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Cloud Engineer

Bswift

Bswift

Software Engineering
Remote
Posted 6+ months ago

We’re looking for motivated and goal-driven team members who can do what it takes to make a company great. The reward is a fun, flexible and creative environment with ample opportunity for professional and personal growth. If you love the bswift values of pursue excellence, embrace accountability, deliver superior service, and be a great place to work, we want to hear from you!

Description

  • Refine and Fine-Tune Monitoring Solutions: Orchestrate configurations to meticulously track, analyze, and guarantee peak performance, unwavering reliability, and proactive issue resolution for both application and system health.
  • Collaborate with Tech Teams: Work closely with bswift's tech teams to ensure platform reliability through ongoing engineering improvements, maintenance, monitoring, and new projects.
  • Navigate and Resolve Complex Challenges: Address intricate challenges related to cloud infrastructure, automation processes, and application performance. Foster collaboration with development and operations teams, actively engaging in the diagnosis and resolution of issues across cloud infrastructure and applications.
  • Deploy and Refine AWS Cloud Solutions: Utilize automation tools to enhance efficiency and scalability. Participate in the development and implementation of automated solutions, streamlining deployment, configuration, and orchestration processes through advanced tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or AWS CloudFormation.
  • Forge Collaborative Security Partnerships: Partner with security teams to implement and reinforce optimal practices for security and compliance within a dynamic cloud environment. Ensure security, compliance, and meticulous cost management within the AWS environment.
  • Stay Current with Industry Trends: Keep up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies to enhance our cloud infrastructure.
  • Participate in 24/7 On-Call Rotation: Respond to incidents and ensure system availability.

Requirements

  • Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience required.
  • Experience:
    • 3+ years as a Cloud Engineer with a strong emphasis on AWS.
    • 2+ years of scripting experience (Python, Bash, PowerShell) for automation and troubleshooting tasks.
    • Demonstrable mastery of automation tools and frameworks, including but not limited to Terraform, Ansible, and AWS CloudFormation, specializing in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) paradigms.
    • Experience in deploying and configuring cloud load balancers, firewalls, VPCs in an AWS environment.
  • Technical Skills: Practical understanding of TCP/IP networking architecture, along with expertise in core technologies such as HTTP, DNS, routing, and more.
  • Communication Skills: Exceptional communication and interpersonal proficiency, fostering effective collaboration within a team-oriented environment.
  • Certifications: AWS certifications (e.g., AWS SysOps Administrator, Developer, Solutions Architect, Associate) are a plus.

Standard working hours are 8am-5pm Central Time, unless otherwise stated in the Job Description.

In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the base salary range for this position is $120,000-$140,000, exclusive of fringe benefits or potential bonuses. If you are hired at bswift, your final base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience. In addition to those factors – we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above is the full base salary range for the role. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical in order to allow for future & continued salary growth. We also offer a generous compensation and benefits package!

At bswift, our values are Pursue Excellence, Embrace Accountability, Deliver Superior Service, and Be A Great Place To Work. We pride ourselves on having an engaged, friendly and smart team that goes the extra mile to get the job done right. The reward is a fun, flexible and creative environment with ample opportunity for professional and personal growth.

bswift was named one of Chicago’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, as well as one of the Nation’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.

We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of personal characteristics or status. We take affirmative action to recruit, select and develop women, people of color, veterans and individuals with disabilities.

If you have what it takes to join our award-winning culture, we’d love to hear from you!