Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Location: Redwood City, CA, United States · Reference: 107211
Build and maintain scalable, highly available, and resilient systems in the
cloud and on-prem. Implement any new cloud functionality or migrate existing
processes to the cloud and maintain them. Build and deploy systems utilizing
Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery framework and infrastructure
automation.
This is a hybrid-eligible position.
Core Responsibilities
Build and manage IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services (e.g., compute, storage,
network, security, administration, automation, application services, and
databases) in either native cloud or hybrid cloud environments. Will
ensure that the infrastructure is properly optimized for performance,
cost, and security.
Develop and maintain automation scripts using high-level with a 'devops
language' (such as Python, etc) and infrastructure-as-code templates to
provision and manage Oracle OCI and AWS resources using Terraform.
Engineer processes across various areas like servers, applications, and
databases and monitor them to ensure everything works as it should, taking
necessary steps to facilitate spikes in traffic and usage.
Take responsibility for infrastructure resource design and performance
optimization, backup and recovery strategies and implementation, as well
as monitoring the overall health of the environment.
Develop and maintain efficient and appropriate connectivity solutions
between various campus infrastructure to ensure necessary data is
available as needed.
Collaborate with application development and infrastructure teams to
optimize cloud-based solutions, ensuring high performance and cost-
effectiveness
Ensure monitoring coverage for applications and proactively monitor and
manage the health of applications/systems; responsible and accountable for
driving the root cause and ensuring all issues are addressed and resolved
in a timely fashion.
Implement Best Practices for IaaS, PaaS services lifecycle
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications
Education & Experience:
Bachelor's degree and eight years of relevant experience or a combination
of education and relevant experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Demonstrate Cloud Infrastructure experience including but not limited to
AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI
Extensive Experience with AWS server deployment using AWS CLI, HashiCorp
Terraform.
Experience in orchestrating environment deployment from OS all the way
through the application layers of a solution, using tools such as Docker,
Kubernetes, Jenkins, Git, Puppet and many others.
Experience with Servers, Infrastructure, Platform Sizing, Infrastructure
Cost Reduction
Experience with automated deployment/ Continuous Integration/ Release
Demonstrate experience in Network Security and Network awareness
principal.
Demonstrate a full-stack infrastructure including but not limited to
database, web server, application server development as code.
Good understanding & experience of Networking, Firewall, Security
hardening, storage and OS software package management in Unix Environment.
Strong understanding of Cloud Technologies with focus on AWS and OCI.
Comprehensive knowledge of DevOps practices and tools.
Knowledge of infrastructure APIs on cloud platforms such as EC2/VM/Bare
Metal/Containers, Storage/EBS/Volumes, Network/VPC/Subnet, Network
Interfaces, etc.
Extensive experience with deploying Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
patterns using Terraform
Ability to script proficiently using Unix Shell, Python for automation.
Ability to work independently or as a team member and self-motivated in
learning new technology.
Excellent communication, presentation and collaborative problem-solving
skills.
Ability to collaborate with vendors and system service providers, provide
administration for system solutions, and act as a liaison.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working with Single Sign-On SAML, OpenID is a plus.
Experience with AWS SQS, API Gateway, OAuth 2.0 & RESTful APIs is a plus.
Experience in Oracle OCI is highly recommended.
AWS , OCI certifications preferred.
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
The expected pay range for this position is $150,922 – $155,000 per annum.
Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate
of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay
offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as
(but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the
qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability,
internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable
jobs.
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comprehensive rewards package. The Cardinal at Work website
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information on Stanford's extensive range of benefits and rewards offered to
employees. Specifics about the rewards package for this position may be
discussed during the hiring process.
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Stanford University has revolutionized the way we live and enrich the world.
Supporting this mission is our diverse and dedicated 17,000 staff. We seek
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this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a
comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific
duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs
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