Senior Cloud Engineer

Samaritan's Purse

Boone (NC)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 155,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

On-site Medical Clinic

Health insurance

Flexible Spending Account

Disability insurance

Paid Family Medical Leave

Term Life Insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Holidays & PTO

Job summary

Samaritan’s Purse is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to join the Information Technology team in Boone, NC. You will architect, build, and maintain secure, scalable cloud platforms to support ministry workloads and deploy through CI/CD pipelines.

You’ll mentor engineers, lead incident response, and partner with cybersecurity to ensure governance and secure access. Fluent English required and Biblical studies credit hours completed or in progress.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree plus seven+ years of Cloud Engineering experience.
Kubernetes and Linux administration at scale.
Experience with virtualization/storage technologies (VMware, oVirt, Hyper-V).
Automation, scripting, observability, and security tooling including AI tooling support.
12 Biblical Studies credit hours required; opportunity to meet requirement on hire.

Responsibilities

Architect, design, and optimize secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and platform services for ministry workloads.
Automate provisioning and delivery using Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, and modern tooling.
Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and engineering excellence across the Cloud Eng team.
Lead monitoring, incident response, root cause analysis, and long-term remediation.
Collaborate with cybersecurity/compliance on cloud governance and access control.

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux administration

Docker

Ansible

Bash

PowerShell

Python

Grafana

Prometheus

Firewalls

Network segmentation

AI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

7+ years Cloud Engineering experience

Biblical Studies credits (12 hours)

Tools

VMware

oVirt

Hyper-V

Docker

Ansible

Bash

PowerShell

Python

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

Demonstrate Biblical Integrity

Location: Boone, NC, United States

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What do we believe?

Demonstrate Biblical Integrity

At Samaritan's Purse, the Gospel is the center of all we do! We start each day with a time of devotions and prayer for each other, our staff, and volunteers who serve around the world. As a faith-driven organization, our Statement of Faith shapes every aspect of our global work.

Please take time to review the following link as you consider working with us: https://www.samaritanspurse.org/our-ministry/statement-of-faith/

What is the opportunity?

Respond with Compassionate Action

We are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to join our Information Technology team in Boone, NC. Through humanitarian work, the goal and purpose of Samaritan's Purse are to help people in Jesus' name and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Maintain a personal, active relationship with Jesus Christ and is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ.
Architect, design, build, maintain, and optimize secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and platform services supporting reliable deployment and operation of ministry-critical workloads across development and production environments.
Automate infrastructure provisioning and application delivery using Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, AI tools, and modern engineering practices to improve efficiency, consistency, and reliability.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to Cloud Engineers, promoting engineering excellence, skill development, technical consistency, and continuous improvement across the team.
Lead infrastructure monitoring, incident response, root cause analysis, and long-term remediation, driving improvements in platform resilience, performance, cost efficiency, and maintainability.
Partner with cybersecurity, compliance, and technical teams to implement cloud security, governance, and access-control best practices while evaluating emerging technologies and developing internal tooling and documentation.
Other duties as assigned.

What are the qualifications?

Serve with Excellence

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field of study and seven (7) or more years of Cloud Engineering experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Strong experience with Kubernetes and Linux administration, including deploying, managing, troubleshooting, and optimizing containerized workloads at scale, with supporting experience in Docker and related container technologies.
Experience with cloud and platform technologies, including virtualization and distributed storage solutions such as VMware, oVirt, and Hyper-V.
Working knowledge of automation, scripting, observability, and security tooling, including Ansible, Bash, PowerShell, Python, Grafana, Prometheus, firewalls, and network segmentation, with practical experience leveraging AI tools to support cloud operations and engineering workflows.
12 credit hours of college-level Biblical Studies (required); if not already completed, an opportunity to meet and complete the requirement is available upon hire.

What are the benefits?

Walk in Bold Faith