Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

About Cedar Ridge Computer Services:

We install and support network cabling, Wi-Fi, servers and VoIP phone systems for businesses across Minnesota. Help desk calls are answered from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., with an on-call tech covering nights and weekends.

What this job is:

Cedar Ridge Computer Services needs another Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to design, build and support our AWS and Azure environments. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the US. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. We ship you a laptop and accessories before your first day.

Day to day:

• Configure backups, snapshots and disaster recovery for cloud resources.
• Patch cloud VMs with SSM Patch Manager or Azure Update Manager.
• Set up monitoring with CloudWatch, Azure Monitor or Datadog.
• Migrate on-premises VMware workloads to EC2 or Azure VMs.
• Analyze monthly cloud bills and recommend Savings Plans, reservations or rightsizing.
• Build and maintain AWS accounts or Azure subscriptions using a landing zone approach (Control Tower, Azure Landing Zones)

What you bring:

• 3+ years of hands-on cloud infrastructure experience.
• Ability to explain cloud costs and tradeoffs to non-technical managers.
• Scripting in Python, PowerShell or Bash.
• Infrastructure as code using Terraform, Bicep or CloudFormation.
• Windows and Linux server administration experience.

Preferred:

• FinOps practices and tools like CloudHealth or Vantage.
• Background in a regulated industry such as healthcare or finance.
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Azure Administrator (AZ-104) certification.

Compensation and benefits:

Pay range: $133,000 - $153,000/year. Final offer will depend on experience.

• Home office stipend.
• $1,000 home office setup budget.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Within 30 days.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Cedar Ridge Computer Services.