Cloud security Engineer

Cloud Hybrid Technologies, LLC; Merrimack (NH); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud Hybrid Technologies, LLC, located in Merrimack, New Hampshire, is seeking skilled engineers focusing on Kubernetes and CI/CD pipeline automation. The ideal candidates will have experience in Jenkins, Python, and cloud engineering to ensure robust infrastructure and optimize system performance.

Responsibilities include maintaining system stability, ensuring compliance with security standards, and collaborating with stakeholders to implement best practices. Cloud Hybrid is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to inclusivity.

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in Jenkins, Python, Groovy, and shell scripting for automation.
• Familiarity with GitOps-based tooling such as ArgoCD is beneficial.
• Passion for continuous learning and effective team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Maintain system stability and optimize performance post-migration.
• Ensure adherence to security practices and compliance with regulations.
• Collaborate with teams to align on cloud engineering efforts.

Skills

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Python

Groovy

Shell scripting

GitOps-based tooling

ArgoCD

Job description

• Kubernetes plays a critical role in container management by orchestrating the deployment, scaling, and operation of containerized applications. It ensures infrastructure scalability by automating resource allocation, load balancing, and failover processes, enabling the platform to handle varying workloads efficiently and maintain high availability.
• The automation efforts aim to ensure robust and scalable infrastructure by supporting cloud engineering and CI/CD pipeline automation.
• This may involve modifying existing pipelines to align with the VMWare re-platforming and OLVM migration requirements, as well as developing new pipelines to address specific needs of the project.

Automation tools and scripting

• Engineers are expected to have strong expertise in Jenkins, Python, Groovy, and shell scripting to support automation tasks, including building, deploying, and maintaining pipelines.
• They may work with both existing automation scripts and create new ones as needed to ensure scalable and robust infrastructure.

Platform maintenance responsibilities

• Engineers will be responsible for maintaining system stability, optimizing performance, and ensuring uptime of the platform infrastructure post-migration. This includes tasks such as monitoring system health, troubleshooting issues, applying patches, and ensuring the scalability of the infrastructure.
• Performance metrics to evaluate success may include system availability (uptime percentage), CI/CD pipeline efficiency (deployment speed and success rate), and incident resolution times (mean time to recovery).

Compliance and security requirements

• Engineers must ensure adherence to standard security practices, including secure coding, access control, and data protection measures, while working on the migration and maintenance phases.
• Compliance with relevant regulatory standards, such as those governing cloud infrastructure and data handling, is expected to maintain the integrity and security of the platform.

Container management tools

• Kubernetes and Rancher are likely to be key tools for container management in this project, given their inclusion in the required skillset.
• These tools may continue to play a central role after the migration, as they align with the project's focus on scalable infrastructure and container management platforms.

Collaboration with other teams

• The engineers will likely collaborate with other teams or stakeholders to ensure alignment on cloud engineering efforts, CI/CD pipeline automation, and platform maintenance.
• This collaboration may involve working with business stakeholders to drive adoption of best practices, architectural excellence, and ensuring the infrastructure meets organizational needs.

Skillset requirements

• In addition to the listed technical skills, familiarity with GitOps-based tooling such as ArgoCD and strong communication skills would be beneficial for driving adoption of best practices and ensuring architectural excellence.
• A passion for continuous learning and the ability to work effectively in small, empowered teams are also valuable soft skills for this project.
• The engineers will support cloud engineering efforts focused on CI/CD pipeline automation, platform maintenance, and ensuring robust and scalable infrastructure.
• This includes tasks such as building, deploying, and maintaining pipelines using Jenkins, leveraging Kubernetes for container management, and maintaining Unix/Linux systems for optimal performance and uptime.

Anticipated bottlenecks

• Critical areas of focus include maintaining a robust and scalable infrastructure, ensuring seamless CI/CD pipeline automation, and supporting cloud engineering efforts effectively.
• Additionally, addressing potential challenges in container management and platform maintenance will be essential to ensure operational stability and efficiency.

Cloud Hybrid is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans, (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. Cloud Hybrid will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will Cloud Hybrid require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract