Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

We run one of the larger SaaS platforms for commercial insurance carriers, processing millions of policy transactions a year.

About the role:

Southside Data is looking for a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join a small, steady team. You'll support existing cloud workloads, handle tickets from app teams and take on migration projects. You can work from home anywhere in the US. We have no office requirement. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday.

Duties:

• Configure backups, snapshots and disaster recovery for cloud resources
• Build and maintain AWS accounts or Azure subscriptions using a landing zone approach (Control Tower, Azure Landing Zones)
• Set up monitoring with CloudWatch, Azure Monitor or Datadog
• Analyze monthly cloud bills and recommend Savings Plans, reservations or rightsizing
• Migrate on-premises VMware workloads to EC2 or Azure VMs
• Write and review Terraform, Bicep or CloudFormation
• Patch cloud VMs with SSM Patch Manager or Azure Update Manager
• Apply security controls and fix findings from AWS Security Hub, Defender for Cloud or Wiz

What you need:

• 3+ years of hands-on cloud infrastructure experience
• Scripting in Python, PowerShell or Bash
• Windows and Linux server administration experience
• Strong knowledge of AWS or Azure core services (compute, storage, networking, IAM)

Preferred:

• FinOps practices and tools like CloudHealth or Vantage
• Kubernetes on EKS or AKS

Salary range: $166,000 - $215,000/year

Pay and benefits:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 5%
• Paid holidays
• Dental insurance

Start: Immediately.

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