Senior Cloud Engineer

Xero is a cloud-based accounting software platform for small businesses with over 3 million subscribers globally.

Xero

5,000+

Canada only

Xero is a beautiful, easy-to-use cloud based platform that helps small businesses and their accounting and bookkeeping advisors grow and thrive.

Diversity of people brings diversity of thought, and that is core to driving Xero’s mission. Supporting a culture of inclusion is something we’re immensely proud of. We know that a diverse workforce is a strength that enables businesses, including ours, to better understand and serve customers, attract top talent and innovate successfully. A part of that is to support many types of flexible working arrangements that allow you to balance your work, your life and your passions. So, from the moment you begin your journey with Xero, we will constantly strive to ensure you’ll feel welcome and supported to do the best work of your life.

Do you get excited by cloud technologies? We are looking for talented individuals to contribute to our cross-functional environment by drawing on a combination of cloud engineering principles and operational knowledge to support our production systems.

Our Cloud Engineering team is passionate about building reliable and efficient infrastructure. We do this by building services that help make the Xero platform more available, sustainable, efficient, secure and scalable.

How you'll make an impact

As part of the Xero Cloud Infrastructure team you will ensure all Azure cloud infrastructure is operational, secure and highly available. You will be providing expertise, guidance and incident response to other Systems and Security team members and the wider team with regards to firewalls, App Services, virtual networks, routing and network security.

What you'll do

Administer and monitor our cloud systems such as cloud network infrastructure, firewalls, key vaults and databases.
Identifying actionable indicators of compromise through analysis of network forensic data.
Plan, adapt and secure our cloud systems to meet the ever-changing business and security requirements.
Assist with onboarding of new systems and initiatives.
Patch vulnerabilities and security threats as they arise.
Develop and document policies and procedures for consistent network management
Operate effectively in high severity incidents involving multiple teams or services and ensure the availability of our products through a compensated, periodic 24/7 on call incident management rotation.
Troubleshoot and resolve issues in development, test, and production cloud environments.

What you'll bring with you

Critical Competencies:
High level of experience with architecting and implementing Azure cloud infrastructure
Experience:
Understanding of monitoring and alerting best practices, using tools like Sumo Logic and PagerDuty
Able to make major design decisions
Ability to review and coordinate team processes to improve quality and strengthen feedback loops
Ability to operate effectively in high severity incidents involving multiple teams or services
Azure Cloud Certification is preferred
Familiarity with AWS is preferred

At Xero we embrace diversity and inclusion and value a #challenge mindset. Research has shown that women and underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single competency or experience . If you are excited about this role, but your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be just the right person for a role at Xero. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application and throughout the interview process.

About this role

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July 26th, 2023

Job posted

May 27th, 2023

Job type

Full Time

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About Xero

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Xero is a beautiful, easy-to-use platform that helps small businesses and their accounting and bookkeeping advisors grow and thrive.

At Xero, our purpose is to make life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world. This purpose sits at the centre of everything we do. We support our people to do the best work of their lives so that they can help small businesses succeed through better tools, information and connections. Because when they succeed they make a difference, and when millions of small businesses are making a difference, the world is a more beautiful place.

Founded in 2006, Xero now has 3.5 million subscribers and is a leader in cloud accounting across New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom