Sr. Cloud Engineer (Hybrid)
VIRGINIA HOUSING
Richmond, VA
Full-time
Information Services / Technology (IT)
Posted on May 30, 2023
We're looking for amazing people! Come join Virginia Housing as a Senior Cloud Engineer.
This important role will drive the evolution of infrastructure across the enterprise, to help grow and protect Virginia Housing's business and requires insight into emerging cloud technology and business trends, an understanding of security threats and risks, and strong knowledge of current technology standards, frameworks, and best practices. Solid technical infrastructure experience, strong project management acumen, excellent vendor management skill, plus a superior, service-oriented approach to operations is expected.
Responsibilities will include:
Qualified candidates must possess:
Preferred experience includes Cloud certifications in AWS or Azure.
Virginia Housing is one of the nation's premier housing finance organizations. Our mission is to help Virginians attain quality, affordable housing, which we accomplish through our public-private partnerships.
We are focused on employee engagement and committed to a healthy and diverse workforce. We offer on-site conveniences such as a cafeteria, fitness center, and free parking. Educational opportunities to help your advancement are available through classroom and online programs.
Applications and resumes are accepted online only at http://www.virginiahousing.com/careers .
Hiring Range: $114,125 to $148,362
Hybrid work model (3 days in office, 2 days remote)
This position will close at midnight on June 23, 2023.
A background will be performed as a condition of employment.
- EOE -
This important role will drive the evolution of infrastructure across the enterprise, to help grow and protect Virginia Housing's business and requires insight into emerging cloud technology and business trends, an understanding of security threats and risks, and strong knowledge of current technology standards, frameworks, and best practices. Solid technical infrastructure experience, strong project management acumen, excellent vendor management skill, plus a superior, service-oriented approach to operations is expected.
Responsibilities will include:
- Build, support, and monitor Virginia Housing's PaaS and IaaS environments utilizing both MS Azure and Amazon Web Services Cloud infrastructure
- Translate Virginia Housing's cloud strategy into a highly available and secure cloud implementation in accordance with best practices as outlined by the cloud provider
- Works closely with Cloud Architect to analyze and define business requirements and to determine specifications and standards; proposes and develops cloud solutions
- Overseeing the different stages of cloud migration in coordination with Infrastructure Manager and Cloud Service Provider
- Installs and maintains cloud-based applications, systems, or associated infrastructures
- Deploys and oversees SaaS implementations such as Microsoft 365, ensuring that appropriate information security standards and best practices are applied
- Assisting with developing and implementing policies for the use of cloud services, managing requests for new technology, establishing a secure cloud environment, and ensuring appropriate availability of cloud services
- Reviewing, observing, and managing the operational workflow in all Virginia Housing Cloud environments
Qualified candidates must possess:
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field, or equivalent work experience
- Several years of hands-on experience with cloud computing and/or data center infrastructure engineering
- Experience with deploying enterprise-scale applications using Azure Cloud Platform (PaaS), including the use case for PaaS platforms
- Experience participating in multi-discipline, high-performance work teams/groups in a DevSecOps environment
- Demonstrated success developing and implementing new technology and processes, including design, and implementation of Storage and/or Virtual server infrastructure
- Successfully worked with customers to develop effective solutions to diverse and complex business problems
Preferred experience includes Cloud certifications in AWS or Azure.
Virginia Housing is one of the nation's premier housing finance organizations. Our mission is to help Virginians attain quality, affordable housing, which we accomplish through our public-private partnerships.
We are focused on employee engagement and committed to a healthy and diverse workforce. We offer on-site conveniences such as a cafeteria, fitness center, and free parking. Educational opportunities to help your advancement are available through classroom and online programs.
Applications and resumes are accepted online only at http://www.virginiahousing.com/careers .
Hiring Range: $114,125 to $148,362
Hybrid work model (3 days in office, 2 days remote)
This position will close at midnight on June 23, 2023.
A background will be performed as a condition of employment.
- EOE -