Cloud Engineer

Philadelphia, PA, United States

Company Description

A best-in-class city that attracts best-in-class talent, Philadelphia is an incredible place to build a career. From our thriving arts scene and rich history to our culture of passion and grit, there are countless reasons to love living and working here. With a workforce of over 30,000 people, and more than 1,000 different job categories, the City of Philadelphia offers boundless opportunities to make an impact.

As an employer, the City of Philadelphia values inclusion, integrity, innovation, empowerment, and hard work above all else. We offer a vibrant work environment, comprehensive health care and benefits, and the experience you need to grow and excel. If you’re interested in working with a passionate team of people who care about the future of Philadelphia, start here.

What We Offer:

Impact - The work you do here matters to millions.

Growth - Philadelphia is growing, why not grow with it?

Diversity & Inclusion - Find a career in a place where everyone belongs.

Benefits - We care about your well-being.

The Office of Innovation & Technology (OIT) is the central IT agency for the City of Philadelphia headed by the Chief Information Officer (CIO). OIT oversees all major information and communications technology initiatives for the City of Philadelphia - increasing the effectiveness of the information technology infrastructure, where the services provided are advanced, optimized, and responsive to the needs of the City of Philadelphia’s businesses, residents, and visitors. OIT responsibilities include: identifying the most effective approach for implementing new information technology directions throughout city government; improving the value of the city’s technology assets and the return on the city’s technology investments; ensuring data security continuity; planning for continuing operations in the event of disruption of information technology or communications services; and supporting accountable, efficient and effective government across every city department, board, commission and agency.

Job Description

Do you want to be at the forefront of CoP’s emerging cloud practice? We are seeking an exceptional engineer to support and expand an environment that has already provided great value to CoP by enabling modernization and optimization strategies. An ideal candidate is expected to operate independently, have a results-oriented mindset, and foster an environment of continuous improvement. A Cloud Engineer must possess strong interpersonal skills and regularly work with IT leaders and engineers in other departments.

Essential Functions

Work in tandem with our architecture and engineering teams to identify and implement optimal cloud-based solutions

Plan and design cloud workloads to meet business needs with a focus on security

Document standard, best practices, and procedures across the environment

Automate deployment infrastructure and applications throughout the development lifecycle

Manage and govern all cloud environments. Monitor and optimizes services to control costs and usage

Employ exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to see and solve issues before they affect business productivity

Stay current with industry trends and new services

Forecast cloud services costs for new workloads

Optimize existing workloads for cost and reliability

Build dashboards and usage reports in AWS Cost Explorer

Competencies, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Experience in AWS cloud engineering and architecture design · Competent in maintaining multi-account AWS environments

Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to help project teams meet their goals while addressing enterprise concepts such as standards and security

Demonstrable ability to architect scalable, resilient, secure systems in virtualized and / or cloud-based environments

Possesses excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills with proven ability to champion causes with positive impact and change agency

Qualifications

AWS experience is a must - preferably 3 + years

Automating environments using Infrastructure as Code - Terraform experience preferred

Familiarity with network topology and technologies (VPC, Direct Connect, Route53, Load Balancers, etc.)

Cloud architecture design (Well-Architected five pillars)

Understanding of data and data integration concepts (SQL, data governance, enterprise patterns)

Scripting - 2+ years experience (python, BASH, PowerShell) - preferred

Additional:

Able to provide strong references successfully demonstrating such abilities and experience as defined above

Employment is contingent upon passing a CJIS background check

Additional Information

Salary Range: $110,000 - $115,000

Starting salary to be determined based on experience and qualifications.

Important: To apply, candidates must provide a cover letter and a resume.

Did you know?

We are a Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program qualified employer

25% tuition discount program for City employees (and sometimes spouses and dependents as well) in partnership with area colleges and universities

We offer Comprehensive health coverage for employees and their eligible dependents

Our wellness program offers eligibility into the discounted medical plan

Employees receive paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays

Generous retirement savings options are available

*The successful candidate must be a city of Philadelphia resident within six months of hire.

The City of Philadelphia is an Equal Opportunity employer and does not permit discrimination based on race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, source of income, familial status, genetic information or domestic or sexual violence victim status. If you believe you were discriminated against, call the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations at 215-686-4670 or send an email to faqpchr @phila.gov. For more information, go to: Human Relations Website: http://www.phila.gov/humanrelations/Pages/default.aspx

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