Cloud DevOps Engineer

About

We are looking for a senior DevOps engineer that gets excited about the idea of working hands‑on with many of the world’s leading SaaS companies as they onboard their solutions onto the platform. The GC Cloud DevOps Engineer is a highly‑creative problem solver that will work with each unique SaaS architecture and translate it into Infrastructure as Code that will deploy onto the GC PaaS. Deep experience with AWS, and are a given. The GC Cloud DevOps Engineer is likely learning several other technologies right now.

Responsibilities

• Assess the architectural and technical maturity and integrity of potential ISV SaaS partner solutions and own the technical vetting process.
• Own the technical onboarding of ISV SaaS partners into the environments, working with ISV engineers to deploy and refactor their application as necessary, while subsequently packaging everything for production deployment.
• Support the Director of Cloud Architecture with automation and scripting for both production and pre‑production environments.
• Document, diagram, and explain an ISV’s SaaS platform’s architectural elements and capabilities (system boundary, network and data flow diagrams).
• Obtain appropriate certifications (AWS cloud certifications as an example) for technical and compliance‑related professional growth.

Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of direct DevOps and automation experience in AWS.
• Deep experience deploying and operating software in AWS, including AWS.
• Expert‑level knowledge of and experience with additional IaC technologies.
• Deep experience with implementing service mesh technologies on EKS (Istio, for example).
• Ability to generate detailed architectural diagrams for AWS and other cloud environments utilizing Visio or Lucidchart.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities to analyze, organize and translate complex technical concepts into clear and digestible information.
• Ability to work independently or as a member of a team on various tasks and identify goals and tasks that are attainable and appropriate for ensuring CGC’s success.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher from a nationally accredited university in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.

Nice to Have

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect and other AWS certifications.
• Prior experience architecting or supporting the deployment of a cloud offering with FedRAMP or DISA/DoD/CMMC compliance requirements.
• Experience with multiple clouds beyond AWS (OCI, Azure, GCP).
• Familiarity with OSCAL and emerging technologies that enable compliance automation and orchestration.