Cloud Engineer

As a Cloud Engineer, you will be an individual contributor and subject matter expert who maintains and participates in the design and implementation of technology solutions. The engineer will collaborate within a team of technologists to produce enterprise-scale solutions for our clients' needs. This position will be working with the latest Amazon Web Services technologies around cloud architecture, infrastructure automation, and network security.

What You'll Do

• Identify, test prototype solutions and proofs of concept on public clouds.
• Help develop architectural standards and guidelines for scalability, performance, resilience, and efficient operations while adhering to necessary security and compliance standards.
• Work with application development teams to select and automate repeatable tasks along with participating and assisting in root cause analysis activities.
• Architect cloud solutions using industry-leading DevSecOps best practices and technologies.
• Review software product designs to ensure consistency with architectural best practices; participate in regular implementation reviews to ensure consistent quality and adherence with internal standards.
• Partner closely with cross-functional leaders (platform engineers / software development / product management / business leaders) to ensure a clear understanding of business and technical needs; jointly select the best strategy after evaluating the benefits and costs associated with different approaches.
• Closely collaborate with implementation teams to ensure understanding and utilization of the most optimal approach.

What You'll Bring

• 1-4 years in an Infrastructure Engineering / Software Engineering / DevOps role, deploying and maintaining SaaS applications.
• 1-4 years' experience with AWS/Azure/GCP cloud technologies and at least one cloud proficiency certification is required.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services like Lambda, S3, RDS, EMR, Cloud Formation (or Terraform), Code Build, Config, Systems Manager, Servic Catalog, Lambda, etc.
• Experience building automation using scripting languages like Bash/Python/PowerShell.
• Experience working and contributing to software applications development/deployment/management processes.
• Experience in architecting and implementing cloud-based solutions with robust Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery requirements.
• Experience working in agile teams with short release cycles.
• Possess strong verbal, written and team presentation communication skills. ZS is a global firm; fluency in English is required.
• This role requires healthy doses of initiative and the ability to remain flexible and responsive in a very dynamic environment.
• Ability to work around unknowns and develop robust solutions.
• Experience of delivering quality work on defined tasks with limited oversight.
• Ability to quickly learn new platforms, cloud technologies, languages, tools, and techniques as needed to meet project requirements.