Cloud Platform Engineer (FinOps)

No call centre and no offshore help desk. When clients call, one of us picks up. Dentists, insurance agents and law offices make up most of the client list. Certification exams are paid for, and passing one comes with a raise.

The role:

We are backfilling a position after an internal move. Mallardfield IT needs another Cloud Platform Engineer (FinOps) to design, build and support our AWS and Azure environments. We hire in Pakistan through an employer of record, so this is a regular full-time job with local payroll and statutory benefits. Core hours overlap with Sydney business hours until mid-afternoon. You will need a reliable internet connection and a quiet place to work.

What you'll be doing:

• Set up monitoring with CloudWatch, Azure Monitor or Datadog.
• Patch cloud VMs with SSM Patch Manager or Azure Update Manager.
• Migrate on-premises VMware workloads to EC2 or Azure VMs.
• Configure backups, snapshots and disaster recovery for cloud resources.

Required qualifications:

• 3-5 years of hands-on cloud infrastructure experience.
• Strong knowledge of AWS or Azure core services (compute, storage, networking, IAM)
• Scripting in Python, PowerShell or Bash.
• Ability to explain cloud costs and tradeoffs to non-technical managers.
• Networking fundamentals: CIDR, routing, firewalls, DNS, VPN.

Bonus points:

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

Perks and benefits:

• Performance bonus.
• Annual salary review.
• Company laptop.
• Monthly internet allowance.
• Co-working space stipend.
• Paid sick days.

Please include your notice period and salary expectations.

Start: Flexible.

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