All qualified applicants must be local to the NYC are - no relocation will be considered at this time.
Our client is looking for a highly skilled Cloud Engineer to join their Infrastructure Team. As a Cloud Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining their cloud infrastructure, with a particular focus on Kubernetes & Docker. You will be part of a team responsible for building and maintaining the backbone of Annaly Capital's technology infrastructure, working closely with developers and stakeholders to ensure the smooth operation of our cloud services.
Essential Responsibilities
- Architecting & managing secure, high-availability systems utilizing industry standards and best practices
- Maintaining cloud environment security
- Integration of cloud resources with on-prem resources (Active Directory, SQL, etc.)
- Develop and implement strategies for Kubernetes clusters, including monitoring, backups, and disaster recovery
- Provisioning and configuring Azure/AWS cloud resources
- Support an Atlassian-based CI/CD environment (Bamboo, GIT/Bitbucket) with developers located across US and Canada
- Support Azure cloud-based infrastructures and custom web applications
- Configure and integrate authentication tools across multiple web applications
- Support build, release, and deployment pipelines
- Create scripts to automate cloud-based tasks
- Create documentation for systems and processes
Qualifications/Requirements
- Bachelor s degree in information technology/Computer Science or a closely related field
- 5+ years working experience in implementation and maintenance of DevOps pipelines (CI/CD and Provisioning) and the tooling around them such as Azure Pipelines and Jenkins
- 4 or more years of Azure or AWS management cloud experience (Azure preferred)
- 2+ years of Cloud engineering experience working within Microsoft Azure ecosystem
- 2+ years working with infrastructure orchestration and automation
- 3+ years experience as a Cloud Operations Engineer or Site Reliability Engineer managing a SaaS / PaaS / IaaS environment
- 2+ years working knowledge with Cloud service provider technologies (Microsoft Azure preferred)
- Experience with security and audit technologies: vulnerability scanning, authentication & authorization (OAuth 2.0, SAML), monitoring (Prometheus, Nagios), enterprise logging (e.g. Splunk, Logstash)
- Experience with Docker container technologies and Docker container deployment technologies, such as Terraform, Kubernetes, and Helm
- Knowledge of specific applications and tools such as:
- CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps or the Atlassian tool suite
- Docker/K8s
- AKS/EKS
- GIT client usage & GIT servers
- Experience with RedHat Linux, and ability to manage, update, configure, and secure RHEL configurations
- Hands-on experience with a scripting programming language like PowerShell and Bash
- Experience supporting Bamboo/Jenkins build tools
- Atlassian Tools Suite experience
- At least 3 years of experience in cloud engineering and Kubernetes administration.
- Strong scripting and automation skills (e.g., Bash, Python, Ansible)
- Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation.
- Strong understanding of networking concepts such as TCP/IP, DNS, and Load Balancing
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Experience in Network Services such as DNS, DHCP, WAN Routing, TCP/IP networking and DNS, LDAP, NFS and SMTP
- Experience in the deployment and management of microservices
- Requires the ability to use problem-solving techniques, such as root cause analysis, to resolve issues
Eligibility Requirements
- Must be willing to work in New York, NY, role is based in NYC
- Must be willing to submit to a background investigation
- Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
- Must be willing to work additional hours as needed to complete deadline driven projects.