Senior Cloud Engineer Job Details | Black & Veatch Family of Companies

Black & Veatch - Overland Park, KS

Part-time,Full-time - Mid Level

Overland Park, KS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Cloud Engineer at Black & Veatch is responsible for overseeing the cloud lifecycle management, including planning, design, automation, and optimization of cloud solutions. This role requires collaboration with various teams and stakeholders to ensure the effective implementation of cloud technologies, primarily focusing on AWS and Azure. The engineer will also act as a subject matter expert and advocate for technology adoption, ensuring compliance and addressing client needs effectively.

Responsibilities

• Maintain contact and build relationships with operating businesses, IT management, IT vendors, and technical architects to ensure availability, security, and satisfaction.
• Assist in identifying new and improved approaches, technologies, tools, templates, and business use cases.
• Assess cloud environments for capacity, connectivity, performance, and resiliency.
• Design, code, test, and implement Terraform cloud automations/deployments.
• Review, approve, and represent Change Tickets in the Cloud Infrastructure Area.
• Lead Break-Fix situations with multiple team members including managed service provider partners.
• Maintain broad-based technical and solutions knowledge in key infrastructure optimization and solution areas.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a Cloud Engineer with a focus on AWS and Azure; GCP & OCI exposure preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with SSO and Identity Federation services (Entra, B2B/B2C).
• Experience in ITIL environments and formal Change processes, Systems Development Lifecycle processes, and production of requirements documentation (ServiceNow experience a plus).
• 2+ years of scripting experience with Terraform.
• Strong written communication skills for creating concise and structured recommendations.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with network architectures.
• Experience with Vulnerability Response/Remediation.
• Proficiency in monitoring tools such as Azure Operations Management Suite (OMS).
• Dynamic and engaging presentation style.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• 401K match
• Benefits starting day 1
• Flexible work schedules
• Paid vacation and holiday time
• Sick time and dependent sick time
• Adoption reimbursement
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vendor discounts
• Employment referral program
• AD&D insurance
• Pre-taxed accounts
• Voluntary legal plan
• Performance-based bonus program