Senior Cloud Implementation Engineer

Senior Cloud Implementation Engineer

Location: Boone, NC, United States

Job ID: 17895

Date Posted: Oct 29, 2026

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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 Implementation Engineer to join our Information Technology team in Boone, NC (or another approved on-site location). 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.

In the role of Senior Cloud Implementation Engineer, you will have the opportunity to:

• Maintain a personal, active relationship with Jesus Christ and is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ.

• Guide private-cloud users through implementation, configuration, and adoption using deep expertise in OpenStack, Kubernetes, and S3 storage; serve as the senior technical resource for internal teams and customers, leading adoption of Ansible and Terraform for configuration management and Infrastructure-as-Code.

• Architect Kubernetes deployments and load-balanced network configurations for development and production environments.

• Collaborate with the Partner Development team to demonstrate the private cloud platform, translating technical capabilities into clear business value for technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Monitor application and infrastructure performance, respond to incidents through an on-call rotation, and support root cause analysis and long-term remediation.

• Establish and document best practices, standard implementation processes, and troubleshooting playbooks; mentor engineers and provide technical guidance.

• Help evaluate cloud resource costs, support usage optimization, and coordinate implementation across stakeholders and vendors; help evaluate and adopt emerging cloud technologies to improve resilience, cost, and maintainability.

• Other duties as assigned.

What are the qualifications?

Serve with Excellence

As a qualified candidate, you will have the following skills and experience:

• Bachelor-level degree or university program certificate in related field plus seven (7) years to ten (10) years'' of Cloud Engineering experience, or ten (10) or more years of related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Comprehensive knowledge of Ansible, Terraform, or similar automation and infrastructure-as-code tools; proficiency in Bash, PowerShell, and Python; and practical use of AI to improve work efficiency.

• Comprehensive knowledge of OpenStack administration and implementation, Linux administration, and virtualization platforms such as VMware, oVirt, or Hyper-V.

• Thorough knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, cloud object storage such as S3-compatible services, and networking fundamentals, including load balancing, segmentation, and firewall configuration.

• Thorough knowledge of configuring and monitoring automated web application security tools and centralized logging and metrics platforms such as ELK, Grafana, and Prometheus.

• Twelve 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

Samaritan''s Purse is proud to offer a competitive benefits package, including:

• On-site Medical Clinic (staff and dependents)

• Medical, prescription, dental & vision insurance

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

• Long-term and Short-term disability insurance

• Paid Family Medical Leave

• Term Life Insurance

• 401(k) retirement savings plan

• 10 paid holidays

• 12 vacation/personal days

Type: Full-time

Department: Information Technology

Location: (On-Site) Boone, NC; Irving, TX; N. Wilkesboro, NC; Charlotte, NC; Flowery Branch, GA; Aurora, IL; Englewood, CO; Fullerton, CA; Coppell, TX; Windsor Mill, MD

Language Requirement: English fluency

Travel: Less than 5% domestic travel

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