Cloud Engineer - Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc.

Our IT Team is growing and we need a Cloud Engineer to join our Houston based IT team. We are looking for someone who can contribute to our overall IT strategy and work independently as well as on teams. The ability to communicate effectively and courteously with all levels of the team is essential. This position can be worked remotely with periodic travel to our Corporate offices as needed. Our full time employees enjoy a robust benefits package including health, disability, and life insurance, a matching 401K and PTO.

• This role will focus on designing and developing enterprise cloud capabilities and solutions for all cloud service types; IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.
• This role will collaborate with the Infrastructure, Technology Risk Management and Application Development organizations during design and development phases, providing guidance, interpretation, and engineering expertise.
• The role will additionally focus on the overall project technical and architecture design, cost effectiveness, quality of solution, knowledge transfer, and mentoring of the project technical team members.
• Lastly, the role will be keenly aware of cloud computing industry trends with regards to technology and adoption while also being proficient in the understanding of and application of various automation related tools and languages.

• Contributes to and supports the corporate Enterprise Cloud strategy, standards and best practices associated with all aspects Cloud offerings
• Build leading-edge solutions in Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Contributes to and supports the corporate adoption of the DevOps methodology and Agile project management
• Provides expert level design and engineering support towards the successful delivery of IT’s cloud project portfolio
• Contribute towards continual service improvement activities related to the delivery of cloud services
• Develop and implement internal systems, processes, and best practices to be used by other teams designed to increase productivity
• Participate in deep architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment, security, cost effectiveness and high availability in the cloud
• Design, implement, and test disaster recovery and business continuity architecture
• Create and implement automation in the form of infrastructure as code for cloud platform solutions
• Ensure all infrastructure components meet proper performance and capacity standards
• Perform other duties as directed by management

Experience:

• 5+ years’ experience in IT platform, storage, networking, and virtualization engineering
• 5+ years’ experience in the design & implementation of distributed applications (preferred)
• In depth, practical experience with Cloud methodologies (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), automation, orchestration, trends and industry-leading cloud vendor offerings
• Experience in architecting and implementing cloud based solutions with robust Business Continuity and Disaster Recover requirements
• 3+ years practical experience working in DevOps team/organizations with applied Agile development practices
• 3+ years hands on experience with automated tooling such as Chef and Test Kitchen
• Experience with VMware, Nimble and Cisco UCS a plus.

Knowledge/Skills:

• Maintains current knowledge of marketplace changes, technology changes, and client businesses pertinent to cloud, server, storage and network virtualization
• Possess a strong understanding of SDLC principles and processes
• Ability to succeed in a fast-paced, high demand environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrates strong customer service awareness and orientation
• Exemplifies leadership characteristics in support of client’s corporate objectives
• Executive presence - ability to communicate effectively with levels of Senior Management

Education, Training, or Certification:    

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or engineering preferred
• Azure or AWS certifications are preferred