Senior Cloud Engineer

Job Details

Description

Vistex is a global enterprise software and services company that helps businesses take control of their mission-critical processes. With a multitude of programs covering pricing, trade, royalties and incentives, it can be complicated to see where all the money is flowing, let alone how much difference it makes to the topline and the bottom line. With Vistex, business stakeholders can see the numbers, see what really works, and see what to do next – so they can make sure every dollar spent or earned is really driving growth, and not just additional costs.

The world’s leading enterprises across a spectrum of industries rely on Vistex every day to propel their businesses

Vistex is currently hiring a Senior Cloud Engineer to join our Cloud Infrastructure Team. The Vistex Senior Cloud Engineer will be primarily responsible for developing and providing automated, highly available cloud infrastructure that will be utilized by internal and external stakeholders. The Senior Cloud Engineer will also be responsible for providing architectural input for our environment, as well as mentoring other engineers in the department.

This is a highly technical, hands-on role with a strong focus on high-level automation, resilient design, and growth of the Cloud Infrastructure Team. As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will collaborate with our DevOps and Basis teams in support of providing full-stack infrastructure technical expertise to meet the demands of our cloud-based applications.

Responsibilities:

Design and implement secure, complex automations that deploy cloud infrastructure components which are utilized by several different teams

Maintain and grow public cloud platforms, as well as our OpenStack private cloud platform

Build and implement Infrastructure-as-Code approach to cloud infrastructure creation and management

Design, implement, expand, and maintain production-level Kubernetes clusters and deployments

Create custom modules and maintain post-deployment configuration tools (Puppet)

Maintain and commit code to source control solutions

Enhance and maintain deployment pipelines

Understand and implement identity and access management (IAM) for multiple cloud environments

Work with cloud-native software-defined networking technologies including VPCs, Subnetworks, and Firewall rules

Write and maintain various scripts for cloud-based systems

Monitor cloud infrastructure to identify areas of improvement

Develop container images to be used in hosting on-prem cloud environments

Research and implement new technology to keep the team at the front of innovation

Troubleshoot and resolve issues reported by various monitoring systems and our ticketing system

Work with the Vistex Security Team to ensure we have security coverage throughout all our cloud environments

Disaster recovery planning and testing

Participate in an on-call rotation for cloud infrastructure support

Performing other tasks as defined and approved by leadership

The compensation for this position is $105k - $120k CAD. Base pay will vary depending on factors, including but not limited to, a candidate’s location, job-related knowledge, skills and work experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus. Vistex provides highly competitive benefits including comprehensive healthcare plan, and paid time off, including paid volunteerism days!

About us: The Vistex platform helps businesses finally get control of all their different promotions, rebates, SPAs, discounts, and other incentives. With so many programs across so many partner relationships, it can be impossible to see where all the money is going, let alone how much difference it’s actually making to revenue. With Vistex, business leaders can see the numbers, see what really works, and see what to do next – so they can make sure every dollar they spend really is driving more growth, not just more costs.

It’s why global enterprises ranging from Coca-Cola to Sony to Grainger rely on Vistex every day. Vistex | Now it all adds up.™

Qualifications

Education

Required

Bachelors or better in Computer Science or related field.

Experience

Required

8-10 years:

Experience working in cloud engineering, DevOps, infrastructure, or a related technical field.

Experience with production computing environments OR equivalent work experience.

Experience with configuration management tools (Puppet, Ansible, etc.)

Experience in Infrastructure as Code tooling (Terraform)

Experience performing design/build/support of multiple operating systems (Linux, Windows)

Multiple years of experience with deploying to and operating cloud environments (Google Cloud, Azure, AWS, OpenStack)

Strong knowledge of Linux and Windows system administration a must.

Ability to design, document, and implement large, cloud-native architecture patterns.

Working knowledge of Kubernetes and various components.

Working knowledge of networking concepts such as IP Addressing, TCP vs UDP vs ICMP, DNS, DHCP.

Strong knowledge of server and software-development lifecycles.

Ability to write highly functional scripts in at least one predominant scripting language (Bash, Python, PowerShell).

Preferred

Strong knowledge of advanced networking concepts (Subnetting, CIDR ranges, VLANs/VXLANs, VPN Tunneling, etc.)

Ability to construct containers from scratch (Docker).

Experience with relational databases is a plus (PostgreSQL, MSSQL).

https://www.vistex.com/careers/

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field with 8-10 years in cloud engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure.
• Proficient in Linux/Windows administration, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), configuration management (Puppet/Ansible), and cloud platforms (GCP, Azure, AWS, OpenStack).
• Skilled in Kubernetes, networking fundamentals, scripting (Bash, Python, PowerShell), and designing cloud-native architectures.