Cloud Engineer II

About Stonesmith Data

Stonesmith Data employs 1,300 people across engineering hubs in New York City and three other locations, building ERP software for mid-market manufacturers. We keep recurring meetings to Tuesdays and Thursdays where we can.

Position summary

Stonesmith Data has an opening for a Cloud Engineer II. Cloud infrastructure role focused on automation, security controls and cost. Expect more Terraform than console clicking. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the US. Normal business hours, Monday to Friday, with some flexibility. Communication happens mostly in Slack and short video calls.

Key responsibilities

• Apply security controls and fix findings from AWS Security Hub, Defender for Cloud or Wiz.
• Configure backups, snapshots and disaster recovery for cloud resources.
• Analyze monthly cloud bills and recommend Savings Plans, reservations or rightsizing.
• Set up monitoring with CloudWatch, Azure Monitor or Datadog.
• Manage IAM roles, policies and Azure RBAC with least-privilege access.

What we're looking for

• Networking fundamentals: CIDR, routing, firewalls, DNS, VPN.
• Windows and Linux server administration experience.
• Ability to explain cloud costs and tradeoffs to non-technical managers.
• Infrastructure as code using Terraform, Bicep or CloudFormation.
• Familiarity with CIS benchmarks, NIST or similar security frameworks.
• Scripting in Python, PowerShell or Bash.

Compensation and benefits

Compensation: $171,000 - $210,000 annually DOE.

• Health savings account (HSA) with employer contribution.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Paid parental leave.

Stonesmith Data is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

We are unable to sponsor visas for this position.

Start: Within 30 days.

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