Cloud engineer Jobs in Louisville, KY

Description & Requirements Job Summary The IT Principal Engineer is responsible for planning, deployment, administration and advancing of application and system monitoring in an enterprise environment. Essential Duties and Responsibilities : - Translate conceptual user requirements into functional requirements in a clear manner that is comprehensible to developers / project teams. - Meet with business partners, project managers, and vendor partners to determine project scope and vision, set system goals, identify, and resolve system issues, and lead prioritization of build items. - Communicate changes, enhancements, and modifications to stakeholders so that issues and solutions are understood. - Identify and document business and functional requirements determined by business partners and stakeholders. - Define, elicit, and analyze existing and new system functions and processes, make recommendations to meet the business goals and user needs. - Frequently responsible for providing guidance, coaching, and training to other employees across the organization within area of expertise. Job-Specific Essential Duties : - Drive automation initiatives for log aggregation, anomaly detection, and performance optimization. - Create and implement API integrations between various software systems. - Gather and rationalize requirements, then develop data-driven solutions that meet business or internal requirements. - Develop relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organization to gain an understanding of business drivers and objectives, current IT capabilities, products, service roadmaps, and IT's operating model. - Perform and lead POC (proof of concept) development and make recommendations to adopt evolving technological trends. Minimum Requirements - Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study and 10+ years of relevant professional experience required. Education / Requirements : - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field with more than 10 years of relevant experience. - Strong knowledge of monitoring frameworks, logging systems, and observability tools like Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, or others. - Working knowledge of native cloud services : AWS, Azure, GCP. - Experience building and supporting products & services in "As a Service" models (e.g. SaaS, IaaS, PaaS) and platforms. (e.g. AWS, Azure) - Programming / scripting experience with languages : Python, PowerShell, JavaScript frameworks (NodeJS, Angular), Bash, Web Services. - Experience with Agile / continuous integration / DevOps using code pipeline tools, Terraform, Azure Devops, GitHub. - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal - Ability to influence peers and superiors (technical and business) the strategic direction of overall solution. - Must be able to perform comfortably in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented work environment of competing and alternating priorities. #techjobs EEO Statement Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics. Pay Transparency Maximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances. Minimum Salary $ 124,300.00 Maximum Salary $ 215,000.00