Cloud Engineer

American Homes 4 Rent, L.P.; Nevada (IA); On-site; USD 92,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company matching

Employee stock purchase plan

Tuition reimbursement

9 paid holidays per year

PTO accrual up to 120 hours per year

Job summary

American Homes 4 Rent, L.P. is seeking a Cloud Engineer to design and manage cloud-based infrastructure and services. You will ensure high availability, reliability, and scalability for our housing platform and related systems.

Responsibilities include deploying applications, migrating workloads, and responding to incidents. A Bachelor’s degree and at least two years of cloud experience are required, with a focus on security and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or related field.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in Cloud Engineering or related field.
• Experience documenting infrastructure and setting standards and procedures.
• Experience with Cloud Platforms (Azure, AWS, OCI).
• Experience with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain cloud-based infrastructure, applications, and services.
• Deploy new applications to the cloud and migrate existing ones to modern cloud services.
• Respond to operational issues via tickets and monitoring alerts.
• Develop and enforce cloud security policies and procedures.
• Document architecture and create SOPs for new services.

Skills

Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, OCI)

DevOps practices

CI/CD pipelines

Incident management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Documentation tools

Job description

Since 2012, we've grown to become one of the leading single-family rental companies and homebuilders in the country, recently recognized as a top employer by Fortune and Great Place To Work. At AMH, our goal is to simplify the experience of leasing a home through professional management and maintenance support, so our residents can focus on what really matters to them, wherever they are in life.The Cloud Engineer is responsible for implementing and managing cloud infrastructure and services to ensure high availability, reliability, and scalability as well as assisting in the automation deployment of infrastructure through infrastructure as code. This role involves working closely with other Information technology (IT) professionals to develop and maintain cloud-based solutions that meet the company’s objectives.Responsibilities:Create and maintain cloud-based infrastructure, applications, and services. This includes selecting appropriate cloud services, creating architecture diagrams, and developing automation scripts. Deploy new applications to the cloud and migrate existing applications to modern cloud services.Respond to operational issues through tickets that gets assigned to the team as well as responding to monitoring alerts from automated monitoring to resolve issues.Assist in the development and enforcement of cloud security policies and procedures to protect data and applications from unauthorized access and potential security threats.Document the architecture of the environment and create standard operating procedures when new services are implemented or if there are gaps in existing documentation.Requirements:Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, relative field or an equivalent combination of education and experience requiredMinimum two (2) years of experience working in Cloud Engineering, Software/Network Engineering, Computer and Information Science, and/or related field.Knowledge and experience documenting infrastructure and setting standards and proceduresKnowledge and experience with Cloud Platforms (Azure, AWS, OCI), Cloud Strategy, Design, Architecture, and MigrationKnowledge and experience with DevOps and CI/CD pipelinesKnowledge and experience with troubleshooting Line-of-Business applications, Incident, Problem and Change ManagementExhibits excellent verbal, written, and executive presentation skills; collaborates effectively to facilitate progressive change; and maintains a strong quality and results orientation.CompensationThe anticipated pay range/scale for this position is $91,597.00 to $114,496.00 Annually. Actual starting base pay within this range will depend on factors including geographic location, education, training, skills, and relevant experience.Additional CompensationThis position is eligible to receive a discretionary annual bonus.Perks and BenefitsEmployees have the opportunity to participate in medical, dental and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts and/or health savings accounts; dependent savings accounts; 401(k) with company matching contributions; employee stock purchase plan; and a tuition reimbursement program. The Company provides 9 paid holidays per year, and, upon hire, new employees will accrue paid time off (PTO) at a rate of 0.0577 hours of PTO per hour worked, up to a maximum of 120 hours per year.CA Privacy Notice: To learn more about what information we collect when you apply for a job, and how we use that information, please see our CA Job Applicant Privacy Notice found at https://www.amh.com/ca-privacy-notice.#LI-PH1