Sr. Cloud IAC Developer

$156,000 - $208,000/Yr

Wex Corporate Payments - Portland, ME

Full-time - Mid Level

Portland, ME

Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

About the position

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Cloud Engineer with a strong development background to join our dynamic engineering team. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of designing, implementing, and managing scalable cloud infrastructure solutions, leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and cutting-edge technologies. The Cloud Engineer will play a pivotal role in driving our cloud initiatives, ensuring the reliability, security, and efficiency of our cloud environments. In this role, you will be responsible for designing and implementing robust, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure solutions on Azure and AWS platforms, adhering to industry best practices and company standards. You will utilize Terraform to define and manage cloud infrastructure as code, ensuring consistency, repeatability, and traceability across environments. Additionally, you will manage and maintain version control systems, particularly using Git (github), to ensure codebase integrity and collaboration. You will develop and maintain automation scripts and tools using Python to streamline cloud operations, deployments, and resource management tasks. Implementing comprehensive monitoring and logging solutions will be crucial to proactively identify performance bottlenecks, security risks, and cost optimization opportunities. Enforcing security best practices and compliance standards throughout the cloud infrastructure, including access controls, data encryption, and vulnerability management, will also be part of your responsibilities. Collaboration with cross-functional teams, including development, operations, and security, will be essential to deliver end-to-end cloud solutions. You will provide timely troubleshooting and incident response for cloud-related issues, ensuring minimal downtime and impact on business operations. Additionally, you will develop and maintain disaster recovery plans and procedures to ensure business continuity in the event of a disaster or system failure. Finally, creating and maintaining comprehensive documentation for cloud infrastructure, configurations, runbooks, and procedures will ensure knowledge sharing and continuity within the team.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure solutions on Azure and AWS platforms.
• Utilize Terraform to define and manage cloud infrastructure as code, ensuring consistency, repeatability, and traceability across environments.
• Manage and maintain version control systems, particularly using Git (github), to ensure codebase integrity and collaboration.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts and tools using Python to streamline cloud operations, deployments, and resource management tasks.
• Implement comprehensive monitoring and logging solutions to proactively identify performance bottlenecks, security risks, and cost optimization opportunities.
• Enforce security best practices and compliance standards throughout the cloud infrastructure, including access controls, data encryption, and vulnerability management.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including development, operations, and security, to deliver end-to-end cloud solutions.
• Provide timely troubleshooting and incident response for cloud-related issues, ensuring minimal downtime and impact on business operations.
• Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans and procedures to ensure business continuity in the event of a disaster or system failure.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for cloud infrastructure, configurations, runbooks, and procedures to ensure knowledge sharing and continuity.

Requirements

• A minimum of 7+ years of hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and managing cloud infrastructure on Azure and AWS platforms.
• Proven expertise in using Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Strong proficiency in Python scripting for automation and cloud operations tasks.
• Solid understanding of Linux and Windows operating systems for cloud deployments.
• Deep understanding of cloud architecture principles, networking concepts, and security best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Self-motivated and proactive, with a passion for learning and staying up-to-date with the latest cloud technologies.
• Possess at least one relevant cloud certification (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate).

Nice-to-haves

• Understanding of advanced networking concepts and experience with cloud networking services such as VPC/Vnet, VPN, Load Balancing.
• Understanding of PKI infrastructure (certificates, encryption keys, and authentication protocols).
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, Github Actions or Azure DevOps.
• Experience with logging and monitoring products such as Splunk and Datadog.
• Experience with cloud cost optimization strategies.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Retirement savings plan
• Paid time off
• Health savings account
• Flexible spending accounts
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Tuition reimbursement