Senior Cloud Engineer

The Engineering Cloud job supports the planning for the company's cloud platform. This job assists in developing and implementing operational plans for the processes and standards of developing the organization's technology architecture through the creation of a new cloud platform design. Additionally, this job lends consultative support to multiple teams within the organization to provide technical expertise and insight, along with maintaining consistent knowledge of emerging trends and technologies in the related technology space.
Key Responsibilities and Duties
- Collaborates with various stakeholders on the strategic vision for the enterprise leveraging cloud, managed solutions and traditional capabilities. make recommendations on new solutions and technologies
- Supports the design, development, and implementation of new, cutting edge cloud platform within the organization.
- Verifies cloud platform allows business applications to transform into scalable, elastic systems that can be created on demand.
- Supports the implementation of hardware and software infrastructure updates and improvements as needed and integration with the cloud infrastructure.
- Coaches and reviews the work of lower level information technology professionals to ensure high-quality and timely completion of projects.
Educational Requirements
- University (Degree) Preferred
Work Experience
- 3 Years Required. 5 Years Preferred
Physical Requirements
- Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work
Career Level
7IC
TIAA is seeking a talented Public Cloud Engineer, who embraces being a strong technologist and has a real passion to build compelling solutions using cloud and state-of-the-art technologies. As an experienced Public Cloud Engineer, you will be an integral part of the Cloud Automation and Delivery team and you'll bring in expertise in the cloud strategy, designing and engineering tailored solution and migration of numerous large-scale projects in the cloud. This role will demonstrate a combination of strong expertise with development of cloud automation capabilities, building out and enabling full stack use cases / patterns, accelerate cloud delivery and drive cloud adoption. Some of the key pillars you would be driving hands-on are platform modernization, cloud automation and cloud adoption, security and resiliency across multi-cloud platforms including AWS, GCP, Azure.
Job Responsibilities
- Design, develop, operate, and lead multiple complex cloud automation features, cloud-native application patterns / full stack blueprints, cloud onboarding, cloud adoption, and exposing services to business teams.
- Engineer and maintain scalable and resilient Public Cloud solutions following cloud native design principals.
- Engage and collaborate with development and engineering teams to understand use-cases, challenges, design architecturally sound & operationally efficient solutions and deliver robust cloud-based solutions that drive enhanced customer experiences and accelerate cloud adoption
- Strategize and guide various teams on the standards and best practices related to the Public Cloud on-boarding process and assist with migrating to public cloud while meeting all regulatory/compliance requirements.
- Design, implement, scale, and optimize automated cloud provisioning processes.
- Automate repetitive and manual activities via programmatic solutions and drive the implementation of operational processes while driving their adoption.
- Assist with migration of on-premises workloads to the cloud.
- Function as a subject matter expert in public cloud automation and adoption.
- Champion making public cloud more accessible for every stakeholder by focusing on engineering enablement.
Required Qualifications:
- 3 years of hands-on experience architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions on AWS or GCP
- 1 years of hands-on experience in designing and developing cloud automation, configuration management, and deployment of enterprise-scale infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, Ansible, and Python.
- Excellent understanding and experience with cloud foundational services, Identity & Access Management & cloud governance
- Broad experience using languages such as Python, Ruby, Bash, Java, Go, JavaScript and/or node.js
Preferred Qualifications:
- AWS Cloud Certification or Google Cloud Certification is a plus
- Familiarity with cloud adoption framework, well architected framework, account organization and multi-account architecture
- Familiarity with principles of network, application, and information security.
Base Pay Range: $103,700/yr. $172,900/yr.
Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, the competitive compensation package may include, depending on the role, participation in an incentive program linked to performance (for example, annual discretionary incentive programs, non-annual sales incentive plans, or other non-annual incentive plans).
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Company Overview
TIAA is the leading provider of financial services in the academic, research, medical, cultural and government fields. We offer a wide range of financial solutions, including investing, banking, advice and education, and retirement services.
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The organization is committed to making financial well-being possible for its clients, and is equally committed to the well-being of our associates. That's why we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package designed to make a positive difference in the lives of our associates and their loved ones. Our benefits include a superior retirement program and highly competitive health, wellness and work life offerings that can help you achieve and maintain your best possible physical, emotional and financial well-being. To learn more about your benefits, please review our Benefits Summary (https://www.tiaa.org/public/pdf/benefits-at-a-glance.pdf) .
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TIAA started out over 100 years ago to help ensure teachers could retire with dignity. Today, many people who work at not-for-profits rely on our wide range of financial products and services to support and strengthen their financial well-being