Senior Cloud Engineer
thomsonreuters
Job Description
In this opportunity as Sr Cloud Engineer, you will:
- Active member of a team of cloud engineers who will be responsible on provisioning public Cloud Native platform infrastructure in AWS or Azure.
- Partner with businesses and application teams to accelerate Cloud migration and define cloud deployment strategies, based on application and business requirements.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as a Code (IaC) scripts to deploy cloud resources through pipelines and automate application installs.
- Create, operationalize, and provide associated runbooks and documentations for cloud patterns services to be used by varies products for a self-serve model
- Work closely with the Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE), and cloud architectures to adopt strategies and ensuring common TR Technology standard across all cloud implementations.
- Educate and provide guidance to internal teams of experts to build effective Cloud Native solution.
- Continually evolve deployment methods and processes to effectively deliver products across all environments.
- Keep up to date with emerging cloud technology trends – open source and cloud vendors such as AWS, Azure, and GCP
- Collaborate deeply with multiple levels of technical staff across various geographical locations in a dynamic agile team environment.
- Being the Cloud Native advocate to challenge status quo and ensure leveraging the full capabilities of the Cloud Platform
- Makes suggestions for problem solutions or software enhancements, which will typically be reviewed by a more senior developer.
- Ensure that all cloud solutions follow internally defined security and compliance standards and controls
- Participates in project planning sessions with team members to analyze development requirements, provide design options, and provide work breakdown and estimates of work.
- Participate in the resolution of various technical challenges and ensure the implementation of recommended solutions meet stakeholder expectations.
- Deliver timely updates on team responsibilities within projects to management.
- Monitor project progress and maintain regular status updates using Microsoft Azure DevOps using Agile methodology
- Responds to non-standard requests from customers; investigates with assistance from others as needed
- Explains difficult issues and obtains agreement as needed
About You:
You're a fit for the role of Sr Cloud Engineer if your background includes:
- Minimum 5 years of cloud experience, preferably in AWS or Azure.
- Bachelor of Computer Science or equivalent with minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in cloud engineering.
- Possess one or more certifications: (AWS/Azure Certification at the associate level or higher)
- Possess deep and broad knowledge and experience in general IT and public cloud, including Networking, Infrastructure, Security, Storage, Operating Systems (Linux/Windows).
- Experience with cloud infrastructure as code tooling.
- Proficiency in server OS, including Windows and/or Linux.
- Strong skills in Python and PowerShell/Bash scripting.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and bridge gaps between technical and non-technical team members.
- Familiarity with high availability and disaster recovery solutions, architecture, and tools.
- Embody a cloud-first mindset, demonstrating a deep understanding of cloud computing best practices, including architecture, scalability, efficiency, and reliability.
- Willingness to develop an understanding of Thomson Reuters products, architecture, and associated costs.
- Experience in creating, reviewing, and maintaining technical documentation for diverse technical audiences to ensure supportability and reusability.
- Excellent problem solving, troubleshooting and analytical skills.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritize and meet deadlines.
- Curious, passionate, and driven to learn new technologies.