GCP Cloud Engineer

Position Summary

Effectual Cloud Engineers (CEs) are members of the Professional Services (PS) team responsible for ensuring that customer-facing projects are delivered with exceptional customer satisfaction and technical excellence. Effectual CEs are “Brand Ambassadors” and are expected to stay current on leading practices to deliver high-quality, well-conceived solutions to customers. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

• Enabling customers’ use of AWS and Google to achieve their business objectives through:
• Implementing cloud infrastructure, using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), including but not limited to:
• Creating IAM users and groups
• Deploying, testing, and documenting development, pre-production, and production environments
• Composing and leveraging Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g.: AWS CloudFormation templates, Terraform, etc.) to ensure repeatable, sustainable AWS and Google infrastructure
• Creating gold images / AMIs and configuring auto scaling
• Configuring multi-factor authentication on virtual and hardware devices
• Supporting developers in efficiently working within AWS through:
• Creating Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
• Providing input and guidance to developers on overall AWS and Google Architecture and design tenets
• Demonstrating an "as-code" first mindset through the regular use and advocacy of Terraform or other "as-code" tools
• Establishing visibility into cloud operations through:
• Leveraging resource tagging to allocate costs and optimize resource planning
• Assisting in preparing cost analysis based on expected usage
• Configuring AWS and Google cloud infrastructure for maximum technical and budgetary efficiency
• Supporting rigorous project governance and execution achieved through:
• Meeting with team members daily to review progress
• Holding team members accountable for and challenging team members on technical solution implementation approaches to achieve optimal outcomes
• Submitting time on assigned projects, daily
• Supporting project delivery team members by:
• Always operating with transparency
• Being responsive to requests from team members for information
• Communicating working preferences and understanding the working preferences of others to help develop a high-performing team that operates with respect, effectiveness, and efficiency

Essential Skills and Experience 

• 3+ years of DevOps / SRE experience working in AWS and Google environment(s) and / or supporting software development team(s) consisting of at least:
• 1+ year of experience developing AWS and Google cloud infrastructure
• 1+ year of Terraform experience 
• 1+ year of experience developing CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub, and Azure DevOps
• 1+ year of experience creating automated alerts and monitoring dashboards
• Proficient in developing Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g.: Terraform )
• Experience in coding configuration management tooling (e.g.: Ansible, Chef, Puppet, etc.)
• Proficient in at least one or more programming / scripting languages (e.g.: Python, Java, Groovy, etc.)
• Demonstrable knowledge of Agile and Waterfall SDLC methodologies

Nice-to-Have Skills and Experience 

• Experience with Terraform Enterprise and or Terraform Cloud
• Experience with Hashicorp's overall product portfolio (e.g.: Vault, Consul, Boundary, etc.)
• Container orchestration using platforms such as Kubernetes, Docker, AWS EKS, GKE etc. 

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The work is generally performed in an office environment. Physical demands include sitting, keyboarding, verbal communication, written communication. Employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

Additional Duties

This job description may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of the Employer. Duties and responsibilities are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than at “at will” relationship.

Effectual, Inc. is an EEO employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any protected classification in its hiring, promoting, or any other job related opportunity.