and we are looking to grow our high-performing team. Our client is comprised of over 10,000 team members globally. Join our fintech culture within a Blue-Chip company where we are changing the way we use technology to support our customers, dealers and business.

About the role :

The Cloud Engineer is responsible for the translation of cloud strategy and architecture into a highly available and secure technical implementation, in accordance with best practices. The person in this role is also responsible for continuous monitoring and optimization of the cloud implementation for technical and cost efficiencies and continuous support of, and collaboration with, other teams and projects, particularly DevOps, platform and automation teams. The person in this role will champion the advancement of cloud adoption, develop, deploy & run cloud services and systems and be a leading voice of cloud strategy. The Cloud Engineer will adhere to DevSecOps principles and utilize advanced cloud capabilities to enable business strategy with a strict focus on quality that meets the demands of our business partners and customers. The person in this role must be a highly collaborative, creative and intellectually curious engineer who is passionate about forming and implementing cutting-edge cloud computing capabilities.

Responsibilities

JOB DUTIES

• Design, and execute a comprehensive reliability and availability strategy across the Digital portfolio
• Drives the adoption of site reliability best practices throughout the organization with the ability to demonstrate this empirically through stability and reliability metrics
• Lead the design of cloud-native applications, ensuring they are scalable, maintainable, and efficient
• Implement best practices in cloud architecture in alignment with the Azure Well-Architected Framework, ensuring our solutions are secure, efficient, and cost-effective
• Oversee cloud infrastructure, employing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices to automate deployment
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimize cloud environments.
• Automate the provisioning of cloud environments through the concept of "pipeline engineering" using Terraform, Chef, Puppet and other tools.
• Research, analyze, design, develop and support high-quality automation workflows in the cloud platform that are appropriate for business and technology strategies.
• While embedding with teams, strategize, consult, and prototype alongside other engineers to implement best practices and solutions for applications utilizing CI / CD and the cloud.
• Evangelize Distributed Version Control and Trunk-Based Development practices, ATDD and TDD, Pipelines and Infrastructure and Release Automation
• Drive proof of concepts and conduct technical feasibility studies for business requirements
• Remain up to date on emerging technologies and architecture and propose ways to use them in current and upcoming projects
• Troubleshoot production issues, engage appropriate parties, and drive through to resolution
• Manage processes of 3rd party data streams into the datacenter and cloud
• Collaborate with Architecture team(s) to advise on any needed enabling work and make decisions regarding sequencing to ensure optimal delivery of value for business customers
• Ensure high availability and 24x7 monitoring
• Continually improve operational processes and procedures
• Educate and guide team members on Cloud standards. Act as a SME for all Cloud technical hands-on questions, with an initial focus on Azure and Cloud Native, 12 Factor Software development.
• Lead and facilitate the creation of compliance automation and policy-as-code to streamline cloud governance.
• Strive to provide internal and external customers with excellent customer service and world-class service.
• Effectively communicate project health, risks and issues to the program stakeholders, sponsors and management teams.
• Resolve most conflicts between timeline, budget, and scope independently but intuitively escalate complex or consequential issues to senior management.
• Identify and direct changes through appropriate review and approval mechanisms.

Qualifications

What makes you a dream candidate?

Experience and Education