Advanced Cloud Engineer

Invesco; Georgia; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible paid time off

Hybrid work schedule

401(K) matching up to 6%

Health & wellbeing benefits

Parental Leave benefits

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Invesco is seeking a Cloud Engineer to drive development and stability of our cloud platforms, focusing on scalable AWS-based architectures. You will implement IaC, automate provisioning, and work with developers and platform teams to align features with business needs.

The role emphasizes security, optimization, and collaboration in a hybrid work environment in Georgia, USA. A strong background in DevOps, Terraform, and Python is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS cloud technologies and architecture.
• Strong Python scripting and automation skills.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform and IaC practices.
• Proficiency in CI/CD tooling (Bitbucket Pipelines or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Develop Infrastructure as Code to automate provisioning and secure cloud environments.
• Collaborate with developers and platform teams to gather requirements and prioritize features.
• Design, deploy, and manage secure, scalable AWS-based cloud foundations.
• Monitor performance, costs, and security, and implement improvements.

Skills

AWS cloud

Terraform

Python

CI/CD

Ansible

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Bitbucket Pipelines

Terraform

AWS Services

Job description

About Invesco

As one of the world's leading independent global investment firms, Invesco is dedicated to rethinking possibilities for our clients. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, we provide a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world. If you're looking for challenging work, intelligent colleagues, and exposure across a global footprint, come explore your potential at Invesco.

What's in it for you?

Our people are at the very core of our success. Invesco employees get more out of life through our comprehensive compensation and benefit offerings including:

• Flexible paid time off
• Hybrid work schedule
• 401(K) matching of 100% up to the first 6% with a discretionary supplemental contribution
• Health & wellbeing benefits
• Parental Leave benefits
• Employee stock purchase plan

Job Description

About the Role:

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Cloud Engineer to join our team and drive the development and stability of our cloud platforms.

Responsibilities of the Role:

• DevelopInfrastructure as Code to automate infrastructureprovisioning,shifting security andcompliance left.
• Stakeholder Collaboration:Work closely with stakeholders, includingdevelopers and platform teams to gather requirements and prioritize features.
• Backlog Management:Create, maintain, and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring alignment with customer needs.
• Monitoring:Monitor infrastructure performance, user feedback, and key metrics to drive continuous improvement and innovation.
• Design a secure Cloud Foundation, repeatable cloud patterns, templates, and/or accelerators to enable faster adoption of cloud services.
• Documentation:Ensure comprehensive documentation of cloud compute platform.
• Provide technical mentoring and knowledge transfer to otherTechnologyresources.
• Build a strong relationship and rapport with key stakeholders, includingdevelopers.
• Architecture & Design:Reviewing and Designing solutions that satisfy customer requirements. Recognize patterns and build reuseable Modules to be consumed to speed delivery. Ensure that modules we build and support meet our security and compliance standards provides flexibility and integration with current and future technology standards
• Cloud Deployment:Designing, deploying, and managing secure, scalable, and high-performance infrastructures within AWS focusing on cloud-native applications.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC):Utilizing automated tools (IaC) rather than manual configuration to deploy, manage, and "shift-left" security, embedding guardrails and compliance directly into templates.
• Security Controls:Implementing Identity and Access Management (IAM), encryption, network security controls, and configuring security measures for data in hybrid/public environments.
• Compliance & Risk:Enforcing compliance, conducting vulnerability management, and performing penetration testing to protect digital assets.
• Optimization:Optimizing performance and managing cloud costs through efficient infrastructure design.
• System Administration:Planning and administering operating system capabilities and maintaining cloud infrastructure.
• Troubleshooting:Developing and debugging software programs for enhancements, troubleshooting, and patching systems.
• Automation:Using scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash) to automate tasks and improve infrastructure resilience.

Requirements of the Role:

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in AWS cloud technologies and architecture.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud technologies and architecture is preferred but not required, supporting the organization's expansion to a multi-cloud environment.
• 4+ years experience infrastructure engineering.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• Passionate aboutidentifyingand solving problems for customers and constantly improving customer experience.Strong analytical and critical thinking skills area must.
• The ability to collaborate in a distributed team environment is critical, as well as leading cross-functional meetings to efficiently drive desirable outcomes.
• Expertiseand understanding of Agile and DevOps operating model.
• Experience intransforminglegacy applications to cloud native architectures.
• Skills:Good understanding of cloud solutions,architecture concepts,automation technologies, and market trends. Proficiency in agile methodologies and tools.
• Communication:Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Problem-Solving:Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
• Hands-on experience and proficiency with Terraform Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with Bitbucket Pipelines or similar CI/CD toolchain
• Proficient in Python
• Knowledgein Ansible configuration management (strongly preferred)
• Working knowledge of AWS services such as EC2,EKS,ALB/ELB, Security Groups,Firewall Manager,WAF,S3, Lambda, IAM.