The Cloud Engineer will oversee the delivery of enterprise cloud infrastructure solutions, assist in designing AWS, Azure, and GCP solutions, and ensure efficient cloud adoption for enterprise customers.
AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.
At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived.
We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD.
Cloud Engineer
The Cloud Engineer will serve as a key delivery engineer for our public cloud ecosystem of partners, customers, and service providers. You will assist AHEAD Architects in the planning and design of AWS, Azure, & GCP solutions for enterprise customers, as well as deployment, testing and cutover of enterprise-scale cloud IaaS and PaaS solutions. You will be a technical expert on both cloud and on-premises infrastructure systems. You will apply your technical expertise in each cloud offering to successfully, and efficiently, assist customers in their cloud adoption.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Support enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure solutions
- Key resource for hands-on delivery of enterprise Cloud solutions
- Review and manage technical requirements and business functional requirements to establish new cloud platforms
- Assist in designing Cloud solutions to meet our clients’ technical, security, and business needs
- Execute implementation plans to deploy Cloud infrastructure and move workloads to that Cloud
- Assist in internal deliverable and IP development
Qualifications
- 3+ years of relevant Engineering & Consulting experience
- 1+ years of relevant Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) delivery experience
- 1+ years of relevant DevOps/Platform Engineering delivery experience (preferred)
- Consulting experience with large-scale implementations
- Attend and assist in technical design workshops for enterprise customers
- General knowledge of cloud system engineering principles and considerations
- Must be a self-starter, with a strong attention to detail
- Demonstrable development programming skills in at least one development language (PowerShell, Python, etc.)
- Maintains at least one relevant certification
- State or Federal government background (preferred)
Why AHEAD:
Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between.
We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning.
USA Employment Benefits include:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid company holidays
- Paid time off
- Paid parental and caregiver leave
- Plus more! See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com/ for additional details.
The compensation range indicated in this posting reflects the On-Target Earnings (“OTE”) for this role, which includes a base salary and any applicable target bonus amount. This OTE range may vary based on the candidate’s relevant experience, qualifications, and geographic location.
Top Skills
AWS
Azure
GCP
Powershell
Python
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