Associate Cloud Engineer - FinOps

Kilntower is a managed services provider with 320 employees, supporting more than 1,500 client organizations across the US. Certifications include ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II, and we hold partner status with Microsoft, Cisco and VMware. Tickets live in ConnectWise and everyone logs time to the quarter hour.

This is a backfill for a team member who moved to another team. Kilntower needs another Associate Cloud Engineer - FinOps to design, build and support our AWS and Azure environments. This role is fully remote within the US. Weekday working hours, with room to shift your day when needed.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze monthly cloud bills and recommend Savings Plans, reservations or rightsizing.
• Migrate on-premises VMware workloads to EC2 or Azure VMs.
• Support application teams with load balancers, Route 53 or Azure DNS, and certificates.
• Write and review Terraform, Bicep or CloudFormation.
• Set up monitoring with CloudWatch, Azure Monitor or Datadog.
• Automate routine tasks with Python, PowerShell or Lambda functions.
• Patch cloud VMs with SSM Patch Manager or Azure Update Manager.

What we're looking for:

• Infrastructure as code using Terraform, Bicep or CloudFormation.
• Familiarity with CIS benchmarks, NIST or similar security frameworks.
• Windows and Linux server administration experience.
• Networking fundamentals: CIDR, routing, firewalls, DNS, VPN.
• Scripting in Python, PowerShell or Bash.

Preferred:

• Background in a regulated industry such as healthcare or finance.
• GCP experience.
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Azure Administrator (AZ-104) certification.

What you get:

Compensation: $112,000-$149,000 a year DOE.

• Health savings account (HSA) with employer contribution.
• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 5%.
• Paid time off.
• $1,000 home office setup budget.

Kilntower is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

Send us your resume. No cover letter needed.

Start: Within 30 days.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Kilntower LLC.