Senior Cloud Engineer (US Remote)

Reporting to the Manager of Global Threat Services, the Senior Cloud Engineer is responsible for designing, building, securing, and maintaining business essential Data Science and LOB cloud-native solutions and services.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal teams to provide support to the COFENSE customer base as
• Work closely with the Global Threat Services management and staff to identify areas of opportunity, requirements, value add initiatives, and to address/discuss technical issues and/or feature requests.
• Leverage your subject matter expertise to assist in proof -of-concept development efforts, requirements gathering, and development/implementation optimization and scalability.
• Manage the creation and maintenance of documentation and materials that support deployment, configuration, work/data f lows, and use of all Global Threat Services initiatives, efforts, and deployed technologies.
• Proactively brainstorm on projects and initiatives and promote systems thinking and intelligence design in all engineering efforts.
• Manage, monitor, and maintain internal infrastructure and operational services.
• Build, secure, and design systems, services, and solutions within AWS cloud, at scale.
• Develop and maintain CI / CD solutions to cloud-based environments.
• Promote team collaboration and thrive in fast-paced, high-functioning work atmosphere.
• Disseminate information in well-defined or ambiguous situations with attention to detail.
• On call and afterhours support as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

• Excellent business judgement: know how to prioritize, collaborate, and when to seek assistance
• Demonstrates excellent customer service skills to both internal and external customers
• Deep understanding of cloud DevOps automation and cloud native application development
• Expert knowledge of crafting API based solutions to manage and manipulate data in variety of formats
• In depth experience with building and maintaining cloud resources and services in AWS including: EC2, RDS, Lambda, ElastiCache, API Gateway, Simple Email Service, SNS, SQS, ECS, CloudFront, OpenSearch
• Deep understanding of SQL with ability to translate to various database management systems
• Advanced knowledge and experience with Windows and Linux systems
• Ability to exercise independent judgement and creative problem-solving techniques to research, compile, and perform complex initiatives.
• Programming experience with Python, Ruby, Java, Typescript, VueJS
• Advanced knowledge deploying web servers NGINX, WSGI
• Demonstrates a deep understanding of git concepts and best practices
• Basic TCP / IP Stack understanding and troubleshooting skills
• Prefer experience with:
  • Python f rameworks such as: Django, Flask, FastAPI
  • IaC such as Ansible, CloudFormation, Terraform
  • Exceptional troubleshooting skills
  • Containerization platforms
  • Excellent written and vocal communication skills
  • Management of enterprise monitoring solutions including: creating monitors and alerts with demonstrated ability to create meaningful queries, dashboards, KPIs, alarms, and integrations.
  • Cybersecurity, SOC, Incident Response, zero trust models.
  • Track record for being able to diagnose problems within complex systems
  • Hands-on SME with designing, deploying cloud native solutions

Education and Experience:

• 4+ years of experience in cyber security, engineering, development, or other applicable fields
• Proven progressive work experience culminating as a Senior Engineer
• BS degree in Management Science or related technical field or advanced degree preferred
• Professional Certification in at least one of major cloud technology providers (AWS, Azure, GCP)

- Disclaimer-

The above statements are neither intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be a listing of all of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job. This job description is not a contract of employment, either express or implied. Employment with Cofense will be voluntarily entered into and your employment is considered at will. Cofense reserves the right to alter the job description at any time without notice.

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