Principal Cloud Engineer * Remote EST & CST Preferred

RELX; Horsham (PA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Cloud Engineer to join their innovative team. This role involves designing and supporting cloud platforms while collaborating with stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions. The ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in Azure and AWS, along with a passion for mentoring and fostering a culture of excellence. With a focus on work-life balance and a commitment to diversity, this opportunity offers a chance to make a real impact in advancing technology and supporting innovation. If you are ready to take on exciting challenges and grow in your career, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive health plan benefits

Disability insurance

Dependent care spending accounts

Life and accident insurance

Retirement benefits

Modern family benefits (adoption and surrogacy)

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Cloud Engineering focusing on Azure and AWS.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code technologies like Terraform.
• Excellent problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with team members to finalize technical solutions.
• Write and review documentation for platform management.
• Mentor less-experienced colleagues on critical aspects.

Skills

Cloud Engineering

Azure

AWS

Infrastructure as Code

Containerization

Scripting (Python, Bash, TypeScript, PowerShell)

Networking Concepts

Security Best Practices

DevOps Practices

Monitoring and Logging Tools

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Azure Solutions Architect Certification

AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes/EKS

DataDog

AWS CloudWatch

Azure Monitor

Job description

About Us

At LexisNexis Reed Tech, our mission is to bring clarity to innovation by delivering better outcomes to the innovation community. Each and every day, the work our team does supports the development of new technologies and processes that ultimately advance humanity. Helping our customers reach their goals is our primary focus. We enable innovators to accomplish more by helping them make informed decisions, be more productive, comply with regulations and ultimately achieve superior results. Our overall success is measured by how well we deliver these results.We are proud to directly support and serve these innovators in their endeavors to better humankind.

About the Team

Working in a small, but highly capable team, this engineering position will be supporting and improving multiple software / data platforms in many ways. With differing levels of maturity, the platforms all need different things, be it: implementing IAC; updating architecture to best practices; helping understand performance issues and other opportunities to improve. This exciting role will challenge even the most capable of Cloud Engineers and will require candidates that have the strongest technical and interpersonal skills to be successful.

About Role

This role involves conducting complex research, design, and platform development/support within a specific functional area or product line. It contributes directly to project plans, schedules, and methodologies for implementing cross-functional software assets and infrastructure. Responsibilities include cloud platform design across multiple systems, SRE activities, mentoring less-experienced team members, and collaborating with users, customers, and stakeholders to translate their requirements into effective solutions. Additionally, it focuses on fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.

Requirements

• Good experience in Cloud Engineering with a strong focus on Azure and/or AWS.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.

• Preferred: Azure Solutions Architect certification or AWS Certified Solutions Architect.

• Strong knowledge of cloud services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, Azure VMs, Azure Storage, Azure Functions).

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IAC) technologies (e.g., Terraform, ARM/BICEP).

• Proficiency in containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes/EKS).

• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, TypeScript, PowerShell).

• Knowledge of networking concepts and security best practices.

• Familiarity with SRE activities and best practices.

• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools.

• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., DataDog, Coralogix, AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor).

• Excellent problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.

• Strong written and oral communication skills.

• Experience collaborating across multiple topics in parallel.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborating with technical personnel and team members to finalize solutions.

• Writing and reviewing documentation for the management, improvement, and support of platforms/assets.

• Completing complex bug fixes and root-cause investigations.

• Working closely with development and platform teams to understand requirements and translate them into high-quality solutions.

• Implementing infrastructure management and deployment best practices, including code/solution reviews.

• Operating in various development environments (Agile, Waterfall, etc.) while collaborating with key stakeholders.

• Self-manage workload to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of solutions.

• Resolving complex technical issues with high-quality solutions.

• Mentoring less-established colleagues, ensuring they are knowledgeable in critical aspects of their roles.

• Maintain a learning/growth mindset to stay updated on new technology developments.

• Proactively propose solutions to improve and grow the organization.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization, with various flexible and remote working options available to employees.

Working with Us

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to equal opportunity employment regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Together, we are building a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Working for you

We believe in a healthy work/life balance. We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
- Comprehensive, multi-carrier health plan benefits
- Disability insurance
- Dependent care and commuter spending accounts
- Life and accident insurance
- Retirement benefits (salary investment plan/employer stock purchase plan)
- Modern family benefits, including adoption and surrogacy

About LexisNexis

LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions is a division of LexisNexis Legal and Professional. LexisNexis is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory, business information and analytics that help customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world.We're a part of the stock listed RELX Group, serving customers in more than 130 countries with 10,000 employees worldwide.

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