Cloud Engineer

Cloud Platform Engineer Location : Dallas, Texas / Charllotte, NC ## Hybrid Key Responsibilities • Work with Tanzu Application Service (TAS) and Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) • Resolve coding, testing, and escalated platform issues of a technically challenging nature. • Ensure systems are monitored to increase operational efficiency and manage to mitigate risk. • Partner with production support and platform engineering teams effectively. • Make decisions in developing standards and company-wide best practices for engineering and large-scale technology solutions. • Design, optimize, and document engineering aspects of the cloud platform. • Understand industry best practices and new technologies, influencing and leading technology team to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives. • Define opportunities to maximize resource utilization and improve processes while reducing cost. • Collaborate and consult with key technical experts, senior technology team, and external industry groups to resolve complex technical issues and achieve goals. • Work in a globally distributed team to provide innovative and robust cloud-centric solutions. • Maintain system documentation and provide training and support to team on TAS, PCF, OpenShift best practices. Required Skills & Qualifications: • 5+ years working with Tanzu Application Service (TAS) and Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) • 5+ years of software engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education. • 5+ years working with OpenShift/Kubernetes and have a proven track record of building complex infrastructure programmatically through automation and scripting. • 5+ years of experience in building, deploying, securing, and managing OpenShift or Kubernetes across various environments. • 5+ years of experience with Linux operating systems and container orchestration. • 3+ years of experience with infrastructure automation tools like Ansible, Terraform, or equivalent. • 3+ years of experience with Agile, CI/CD, DevOps concepts, including tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, or Tekton. • 3+ years of experience with monitoring, logging, observability tools (Splunk, Grafana, AppD, New Relic, Elastic, Open Telemetry). • 3+ years of experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid infrastructure setups. • 3+ years driving architectural discussions and serving as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for high visibility cloud initiatives to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment, security, cost effectiveness, and high availability in the private cloud space. • 3+ years of experience with cloud methodologies (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), automation, orchestration, trends, and industry-leading cloud vendor offerings. Desired Qualifications: • Experience working with cloud security management or governance tools. • Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration (EX280) or similar certification. • Knowledge of service mesh, load balancers, DDI technologies. • Knowledge of networking, security, and storage concepts as they relate to containerized environments. • Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills. Ability to articulate technical solutions to both technical and business audiences. • Ability to deliver and engage with partners effectively in a multi-cultural environment by demonstrating co-ownership and accountability in a matrix structure. • Delivery focus and willingness to work in a fast-paced enterprise environment. • Experienced in implementing risk and control requirements for cloud infrastructure.