Cloud Engineer

Summary

Sidekick Solutions, LLC is a software consulting and development firm specializing in social services case management and donor/grants management software solutions. The Cloud Engineer will support the growth of the cloud platform by managing cloud infrastructure initiatives in the AWS Control Tower environment, developing new products, and maintaining service quality and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Be accountable for service quality and cost efficiency of our platform
• Design and develop cloud infrastructure, applications, and services from spec to release
• Use Terraform and Github Actions as part of our software development and product life cycles
• Set up logging, monitors, and alerts; and analyze logs to optimize services
• Collaborate with Support teams on incidents and tickets
• Implement security measures for our compliance frameworks: SOC 2 and HIPAA

Skills

• 2+ years of cloud development, software development, or application development
• Proficient in Terraform and GitHub Actions deployment in an AWS environment
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification or pursuing the certification soon
• Demonstrated experience engineering platform services on AWS by referencing prior projects, their stated objective, obstacles faced, and results achieved
• Able to present your engineering methods, approaches, standards, and conventions
• Prior experience with accountability to an cloud engineering initiative/project
• Prior experience deploying and maintaining APIs
• Prior experience using Python, PowerShell, Go or Bash
• Proficient using Terraform infrastructure as code and Github
• Proficient with development productivity measures (i.e. release cadence, bugs, CI/CD pipelines)
• Practical understanding of operating systems, databases (MySQL and MS SQL), javascript programming, networking, containerization (Docker/ECS), virtualization (primarily windows), security/availability/recovery
• Strong self organization and productivity skills; experience with productivity tools (Asana preferred) and time tracking are required

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 2+ years of cloud development, software development, or application development
• Proficient in Terraform and GitHub Actions deployment in an AWS environment
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification or pursuing the certification soon
• Demonstrated experience engineering platform services on AWS by referencing prior projects, their stated objective, obstacles faced, and results achieved
• Able to present your engineering methods, approaches, standards, and conventions
• Prior experience with accountability to an cloud engineering initiative/project
• Prior experience deploying and maintaining APIs
• Prior experience using Python, PowerShell, Go or Bash
• Proficient using Terraform infrastructure as code and Github
• Proficient with development productivity measures (i.e. release cadence, bugs, CI/CD pipelines)
• Practical understanding of operating systems, databases (MySQL and MS SQL), javascript programming, networking, containerization (Docker/ECS), virtualization (primarily windows), security/availability/recovery
• Strong self organization and productivity skills; experience with productivity tools (Asana preferred) and time tracking are required

Benefits

• Performance-based bonuses and raises
• Assistance with technology and office costs
• Company-sponsored professional development, training, and certifications
• Health insurance, 401(K) match, 15 Days PTO, Holidays, and Sick Time