Cloud Engineer Jobs

The Cloud Engineer is a key enabler of the Healthfirst cloud operational excellence strategy. This role manages enterprise solutions in both public and private Clouds, while also developing tools to automate system deployment and configuration management tasks. The incumbent may work collaboratively with other Engineers, while also being able to work autonomously in creating solutions.
He/She works with diverse technologies to build tools and automation to eliminate manual operations and create reliable and repeatable orchestration. The role is responsible for establishing standards of usage across our public and private cloud footprint. This team works with other engineers to identify efficiency opportunities, eliminate waste, and improve the resiliency of our infrastructure platforms, while working with application development teams to support continuous delivery of new capabilities
Work horizontally across Infrastructure and Operations portfolio as an Engineer supporting private/public cloud systems, operating Systems, middleware, storage, database platforms, and other key infrastructure products
Develop repeatable automation to deliver capabilities more efficiently
Drive solutions to problems impacting mission critical systems and implement automation to prevent reoccurrence
Execute changes on production systems in accordance with Change Management standards
Support and implement private cloud HCI components
Work in Center of Excellence for cloud usage, and cloud development standards
Maintain an accurate picture of existing server, storage, networking software and hardware and virtual environments to support scaling against various project requirements
Ensure all usage of cloud environments meets governance standards and contribute to improving standards for security and operational efficiency
Create standard operating procedures for Healthfirst operations teams to support the operations of the products
Act as an escalation point for operations teams for incident and ticket resolution and participate in an on-call rotation as an escalation point
Other duties as assigned or required
Minimum Qualifications:
Experience in designing, building, and managing Linux/Unix-based and/or Windows systems
Cloud Experience (AWS, Azure, GPC etc. )
Working knowledge of Core Cloud Competencies (Virtualization, DNS, IAM, Access Control, Environment Management etc.
Automation scripting experience in at least one language(BASH, Python, PowerShell etc. )
Experience identifying repeatable processes and working with operations team to automate/document
Preferred Qualifications:
Technical degree or work experience equivalent
AWS/GCP/Nutanix Certification in Development, Architecture, and/or DevOps
Experience being a part of a Cloud Center of Excellence and driving business innovation
Experience implementing Cloud Services with an Infrastructure as code methodology using Cloudformation, Ansible, or Terraform
Experience supporting Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD integration
Strong understanding of cloud Security best practices, and implementing a least privileged model of access in AWS
Deep troubleshooting skills that involve analysis of logs, traffic trace, configuration data, automation tools to resolve issues until end-to-end systems are functioning
Experience with Kubernetes and/or Docker
Experience working with development teams to create cloud-native applications
Experience with system health monitoring and optimizing performance (CloudWatch, New Relic, Dynatrace, Splunk Opsview, ExtraHop, CloudTrail etc.)
Experience working in regulated and/or high-security environments and industries (PCI, HIPAA, HITRUST etc).
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Hiring Range*:
Greater New York City Area (NY, NJ, CT residents): $104,700 - $151,300
All Other Locations (within approved locations): $94,700 - $140,845
As a candidate for this position, your salary and related elements of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, licenses and certifications, and any other factors Healthfirst deems pertinent to the hiring decision.
In addition to your salary, Healthfirst offers employees a full range of benefits such as, medical, dental and vision coverage, incentive and recognition programs, life insurance, and 401k contributions (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Healthfirst believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package wherever its employees work and live.

• The hiring range is defined as the lowest and highest salaries that Healthfirst in “good faith” would pay to a new hire, or for a job promotion, or transfer into this role.