Cloud Systems Engineer (AWS/Hybrid Infrastructure)

Job Title: Cloud Engineer
Market Title: Systems Engineer

Key Skills / Job Description

Systems Engineers use a Software Engineering approach to architect, design, automate, monitor, support and build applications scale both on premise and in the Cloud (AWS). This includes operating and engineering software with close business segment alignment to deliver platforms through efficient, effective and resilient architectures.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on work contributing to the design, development and implementation of software systems, applications and related products.
• Monitors domain technologies, understand vendor roadmaps and how it impacts/affects Disney's environment
• Develop and maintain engineering and architectural standards for on premise/hybrid compute, storage, application and data protections services
• Technology partner to all business segments consulting on service delivery and technology opportunities, advising on proper service delivery and fulfillment practices and portfolio management approaches.
• Consistently reviews and advises on the effectiveness of their technology approaches and its implications to the technology delivery function.
• Technical expert and thought leader in the development of virtualized technologies.
• Design and implement DevOps level deployment using CICD methodologies.

Basic Qualifications

• Individual must be highly resourceful and independent with the ability to quickly learn multiple disciplines and achieve manufacturer certification levels
• Seasoned technologist whom will identify technology and execution challenges in solutions and products pro-offered by Strategy/Architecture as well as outside vendors and OEMs.
• Assist in creation and documentation of day to day operational procedures.
• Strong knowledge and ability to describe and differentiate the features, benefits and disadvantages of competing virtualization and cloud platforms
• Working knowledge of storage/server virtualization platforms (NSX, VMWare, Hyper-V, etc.)
• Working knowledge of Virtual Environments such a VMWare
• Acts as primary support owner and contact for one or more hosting infrastructure applications, collaborating with other project team members and management orchestrate environment changes including software/hardware upgrades, and patches working with the vendor support for escalation of issues, including on-call rotation with Infrastructure operations team.
• Provide system reports on both a regular and ad-hoc basis.
• Improve automation and productivity of provisioning and maintenance through scripting and/or coding enhancements (Ansible and Python are highly desirable)
• The ideal candidate will have expertise in multiple Public Cloud providers like AWS, Google Cloud Services, Azure and/or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. (AWS Experience is required)
• Akamai or a functionally equivalent solution

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree or 15 years relevant experience required

Additional Details

• Work Schedule: Onsite up to 4x per week; subject to change