Cloud Platform Engineer

Who we are:

Clients have the owner's cell number, and the owner still takes the occasional Saturday call. We support about 60 local businesses, most within 30 minutes of the office.

What this job is:

Kim Computer Services is hiring a Cloud Platform Engineer to work remotely from Pakistan. Cloud infrastructure role focused on automation, security controls and cost. Expect more Terraform than console clicking. We're about halfway through moving data centre workloads to the cloud. This hire will help finish the job and clean up after it. Employment is through our payroll partner in Pakistan. Salary is paid monthly in Pakistani rupees. Our standups are at 9:00 AM Pacific. You will need a stable internet connection and a backup power source (UPS or inverter).

What you'll work on:

• Design VPCs and VNets, subnets, routing, VPN and Direct Connect or ExpressRoute links
• Respond to infrastructure tickets and escalations within agreed SLAs
• Patch cloud VMs with SSM Patch Manager or Azure Update Manager
• Automate routine tasks with Python, PowerShell or Lambda functions
• Build and maintain AWS accounts or Azure subscriptions using a landing zone approach (Control Tower, Azure Landing Zones)
• Analyse monthly cloud bills and recommend Savings Plans, reservations or rightsizing

About you:

• 3+ 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
• Windows and Linux server administration experience

Bonus points:

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

Compensation and benefits:

• Paid sick days
• 24 days paid time off
• Annual learning budget
• Home office setup budget
• Monthly internet allowance

Candidates must be eligible to work in Pakistan.

Start: Immediately.

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