Cloud Engineer

Job Description 

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Full Time 40 hours Grade 055 University IT / CTS

Schedule

8 AM-5 PM

Responsibilities

GENERAL PURPOSE:

This role provides technical expertise in the design, implementation, management and ongoing support of cloud-based infrastructure, applications, and services that provide university-wide business services

Experience with networking concepts such as TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls, virtual private clouds (VPCs) and virtual private networks (VPNs) is required. An understanding of security concepts, such as encryption, identity and access management, and cloud security policies is also necessary. A foundational knowledge of systems engineering concepts is also required, including virtualization, storage, compute, and infrastructure resource management.

Orchestration and automation are key deliverables of the individual with this role. Automation tools, such as Ansible or Puppet along with a foundational knowledge of scripting languages are required to allow for the quick deployment and management of cloud resources.

Cloud solution design, deployment, backup, recovery, and operational support is required. Successful management of the performance, capacity, health, resilience, availability, costs and feature set lifecycles of cloud-based solutions are expected of this position. Troubleshooting and resolving issues that may arise in the environment along with implementing proactive preventative measures to prevent repeat incidents is also required.

Overall, this position is responsible for ensuring the cloud environment adheres to University standards and policies as well as industry best practices resulting in systems that are highly available, scalable, predictable, fault tolerant, and secure.

 

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

• Prepares use case requirements, designs solutions, and deploys cloud-based infrastructure.
• Integrates on premise solutions with cloud solutions.
• Automates and deploys solutions hosted on both cloud services and on-premise infrastructure
• Independently completes proactive performance monitoring, analysis, alerting, reporting, and tuning.
• Independently completes proactive capacity analysis and provisions solutions.
• Completes incident and problem analysis, resolution, maintenance activities, and follow-up to ensure platform stability.
• Completes the implementation and management of data backup, recover, business continuity and disaster recovery solutions.
• Implements automation and orchestration solutions for cloud management.
• Creates, reviews, and maintains technical documentation including solution designs and reference guides
• Leads discussions of new cloud services, features and functionality that will help enhance the delivery of cloud services; engages vendors as appropriate.
• Creates required documentation to ensure conformance to University standards and procedures
• Shares best practices and is consultative during the design of cloud solutions throughout their life cycles (planning, development, testing and stabilization).
• Participates in the cloud governance process
• Maintains a knowledge of cloud technologies
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline, such as Computer Science, Business, Mathematics, Statistics, Science or Engineering or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

4-5 years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.

• Deep and broad technical skills for service design and delivery, including infrastructure and application components.
• Must be able to communicate clearly and facilitate discussions.
• Recognizes strategic business opportunities.
• Experience in system development life cycle, business analysis, project management, systems integration, software and SaaS development and the administration of service platforms, public/private cloud platforms, databases, and networks, are desirable.
• Candidate must be self-motivated and comfortable in the dynamic atmosphere of a technical organization. Candidate must be organized and analytical, adept at working in a team environment, able to design and implement a project schedule, and able to handle multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment.

 

The University of Rochester is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion to advance the University’s mission to Learn, Discover, Heal, Create – and Make the World Ever Better. In support of our values and those of our society, the University is committed to not discriminating on the basis of age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, military/veteran status, national origin, race, religion/creed, sex, sexual orientation, citizenship status, or any other status protected by law. This commitment extends to the administration of our policies, admissions, employment, access, and recruitment of candidates from underrepresented populations, veterans, and persons with disabilities consistent with these values and government contractor Affirmative Action obligations.

How To Apply

Term/ 2 years from Start Date

 

All applicants must apply online.

 

EOE Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled

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