Senior Cloud Engineer

This job is with Fisher Investments, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

The Opportunity :

As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will consult and contribute to business process improvements of IT policies, procedures, tools, security controls and infrastructure. You will also conduct research and Proof of Concept activities and provide recommendations for new technologies, techniques and tools to add value by increasing efficiency while improving service quality. The Azure Cloud Engineer will maintain the operational Azure cloud environment, perform infrastructure deployments and ensure the production environment is operating securely and efficiently using automation tools. You will work with Infrastructure Engineering to make sure all deployments follow standards, are compliant and secure. You will also be partnered with other cloud team members, application owners and business owners for faster delivery of resources. You will report to the Cloud Platform Team Lead.

The Day-to-Day :

Develop, implement and maintain scalable, high-performance AI infrastructure on Microsoft Azure platform

Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand their AI requirements and design effective AI solutions

Provide technical expertise and support troubleshooting AI-related issues and performance bottlenecks

Recommend AI based solutions, document and communicate to technical and non-technical stakeholders effectively

Design and manage scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure and automation tooling for routine operation tasks

Deploy enterprise scaled cloud resources that can be used across technology organizations using code

Be the contact to business application owners and build bridge between them and cloud team

Follow security audit requirements and controls in every action

Implement and suggest strategies in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI / CD, develop tooling and associated processes for applying automated, faster, efficient, and consistent error-free deployments

Enhance existing deployment processes and Infrastructure as Code scripts to improve automation, efficiency, and consistency

Participate in team activities such as peer code reviews, design collaboration efforts and rotating on-call process

Use configuration management and automated deployment tools to provide cloud-based solutions and services ensuring best practices

Work with solution architects, tech leads and partners to confirm developed solutions align with existing standards, meet security controls and meet cloud computing best practices

Collaborate with other engineers, provide guidance and training

Manage implementations and ongoing operation of cloud services following approved designs, adherence to patterns, security requirements and certify all logging and monitoring are active for security and compliance

Investigate and monitor current-state cloud usage, solutions in use, risks, gaps, limitations and recommend solutions, optimizations and remediation

Maintain comprehensive and systematic configuration, lifecycle and security management of servers and services

Provide international and 24 / 7 support via on-call duties and / or working a flexible off-hours schedule for planned and unplanned maintenance

Your Qualifications :

10+ years of experience deploying resources and managing infrastructure through both manual and automated pipelines in an IT infrastructure and operational environment

5+ years of experience in the following :

Maintaining resources in cross platform environments

Azure cloud infrastructure deployments using IaC, preferably Terraform

Building, deploying and managing public cloud IaaS and PaaS services

Deploying resources using Terraform

4+ years of experience in the following :

GitHub and GitHub Actions

Building automated cloud infrastructure across multiple Production and Non-Production environments

Scripting and automating builds, workflows, tasks and other integration aspects

Azure CLI

3+ years of experience in the following :

CI / CD pipelines

YAML / YML for GitHub actions

Troubleshooting in an Azure Cloud environment

Designing and managing cloud solutions

Python programming knowledge, particularly using with Azure AI is highly preferred

Good knowledge of Azure AI and exposure to Artificial Intelligence technologies, frameworks, or solutions

Experience with Azure IaaS (Virtual Machines, Storage, Networking) and PaaS (App Services, Azure SQL, Azure Functions, Azure Data Factory)

Knowledge of identity management, security controls, compliance and encryption

Knowledge of Azure Kubernetes Services and other containers

Experience with Linux and Microsoft Windows server environments

Experience using Jira, Confluence, or ServiceNow preferred

Knowledge in Octopus Deploy or Ansible preferred

Ability to help build and drive culture in Azure Cloud environments and DevOps

Solid understanding of DNS, LAN, WAN, Firewalls, File systems, IAM, etc.

Experience using PowerShell

Bachelor's degree in MIS, computer science, or a related field; advanced degree in a related field

Why Fisher Investments :

We work for a bigger purpose : bettering the investment universe. We take great pride in our inclusive culture, our learning and development framework customized for every employee, and our Great Place to Work Certification. It's the people that make the Fisher purpose possible, and we invest in them by offering exceptional benefits like :

100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for you and your qualifying dependents

A 50% 401(k) match, up to the IRS maximum

20 days of PTO, plus 10 paid holidays

Family Support programs including 8 week Paid Primary Caregiver Leave, $10,000 fertility, family forming, and hormonal health assistance, and back-up child, adult, and elder care

This is an in-office role. Based on your role, tenure, and performance eligibility you may have the opportunity to participate in our hybrid work from home program. This program is subject to change.

FISHER INVESTMENTS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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