Senior Cloud Engineer - Remote US - Seamless.AI
Columbus, OH
About the Job
The Opportunity:
As the Senior Cloud Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in leading the architecture, automation, and maintenance of our AWS cloud infrastructure. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that our infrastructure scales efficiently, stays secure, and operates at peak performance. This role demands an expert in AWS services, infrastructure automation, and a deep understanding of cost optimization, security best practices, and disaster recovery strategies.
Responsibilities:
Design, implement, and manage highly scalable, secure, and cost-optimized AWS cloud infrastructure.
- Lead the automation of Infrastructure as Code (IAC) using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar technologies.
- Ensure high availability and reliability of systems, implementing disaster recovery and failover strategies.
- Collaborate with software development and data teams to optimize cloud architecture for large-scale data systems.
- Implement and maintain security best practices, including monitoring, threat detection, and vulnerability mitigation.
- Work on optimizing AWS costs while ensuring the infrastructure meets performance and scalability requirements.
- Stay current with the latest cloud technologies, and continuously improve the cloud environment with new tools and services.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to other engineers, promoting best practices in cloud operations and architecture.
- Monitor and respond to infrastructure incidents, ensuring timely resolutions and minimal downtime.
Skillset:
- Minimum of 5 years of experience managing AWS cloud infrastructure at scale.
- Strong understanding of core AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, etc.) and expertise in designing and managing multi-region, scalable cloud architectures.
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IAC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
- Proven track record of managing and optimizing cloud costs, using tools like AWS Cost Explorer, Trusted Advisor, or other cost-management platforms.
- Experience scaling large data systems (including databases, data lakes, and big data platforms) across distributed cloud environments.
- Expertise in disaster recovery planning, implementation, and management within a cloud infrastructure.
- Solid understanding of cloud security, including IAM policies, encryption, network security, and proactive threat and vulnerability mitigation strategies.
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., CloudWatch, ELK stack, Prometheus) to ensure infrastructure health and performance.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to a variety of stakeholders, including non-technical team members.
Nice-to-Haves:
- AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or Security Specialty).
- Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation.
- Experience in a startup or fast-growing technology company.
Education and Requirements:
- 5+ years experience designing, implementing, and securing enterprise AWS infrastructure and services.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent years of work experience.
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Seamless.AI has been delivering the world's best sales leads since 2015. Our product is the first real time, B2B search engine helping sales teams maximize revenue, increase sales, and easily acquire their total addressable market using artificial intelligence. Our product has been recognized by G2 in 2024 in the following categories: Best Software Products Overall, Best Software Products for Small Business, and Highest Satisfaction Products. We have been recognized as one of Ohio's fastest growing companies and won 2020 Best Places to Work, LinkedIn's Top 50 Tech Startups in 2020,2022, and 2023, Purpose Jobs 2023 Best Workplace Culture and Best Work-life balance, and Purpose Jobs best place to work in 2024. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Visa Sponsorship is not included in our hiring package. Applicants will need to be authorized to work in the U.S.