TE11P5 Sr Cloud Engineer/Architect (AWS)

The American Chemical Society (ACS) is the world’s largest scientific membership association, focused on advancing the chemistry enterprise. As a Sr Cloud Engineer/Architect at ACS, you will implement and manage cloud solutions, primarily using Amazon Web Services (AWS), to support various scientific and scholarly publications.

Responsibilities

• Ability to plan, design, explain and anticipate impact of services used in the cloud
• Implement, and manage cloud solutions in AWS, using cloud native solutions and optimizations
• Take ownership of the provision of Cloud services and products
• Develop and manage infrastructure automation focusing on scalability and security
• Work closely with software and AI engineer teams to meet project acceptance criteria, document requirements, support continuous integration and delivery, and mentor junior staff members in cloud technologies and best practices
• Experience with Design, develop, and manage dev, test, and production environments, ensuring robust software configuration management throughout the application development lifecycle
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile setting, to provide architecture support on AWS
• Utilize Terraform and other Infrastructure as Code to automate and manage cloud infrastructure
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure CI/CD pipeline via tools such as Brainboard, ensuring smooth IAC deployments and integrations using GitHub
• Work with serverless computing frameworks on AWS to enhance application scalability and efficiency
• Implement, scale, and upgrade AWS EKS clusters
• Manage workloads, node groups, network flows, and cluster security
• Containerization strategies: Docker, EKS, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD
• Extensive experience in implementing AWS EKS clusters, management and scaling of the clusters with a good knowledge of traffic in/ouflows via subnet configurations and gateways. Linux experience is a plus
• Build IAM role models, SSO, SCPs, permission boundaries
• Implement security guardrails: cross strike, sonarcube, etc
• Secrets management (AWS Secrets Manager, SSM)
• Ensure compliance alignment
• S3 lifecycle & replication design
• EBS, EFS, RDS/Aurora usage patterns
• Backups, snapshots, restore testing, DR runbook

Skills

• Proficiency in AWS Cloud Platforms: expertise in major cloud platforms like AWS. Understanding their core services such as computing, storage, and databases is crucial
• Linux Fundamentals: Many cloud environments run on Linux, so having a solid understanding of Linux basics is essential
• Networking and Virtualization: Knowledge of networking concepts and virtualization technologies is important for managing cloud infrastructure
• Security and Compliance: Understanding cloud security best practices and compliance requirements is vital to protect data and applications
• Automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Skills in tools like Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and Azure Resource Manager help automate the provisioning and management of cloud resources
• Containerization and Orchestration: Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes for container management and orchestration is highly valuable
• Programming and Scripting: Proficiency in languages like Python, Java, or Bash for scripting and automation tasks
• Database Management: Understanding different database services and management techniques is important for handling data in the cloud
• Monitoring, Logging, and Cost Optimization: Skills in monitoring and logging tools, as well as strategies for cost optimization, ensure efficient cloud operations
• Ability to rationalize the cost of cloud resource usage: Skills in reviewing infrastructure and services used by applications or platforms to resize and upgrade to reduce cost of cloud footprint
• Problem-Solving: Ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues quickly and efficiently
• Communication: Strong communication skills to collaborate with teams and explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Continuous Learning: The cloud landscape is constantly evolving, so a commitment to continuous learning and staying updated with the latest technologies is crucial
• Project Management: Skills in managing projects, timelines, and resources effectively
• Minimum 10+ years of cloud engineering/development experience required for this position
• Ability to plan, design, explain and anticipate impact of services used in the cloud
• Implement, and manage cloud solutions in AWS, using cloud native solutions and optimizations
• Take ownership of the provision of Cloud services and products. Develop and manage infrastructure automation focusing on scalability and security
• Work closely with software and AI engineer teams to meet project acceptance criteria, document requirements, support continuous integration and delivery, and mentor junior staff members in cloud technologies and best practices
• Experience with Design, develop, and manage dev, test, and production environments, ensuring robust software configuration management throughout the application development lifecycle
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile setting, to provide architecture support on AWS
• Utilize Terraform and other Infrastructure as Code to automate and manage cloud infrastructure
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure CI/CD pipeline via tools such as Brainboard, ensuring smooth IAC deployments and integrations using GitHub
• Work with serverless computing frameworks on AWS to enhance application scalability and efficiency
• Implement, scale, and upgrade AWS EKS clusters
• Manage workloads, node groups, network flows, and cluster security
• Containerization strategies: Docker, EKS, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD
• Extensive experience in implementing AWS EKS clusters, management and scaling of the clusters with a good knowledge of traffic in/ouflows via subnet configurations and gateways. Linux experience is a plus
• Build IAM role models, SSO, SCPs, permission boundaries
• Implement security guardrails: cross strike, sonarcube, etc
• Secrets management (AWS Secrets Manager, SSM)
• Ensure compliance alignment
• S3 lifecycle & replication design
• EBS, EFS, RDS/Aurora usage patterns
• Backups, snapshots, restore testing, DR runbook

Benefits

• Paid vacation leave
• Paid sick leave
• Paid holidays
• Health insurance
• Flexible spending account or health care savings account
• Dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance
• Retirement benefits
• Short- and long-term disability
• 4-week work from anywhere; each benefit is subject to the terms of the applicable program.
• Additional benefits may apply based on skills, experience, and location.

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