Senior Cloud Engineer

Summary

Join Pythian as a Senior Cloud Engineer and build high-quality solutions for clients, working independently or in a team to understand project trajectories and deliver consistent results using automation. Collaborate with stakeholders, participate in sprint planning, and design and implement scalable and efficient technical solutions. Create technical documentation, write maintainable code for CI/CD pipelines, and design secure network components for multi-cloud solutions. Develop cloud migration strategies, automated provisioning solutions, and research and recommend third-party software. This role requires experience with major cloud platforms, operating system administration, application performance, and open-source tools.

Requirements

• Experience with engineering solutions on major cloud provider platforms, preferably Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and one or both of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure
• Hands-on experience with operating system platform configuration, tuning, and administration for Linux or Windows, with a preference for both
• Strong understanding of application performance and design best practices to ensure applications and services are highly available, performant, scalable, and secure
• High proficiency with open-source tools, including Hashicorp solutions such as Terraform, Packer, and Vault, along with other deployment frameworks like Pulumi
• Proficiency in at least one popular programming language (e.g., Go, Java, Python, Ruby, Rust)
• Solid understanding of testing techniques and frameworks, including test and behavior-driven development, with experience in writing test suites, mocks, and fixtures
• Capability to write scripts for maintenance, automation, and data processing using scripting languages such as Bash, Groovy, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, PowerShell, or R
• Experience with common configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
• Strong knowledge of automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications, ideally with hands-on experience using Kubernetes and tools like Helm
• Understanding of development methods, workflows, and patterns, particularly Agile and DevOps practices
• Experience with stream-processing platforms and services, such as Kafka and Cloud Pub/Sub
• Solid understanding of data security principles, including encryption, access control, and identity management, and their technical application to enforce data custodianship and compliance
• Experience with on-premise architectures and visualization applications such as vCenter

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain client relationships, providing technical leadership and guidance for current projects
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements, assist in project planning, and document project plans for both small and medium-sized projects
• Participate in and support sprint planning activities with the Project Manager, including story point estimation and ceremonies such as standups, backlog grooming, and retrospectives
• Design and implement technical solutions for customer projects, ensuring scalability and efficiency
• Create or contribute to building technical design documents and other necessary documentation for projects
• Write testable, high-performance, reliable, and maintainable code for CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code frameworks (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Design and implement security and network software components for multi-cloud solutions and architectures
• Research, evaluate, and recommend third-party software and technology packages based on project requirements. Provide performance optimization recommendations and document best practices
• Create cloud migration strategies and plans, following best practices and ensuring smooth transitions to cloud architectures
• Develop automated provisioning solutions for servers, environments, containers, and data centers

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to Anthos is a plus
• Experience in MLOPs is a plus

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards and salary package
• Flexibly work remotely from your home, there’s no daily travel requirement to an office!
• Collaborate with some of the best and brightest in the industry!
• Hone your skills or learn new ones with our substantial training allowance; participate in professional development days, attend training, become certified, whatever you like!
• We give you all the equipment you need to work from home including a laptop with your choice of OS, and an annual budget to personalize your work environment!
• You will have an annual wellness budget to make yourself a priority (use it on gym memberships, massages, fitness and more)
• You will receive a generous amount of paid vacation and sick days, as well as a day off to volunteer for your favorite charity