Senior Cloud Engineer

Job Description

The Sr Cloud Engineer is responsible for ensuring successful implementations, accompanying operational processes, support and documentation of cloud and hybrid cloud projects, primarily, but not limited to utilizing Microsoft Azure. This role will require skills working with various teams to collaborate on cloud / hybrid cloud based solutions.

The Sr Cloud Engineer will oversee and participate in all phases of the infrastructure life cycle including needs analysis, planning, design, implementation, operation and maintenance.

The Sr Cloud Engineer will work directly with the Director of Technical Operations to create and maintain the capital and operating budget as approved by the Firm.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain updated technical knowledge of the products, systems and protocols used in the firm's information systems. Design and implement secure Azure architectures using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Bicep, Terraform, ensuring consistent, compliant deployments across landing zones and shared services.
• Build and manage reusable IaC modules that incorporate Azure security best practices for resources such as VNETs, NSGs, Private Endpoints, Azure Bastion, and Key Vault.
• Participate in firm wide IT projects, systems designs, and procurement / outsourcing plans for compliance with IT best practices and standards.
• Coordinate and assist with day to day operational activities in relation to cloud operations and development.
• Design, develop and maintain processes for end to end application deployments, networking and infrastructure as a service as it pertains to the Firm's cloud environments, primarily created in Microsoft Azure.
• Define, implement and modify access policies to ensure compliance with the Firm's security posture.
• Ensure and maintain Firm standards for identity and access management, multifactor authentication, SSO, certificate management, and privileged account management where applicable for cloud based services.
• Provide cloud based software development environments and assist teams with deployments and DevOps pipelines.
• Develop and execute test plans to validate performance, security, scalability and recoverability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, working closely with the DevOps, security engineers and compliance to develop highly secure and scalable architectures
• Maintain operational alignment with the Firm's data retention policy and standards. Execute test plans to validate data protection (backups and restores) of applicable cloud services.
• Ensure compliance with established controls for ISO 27001 and SOC reporting and provide evidence and support for related audits.
• Track, manage and optimize cloud operational costs including existing resource utilization, expansion and evaluation of licensing options.
• Report on findings and make recommendations for improvement of all cloud based systems.
• Mentor, instruct and otherwise develop technical staff in areas of new technology and promote cloud architectural concepts.
• Contribute to the operational aspects of the Technical Operations group as needed.
• Provide after hours, and on-call support for all systems as needed.

Qualifications