Cloud Engineer II (GCP)

About us

Dell, HP and Lenovo hardware is sold and supported for schools and local governments, as it has been since 2005. Typical projects include office moves, server migrations to Azure, and replacing aging switches and access points. We started in 2005 and have grown to about 150 people.

About the role

Murphy IT needs another Cloud Engineer II (GCP) to design, build and support our AWS and Azure environments. Remote position. Most of the team is in El Paso, but nobody is required to come in. Few meetings, lots of written updates. We ship you a laptop and accessories before your first day.

Day to day

• Apply security controls and fix findings from AWS Security Hub, Defender for Cloud or Wiz
• Set up monitoring with CloudWatch, Azure Monitor or Datadog
• Configure backups, snapshots and disaster recovery for cloud resources
• Patch cloud VMs with SSM Patch Manager or Azure Update Manager
• Analyze monthly cloud bills and recommend Savings Plans, reservations or rightsizing
• Keep architecture diagrams and runbooks current

Requirements

• 3-5 years of hands-on cloud infrastructure experience
• Networking fundamentals: CIDR, routing, firewalls, DNS, VPN
• Ability to explain cloud costs and tradeoffs to non-technical managers
• Scripting in Python, PowerShell or Bash

Also helpful

• Kubernetes on EKS or AKS
• GCP experience

Benefits

Expected salary range: $142,000 - $170,000/year, plus bonus eligibility.

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• 11 paid holidays
• Employee assistance program
• Professional development budget
• Dental insurance
• Gym membership reimbursement

This position requires a background check.

Start: Immediately.

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