[Remote] cloud ops engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Dice is seeking a Senior Cloud Operations Engineer responsible for implementing and maintaining a scalable and secure cloud infrastructure. The role focuses on cloud governance, security, monitoring, and continuous deployment, collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance cloud efficiency and compliance with industry standards.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and administer cloud environments across platforms; provide support for a broad range of cloud services, ensuring consistent support delivery and timely resolution of issues
• Implement and enforce governance policies, such as access control, tagging, cost management, guardrails, SCPs, and resource monitoring, to ensure adherence to company-wide security standards
• Proactively identify security vulnerabilities and mitigate risks
• Implement, and manage automation scripts and tools to streamline cloud operations, including infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and monitoring
• Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines for the automated deployment of applications and services in a scalable and secure manner
• Monitor system performance, analyse metrics, and implement improvements to ensure efficient utilization of cloud resources
• Collaborate with peers on troubleshooting technical issues; assist in implementing technical strategies established by the team
• Aid in implementing disaster recovery strategies to ensure data protection and maintain business continuity in accordance with the team's guidelines
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold Optum’s respectful and courteous work environment

Skills

• Minimum four years of recent experience in Cloud IT Operations
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Proficiency in data analysis and programming languages like Python, PowerShell
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and Advanced CI/CD expertise with GitHub actions
• Proficiency with Cloud monitoring and Cloud networking
• Ability to utilize AI for automation and analysis
• Maintaining and administering cloud environments across platforms
• Support for a broad range of cloud services
• Timely resolution of issues
• Identifying security vulnerabilities
• Risk mitigation
• Implementing technical strategies
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Enhancing cloud efficiency, reliability, and security
• Continuous deployment
• Scalable and secure cloud infrastructure
• Efficient utilization of cloud resources
• Integrity
• Professionalism
• Personal responsibility

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