Cloud Infrastructure Automation Engineer

Autodesk; Remote; CAD 107,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company is looking for a cloud infrastructure engineer to design, automate, and improve cloud solutions. The role requires expertise in Kubernetes and Terraform, alongside strong communication and organizational skills. Responsibilities include assessing cloud needs, deploying applications in AWS, and introducing improvements across key areas. Working remotely based in Canada, this position offers an attractive salary and contribution to impactful projects.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits package

Annual cash bonuses

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years experience in Kubernetes architecture at scale.
• Minimum of 5 years of Terraform experience.
• Minimum of 5 years experience with cloud data technologies.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills to share expertise.

Responsibilities

• Continuously assess our broad cloud platform needs.
• Identify significant risks/gaps.
• Deploy and manage applications within EKS and persistent AWS infrastructure.
• Introduce improvements in key areas including proactive capacity management.
• Create and promote best practices and health models.

Skills

Kubernetes architecture

Terraform

Cloud data technologies

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Job description

Position Overview

Autodesk Construction is looking for an analytical contributor who applies deep technical knowledge and industry best practices to design, automate, and improve cloud infrastructure solutions. Operating at the full-contributor level across the entire cloud stack from RDS to EKS and beyond, this role solves complex problems of diverse scope, takes a fresh perspective on existing solutions, and connects individual technical initiatives to broader organizational goals. The engineer works independently on most assignments, with guidance at key decision points, and may lead projects, processes, or critical components of larger initiatives. You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager, AEC Construction and will work remotely based in Canada.

Responsibilities

• Continuously assess our broad cloud platform needs
• Identify significant risks/gaps
• Deploy and manage applications within EKS and persistent AWS infrastructure
• Introduce improvements in key areas including
  • Proactive capacity management
  • Monitoring/alerting
  • Tuning/pruning
  • Load optimization
  • Data replication management for reporting
• Create and evangelize/institutionalize general best practices and health models
• Utilize industry standard observability tooling and AWS automation to implement standards across a fleet of databases
• Form a high-impact council of experts from across ACS to leverage as champions
• Provide direct consulting with individual teams as well as COE leads on readiness/risks
• Select/curate appropriate broad training opportunities for ACS Engineering in database technologies/management
• Provide tactical support in the case of true emergencies

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years experience in Kubernetes architecture at scale
• Minimum of 5 years of Terraform experience
• Minimum of 5 years experience with cloud data technologies
• Excellent communication and organizational skills to share your expertise and influence positive outcomes

Preferred Qualifications

• You are a self starter, comfortable working across a distributed group of service owners who are on different teams.
• You are a fearless problem-solver and model-driven thinker
• You embrace big challenges and apply rigorous yet efficient methods in your solutions
• You are results-driven, have a strong bias for action and a solid sense of accountability

Description du poste

Autodesk Construction recherche un collaborateur analytique qui applique ses connaissances techniques approfondies et les meilleures pratiques du secteur pour concevoir, automatiser et améliorer des solutions d\'infrastructure cloud. Opérant à un niveau de contribution complet sur l\'ensemble de la pile cloud, de RDS à EKS et au-delà, ce poste consiste à résoudre des problèmes complexes de portée variée, à apporter un regard neuf sur les solutions existantes et à relier les initiatives techniques individuelles aux objectifs organisationnels plus larges.

L\'ingénieur travaille de manière indépendante sur la plupart des missions, avec des conseils aux moments clés de la prise de décision, et peut diriger des projets, des processus ou des composants critiques d\'initiatives plus importantes.

Vous serez sous la responsabilité du directeur principal de l\'ingénierie, AEC Construction, et travaillerez à distance depuis le Canada.

Responsabilités

• Évaluer en permanence les besoins de notre vaste plateforme cloud
• Identifier les risques/lacunes importants
• Déployer et gérer des applications au sein d\'EKS et de l\'infrastructure AWS persistante
• Introduire des améliorations dans des domaines clés, notamment
  • Gestion proactive de la capacité
  • Surveillance/alerte
  • Réglage/élagage
  • Optimisation de la charge
  • Gestion de la réplication des données pour le reporting
• Créer et promouvoir/institutionnaliser les meilleures pratiques générales et les modèles de santé
• Utiliser des outils d\'observabilité conformes aux normes de l\'industrie et l\'automatisation AWS pour mettre en œuvre des normes sur l\'ensemble d\'un parc de bases de données
• Former un conseil d\'experts à fort impact provenant de l\'ensemble d\'ACS afin de tirer parti de leur expertise
• Fournir des conseils directs aux équipes individuelles ainsi qu\'aux responsables du COE sur la préparation/les risques
• Sélectionner/organiser des opportunités de formation appropriées pour ACS Engineering dans le domaine des technologies/de la gestion des bases de données
• Fournir un soutien tactique en cas d\'urgence réelle

Qualifications minimales

• Au moins 3 ans d\'expérience dans l\'architecture Kubernetes à grande échelle
• Au moins 5 ans d\'expérience avec Terraform
• Au moins 5 ans d\'expérience avec les technologies de données cloud
• Excellentes compétences en communication et en organisation pour partager votre expertise et influencer positivement les résultats

Qualifications souhaitées

• Vous êtes autonome et à l\'aise pour travailler avec un groupe distribué de responsables de services appartenant à différentes équipes
• Vous êtes un/e solutionneur/trice de problèmes intrépide et un/e penseur/penseuse axé/e sur les modèles
• Vous relevez les grands défis et appliquez des méthodes rigoureuses mais efficaces dans vos solutions
• Vous êtes axé/e sur les résultats, avez un fort penchant pour l\'action et un sens aigu des responsabilités

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About Autodesk

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Salary transparency

Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For Canada-BC based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $107,000 and $157,300. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

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