Senior Cloud Engineer

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About the role

  • Senior Cloud Engineer building secure cloud and on-premises infrastructure for ESG’s energy SaaS platforms. Automating deployments, observability, reliability, disaster recovery, and cloud cost management.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable cloud and hybrid infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code.
  • Work with development teams to build and improve automated CI/CD pipelines.
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, deployment, monitoring, and recovery.
  • Develop and maintain observability tools, with a focus on Datadog for metrics, logs, traces, and alerting.
  • Establish service level objectives and practical alerting standards to improve reliability and help teams resolve issues quickly.
  • Monitor cloud spending, identify savings opportunities, and introduce cost controls while maintaining performance and reliability.
  • Maintain and improve VMware environments, including availability, capacity, and performance.
  • Troubleshoot complex production incidents, identify root causes, and implement lasting improvements.
  • Partner with security teams to strengthen infrastructure security and support compliance requirements.
  • Lead disaster recovery planning and testing, along with ongoing capacity planning and performance tuning.
  • Mentor other engineers and contribute to technical standards, architecture diagrams, and operational documentation.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of relevant experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering.
  • At least five years of experience designing, operating, and improving enterprise environments that include Windows, Linux, and SQL-based systems.
  • Strong experience with at least one major cloud platform. AWS is preferred; Azure or Google Cloud experience is also relevant.
  • Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
  • Strong knowledge of VMware technologies, including vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter, along with experience running Docker and Kubernetes in production.
  • Experience with enterprise storage, networking, and security infrastructure.
  • Scripting and automation skills using Python, PowerShell, Bash, Go, or a combination of these.
  • Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI, along with Git version control.
  • Experience implementing monitoring and observability solutions, including Datadog.
  • Familiarity with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
  • Clear communication skills and the ability to explain technical decisions, manage competing priorities, and guide projects involving several teams.
  • A degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and practical experience.
  • Experience leading large-scale migrations to AWS.
  • Strong SQL Server administration skills and experience supporting IIS.
  • Experience with cloud cost management and FinOps practices, including rightsizing, Savings Plans or Reserved Instances, tagging, and budgets.
  • Experience establishing DevOps practices and cloud governance standards.
  • Experience with additional monitoring tools such as ELK, Prometheus, or Grafana.

Benefits

  • Work-from-home or office flexibility - choose where you work best!
  • Flexible hours to support work-life balance
  • Competitive benefits package, including 100% dental reimbursement
  • Retirement Savings Plan with company matching
  • Training budget and professional development opportunities
  • Fully stocked kitchen at the office with healthy options, snacks, and plenty of coffee
  • A fun and engaging culture with virtual and in-person events, learning opportunities, and a games room and lounge
  • A wellness budget to support your version of wellbeing

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

AnsibleAWSAzureChefCloudDockerGrafanaJenkinsKubernetesLinuxPrometheusPuppetPythonSQLTerraformVMwareGo

Location requirements

HybridCalgaryCanada

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