Senior Cloud Engineer - Solugenix Corp

Overview

Senior Cloud Engineer

Irvine, CA or San Antonio, TX (Hybrid)

Long Term Contract

Job ID 2024-9848

Solugenix is assisting a client, a prestigious and large investment management company in their search for a Senior Cloud Engineer. This is a long-term contract opportunity based out of Irvine, CA/San Antonio, TX (Hybrid).

We are seeking two highly skilled Senior Cloud Engineers (SRE) to join our dynamic cloud operations team. The ideal candidates will possess in-depth experience in observability, operations automation, CI/CD processes, API integration, and security. This role is critical in enhancing the performance, reliability, and scalability of our cloud services.

Required Skills:

• Strong proficiency in AWS cloud services.
• Experience with monitoring and analytics tools such as Datadog.
• Proficient in programming with Python.
• Extensive knowledge of automation tools including Ansible and Terraform.
• In-depth understanding of Kubernetes (K8s) for orchestration and management of containerized applications.
• Strong understanding of Service Management/ITIL concepts (Incident, Problem, Change Management).

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Harness for CI/CD processes.
• Familiarity with Confluent Kafka for real-time data processing.
• Knowledge of Splunk, and Open Telemetry (OTel) for observability.
• Experience with AWS API Gateway for creating, publishing, and securing APIs.
• Proficiency in identity management and access control with Okta and OAuth.
• Experience with data visualization and business intelligence tools like Power BI.
• Certification in AWS.
• Certification in ITIL.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement observability tools and practices to monitor the health and performance of cloud applications and infrastructure.
• Resolve incidents and conduct problem management.
• Lead operations automation efforts to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention using advanced scripting and automation tools.
• Design and manage CI/CD pipelines to ensure seamless and continuous deployment of applications.
• Integrate APIs to enhance system interoperability and streamline operations across multiple platforms.
• Enforce security best practices throughout the cloud architecture to safeguard against potential threats.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and enhance cloud solutions that meet business and technical requirements.
• Prepare runbooks of Operational activities.

Pay Range for CA, CO, IL, NJ, NY, WA, and DC: $80/hour to $90/hour. Starting rate of pay offered may vary depending on factors including but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training and/or experience.

About the Client

Our client is an American financial services company. It ranks among the world’s oldest and largest investment management organizations. They have offices globally.

About Solugenix

Solugenix is an information technology services company known for its deep experience and knowledge in providing comprehensive technology services, solutions, and talent support for companies around the world. The company offers a variety of cutting edge and talent support solutions to promote growth and cutting-edge advancement to our esteemed clients and candidates. We provide these talent support solutions on a contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire basis. We also have additional resources from our staffing partners to ensure the right match and expertise for the best result.

For over 50 years, global and local brands have trusted Solugenix as an added resource and partner in taking steps to ensure their immediate and future success. In addition to generating ground-breaking, industry-defining solutions, Solugenix has been delivering the talent and support needed to make it happen. We are dedicated to partnering with clients and candidates whose core values also foster a culture of professionalism, teamwork, and integrity.