Cloud Engineer

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Location: Department 759 
Shift: Daytime
Experience: 5 year
Minimum Starting Pay: $100,000.00 

 

Kwik Trip’s Network Services Department has an opening for a Cloud Platform Engineer II.  

  

What you will be doing…  

As a Cloud Engineer II, you will be responsible for working independently and in a team environment to assist in the design, implementation, and support of Kwik Trip’s public cloud as well as the private cloud infrastructure – compute, storage, and virtualization. 

  

Responsibilities Include:  

• Assist in design, implementing and administration of Kwik Trip’s public cloud environment.  

• Lead the management, configuration, and monitoring of cloud infrastructure and resources. 

• Configure and manage monitoring, alerting, and reporting of key performance indicators in Kwik Trip’s cloud Environments. 

• Manage security updates for assigned servers and public cloud resources  

• Assist in design, implementation, and administration of public and private cloud, storage, and virtual environments  

• Perform scheduled maintenance and updates on the public and private cloud, storage, and virtualization infrastructure.  

• Design, develop, and operate cloud database services, APIs, microservices, replication, & scaling or distributed databases. 

• Design, develop, and maintain cloud infrastructure using IaC and automation scripts.  

• Experience with technical analysis of existing software workloads and the ability to define a technical migration roadmap for project work.  

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues related to cloud services. 

  

What we are looking for...  

• Associate degree in Information Systems/Network Systems Administration or equivalent combination of education and experience. 

• 4 or more years of experience managing hardware, storage, and virtualization infrastructure. 

• 4 or more years of relevant experience (Microsoft Azure Infrastructure as a Service and Platform as a Service). 

• Advanced Knowledge and Skills Required:  

• Knowledge and experience deploying 

• Microsoft Azure Security: Firewalls, Log Analytics, key vaults, network security groups, etc. 

• Microsoft Azure Services: Front Door Services, Application Gateways, Application Insight, Virtual Machines, app services, etc. 

• Microsoft Azure Storage (Blob, File, Data Lake). 

• Microsoft Azure Networking; vnets, vpns, and ExpressRoute 

• Active Directory. 

• Azure Active Directory. 

• Agile Scrum Methodology. 

• Atlassian Software including JIRA. 

• Infrastructure as Code. 

• CI/CD and DevSecOps Concepts. 

• Fundamental understanding of network attached storage. 

• Understanding of data center racking and cabling. 

• Fundamental understanding of data center hardware. 

• Fundamental networking knowledge and skills. 

• Experience managing VMware virtual environments. 

• Effective communication and customer service skills. 

• Strong analytical skills. 

• Skilled in diagnosing and resolving cloud platform, hardware, and software issues. 

• Ability to perform at an elevated level within a fast-paced and high-pressure environment. 

• Ability to work independently, and as well as in a team environment.  

• Ardent desire to establish and meet aggressive deadlines. 

  

Even better if you have:  

• Experience with NetApp, Cisco ACI and Nutanix technologies. 

• Experience with Amazon Web Services. 

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform. 

• Experience with Linux Operating systems (Redhat, Suse, Ubuntu). 

• Microsoft Certifications (AZ-104, SC-300, SC-400) are highly desired. 

  

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, daytime hours with non-business hours support as required along with a rotating on-call schedule. 

Kwik Trip, Inc. is a family-owned, Midwest company, in operation since 1965. We are dedicated to serving our guests and coworkers while treating everyone like family. Along with our award-winning culture, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Learn more about Kwik Trip and our culture.
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