Principal Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Engineer

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Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, Engineering, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience and relevant industry certifications will also be considered.
• 10+ years in IT with extensive experience in cloud engineering, automation, and containerization.
• Expertise in multi-cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, OpenStack) and container environments (Kubernetes, OpenShift, Rancher, GCP Anthos).
• Proficient in Linux (e.g., Ubuntu) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Go).
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures, networking, and SRE principles.
• Proficiency with CI/CD practices, version control systems, and software development lifecycle methodologies.

Responsibilities:

• Design and deploy robust cloud infrastructure and container solutions using OpenStack, GCP, AWS, Kubernetes, Rancher and/or OpenShift.
• Lead the creation of an automation framework to streamline IaaS provisioning and configuration across multi-cloud environments.
• Implement observability, monitoring, and SRE principles to enhance system reliability and performance.
• Apply FinOps practices to optimize cloud resource usage.
• Lead and mentor engineering teams, fostering best practices.
• Drive security best practices within cloud infrastructure.
• Design and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity strategies.
• Lead strategy toward continuous monitoring and performance tuning of cloud systems.