Cloud Automation Engineer

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Full-time

Description

ABOUT US

At Connectria, LLC, we provide award-winning Cloud Computing and Managed Hosting from our world-class data centers in North America to more than 1,000 customers in 30+ countries throughout the world, and we help customers run their systems securely in Amazon’s AWS cloud and Microsoft’s Azure cloud.

For over twenty years, Connectria’s ‘No Jerks Allowed’ philosophy has been the foundation of our culture. We are a company that believes in promoting from within and take an employee-first approach. Due to these practices, Connectria has won St. Louis Post-Dispatch Best Places to Work 9 times, Computerworld Best Places to Work in IT 9 times, HIRE Vets Medallion Award 2 times and The Nation’s Best and Brightest in Wellness Award.

If you are looking for your next career opportunity and enjoy working in a fast-paced and growing business environment and want to be on a team with a “No Jerks Allowed” company philosophy that treats everyone with respect in a fun and supportive work environment, Connectria has an exciting opportunity for you!

POSITION PROFILE

Connectria’s Product & Innovations Team is looking for a Cloud Automation Engineer to help us rapidly evolve both internal and external facing automation solutions to support the scaled deployment and growth of Connectria’s expanding product portfolio.

Why are we hiring?

As an AWS Premier Partner, Connectria’s Managed Services business is growing faster than ever. As we are rapidly expanding our customer base, Connectria is looking for an Automation Engineer to join our Innovations and Product Engineering team. This team is designed to scale existing and conceptualize new automation solutions and applications that deliver elegant solutions to operational, workflow, introspection, and auto-healing use-cases.

We are on the lookout for an experienced Automation Engineer with a real penchant for problem solving to join our team on a permanent basis. This position is a great opportunity for a driven professional keen to be part of an aggressive growth journey to provide best-in-class managed services and software products while progressing your career in a transformative role.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• You love to code! Code! You are passionate about building automations end-to-end and iteratively, from requirements gathering to ideation, design, development, monitoring and continuous improvement.

• Automation and orchestration your jam? Interested in making computers “do the work”. Then you are ready to develop architected solutions from conceptualized architecture through scale-out in production.

• You’ll help our teams automate tasks and manual work. This may involve integrating cloud deployment venues and services, deployments, tagging and automation tools, building Slackbots and automating permissions across our myriad toolsets.

• You’ll build custom applications or scripts using third-party and/or build your own APIs.

• You’ll write the code, build and manage internal apps, and as required deploy them in cloud (AWS, Azure, etc.).

• You’re engaging -- you can translate business problems into technical requirements, and you care about the customer experience.

• You write well - from chat to documentation to code that’s simple and maintainable.

• You’ll create and/or build the necessary infrastructure to support the solutions.

• You’ll work on projects over sprints, document your progress, and deliver a project from start to finish in rapid timeline, with multiple priorities and deadlines. You’ll juggle a few things at once and know how to prioritize.

• You’ll work with your peers in the automation and customer-facing software development teams, help solve problems, mentor junior-level engineers and help the team if you can.

Requirements

• 3+ years’ functional experience in application development.

• 2+ years’ proven experience in building scalable applications and solutions.

• 3+ years’ experience as an application developer in Python.

• Experience with a 2nd modern program language, such as Java and JavaScript.

• Knowledge of Linux (ubuntu) commands/apps (i.e., curl, ssh, jq, tmux, etc.).

• Experience with event-based architectures and associated tech-stacks including MongoDB and RabbitMQ.

• Experience with APIs among major vendors/applications.

• Experience with an Infrastructure-as-Code platform - Terraform, Kubernetes, etc.

• Functional understanding and knowledge of Cloud platforms and a functional understanding of corresponding provisioning workflows.

• Functional understanding of modern containerization platforms including Docker.

• Familiarity with access controls and principles of least privilege.

• Analytical mindset, creativity, and business-focused problem solver.

• Excellent interpersonal, written and facilitation skills.

• Ability to thrive in a high-growth and fast-paced environment.

• Bachelor’s Degree required, Master’s a plus.

• Ability to work within a remote team.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to our organization's success by leveraging your expertise in public cloud compliance. If you are a proactive, detail-oriented, and collaborative professional with a passion for customer services and cloud security, we encourage you to apply.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

The opportunity to work with one of the fastest growing companies in the country with an award winning culture! Rated as the Best Place to Work, Connectria offers a generous benefits package that you would expect from a large company with the relaxed family-oriented atmosphere of a small company.

We offer an excellent compensation with generous benefits including:

• 100% employer paid benefit premiums including medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, identity protection and life insurance

• 401(k) plan with employer match

• Paid vacation & sick time

• Paid holidays

• Paid parental leave

• Paid certification training and completion awards

• Online wellness rewards

• Free gym memberships

• And much more!

Job Type: Full-time, Direct Hire

Compensation: Salary for this position is commensurate with experience. Starting base salary isapproximately 100-110Kannually

Work Remotely: Yes

Work Authorization:

Connectria, LLC will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Connectria, LLC is an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration of employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment. If you are an individual with a disability and you need an accommodation during the interview process, please reach out to your recruiter.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. (2023)