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We help our customers to use AI to build the engines of their future growth, aligning AI’s capabilities with their most important business opportunities. We are an AWS, Anthropic, and OpenAI partner.\nOur team includes consultants, software engineers, devops engineers, UX designers, project managers, marketers, and supporting staff. It should go without saying, but everyoneworking at Metal Toad should be interested in the impact of AI, and believe in a human-first, AI-enabled future.\nMetal Toad is a fully remote company, offering all team members the ability to work from home.\nAlthough Metal Toad is a remote company, we are currently seeking contractors residing in Brazilfor this position. Compensation will be made in Brazilian Reais (R$), in accordance with the local currency of the country where the position is located. Due to legal limitations, we are unable to sponsor any type of visa.\nTo apply for this position, please submit your resume in English as a PDF.\nJob Description\nThe Cloud Engineer position at Metal Toad requires experience in designing and maintaining infrastructure for high-availability, scalable, enterprise-grade applications. You will be part of a talented team that works on mission-critical applications.\nResponsibilities\nPlanning\nAnalyzing customer requirements for software components, system availability, security, and performance.\nDesigning and documenting complete cloud hosting systems, including capacity planning software and instance type selection, allocation, and network design.\nEstimating the costs of the recommended system design.\nBuilding systems by executing installation, configuration, and testing of cloud resources.\nUsing automation and configuration management to ensure repeatability and traceability of changes.\nManaged Services\nTroubleshooting system hardware, software, networks, and operating systems.\nProtecting the integrity and security of systems through proper use of controls and monitoring tools, and providing written evaluations and recommendations for ongoing improvement.\nMaintaining system performance through system monitoring and analysis, performance tuning, and planning for future growth.\nDesigning and running load and stress tests, documenting outcomes, debugging infrastructure issues, and escalating documented application problems to the development team.\nMaintaining internal systems and customer deployment documentation.\nPartnering with project managers, technical consultants, software architects, and developers to validate infrastructure deliverables against the requirements and document all technical hand-offs.\nExperience with Amazon Web Services (AWS).\nResponding to support tickets and incidents in a timely manner that corresponds to SLA commitments.\nExpertise\nContributing to the definition of best practices, operational policies, and procedures.\nEstablishing, documenting, and testing disaster recovery procedures, documenting outcomes, and making recommendations for ongoing improvement.\nUpdating job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations.\nQualifications\nRead and agree to our Corporate Values Statement.\nBelieve in the company's mission: to help people.\nAdvanced to fluent English communication skills are essential for this role.\n4+ years of experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS).\nAdditional experience with other cloud providers is a bonus.\nExperienced in Linux and/or Windows Systems administration (at least one required).\nScripting (bash shell and Python preferred, PowerShell acceptable).\nKnowledge of TCP/IP networking and HTTP protocols.\nExperience with web accelerators, load balancers, reverse proxies, and CDNs.\nProblem solver and willing to work in an agile/fast-paced environment.\nCustomer-oriented with good communication skills. \nWilling to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation with approximately one shift per month compensated.\nNice to have\nAWS Certifications or be willing to get certified.\nInterest in Generative AI technologies.\nPlease note that Metal Toad will never ask for payment or financial information during the hiring process. 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