Senior Cloud Engineer - Remote (MST/CST/EST Region Time Zones)

Acentra is looking for a  Senior Cloud Engineer  to join our growing team.

Position Overview:

Are you passionate about driving innovation and optimizing cloud operations? As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in a dynamic and collaborative DevOps team, working to streamline processes and enhance efficiency. You’ll work closely with development, QA, and support teams to manage operations, deployments, and CI/CD tasks, ensuring deadlines are consistently met.

This position reports directly to the DevOps Manager or Operations Manager and offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on high-volume healthcare data systems. These systems, accessed through multiple web portals, support critical services for healthcare clients. Operating across multiple data centers, this high-availability system requires your expertise to maintain 24/7/365 reliability for users.

Join us to harness cutting-edge DevOps tools, work collaboratively across dynamic teams, and make a meaningful impact within a mission-driven organization dedicated to delivering innovative healthcare technology solutions.

Job Responsibilities:

• Functions as an individual contributor and works under minimal supervision of a team lead.
• Demonstrates working expertise in AWS services, including EC2, NLB, ELB, ECS, Elastic Cache, ALB, S3, RDS, EBS volumes, AWS Redshift, DMS, EKS, and AWS Glue.
• Applies knowledge of Kubernetes and Helm for container orchestration and management.
• Utilizes Infrastructure as Code (IAC) tools, such as CloudFormation Templates (CFT), Terraform, and Ansible, to automate infrastructure provisioning.
• Understands and works effectively within Microservices architecture to support scalable solutions.
• Collaborates with the project DevOps Lead to develop, implement, and maintain DevOps processes, tools, and best practices.
• Implements and enforces best practices for Pipeline as Code, Infrastructure as Code, and Configuration as Code methodologies.
• Prepares and maintains comprehensive work instructions for source control management tools, including SVN, Git, and GitHub, tailored to current and future project needs.
• Demonstrates proficiency in scripting languages, such as Python, Groovy, and Bash, to enhance automation and operational efficiency.
• Develops and refines best practices for software builds, revision management, and release processes in collaboration with team members and based on input from the team lead/manager.
• Sets up, maintains, and manages CI/CD pipelines (preferably using Jenkins) to automate deployments, while performing code reviews for junior DevOps Engineers.
• Exhibits in-depth knowledge of DevOps tools and platforms, Linux, AWS, Maven/Gradle, Jenkins, JFrog Artifactory, and SONAR or similar code scanning tools.
• Designs and implements software packaging and installation scripts using Docker and Ansible.
• Enables continuous feedback loops within pipelines by understanding and integrating various types of automated software testing.
• Actively participates in continuous process improvement and automation initiatives to enhance operational workflows.

Required Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree with 6–8 years of relevant work experience, or a Master’s degree with 4–6 years of relevant work experience.
• Preferred majors include Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a closely related field.
• At least 4 years of experience as a Cloud Engineer on medium to large-scale projects.
• Proficiency in JIRA and Confluence for workflow management and team collaboration.
• Extensive knowledge of DevOps tools such as Linux, AWS, Maven/Gradle, Jenkins, JFrog Artifactory, and SONAR (or similar code scanning tools).
• Hands-on experience with version control tools like Subversion and Git, as well as security scanning tools such as Fortify.
• Familiarity with MS Office tools, J2EE, and RDBMS concepts for efficient database management.
• Working knowledge of scripting and automation tools, including Perl, shell scripting, Ant/Maven/Gradle, Java, and Makefiles.

Additional Qualifications (Nice to Have):

• 2–4 years of hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and/or the AWS Cloud environment.
• AWS Certification is highly preferred.
• Advanced scripting expertise in at least one programming language, such as Python, Bash, or Groovy.
• Proficiency in Linux with advanced system administration skills.
• Application Server Administration experience, particularly with WebSphere and/or WebLogic.
• Cloud expertise, including experience working in Azure environments.

Why us

We are a team of experienced and caring leaders, clinicians, pioneering technologists, and industry professionals who come together to redefine expectations for the healthcare industry. State and federal healthcare agencies, providers, and employers turn to us as their vital partner to ensure better healthcare and improve health outcomes. 

We do this through our people

You will have meaningful work that genuinely improves people's lives nationwide. Our company cares about our employees, giving you the tools and encouragement, you need to achieve the finest work of your career. 

Thank You!

We know your time is valuable and we thank you for applying for this position. Due to the high volume of applicants, only those who are chosen to advance in our interview process will be contacted. We sincerely appreciate your interest in Acentra Health and invite you to apply to future openings that may be of interest. Best of luck in your search!

~ The Acentra Health Talent Acquisition Team

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability

Acentra Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable Federal, State or Local law.

Benefits

Benefits are a key component of your rewards package. Our benefits are designed to provide you with additional protection, security, and support for both your career and your life away from work. Our benefits include comprehensive health plans, paid time off, retirement savings, corporate wellness, educational assistance, corporate discounts, and more.

Compensation

The compensation for this role is $110,000 per year.

Based on our compensation program, an applicant’s position placement in the pay range will depend on various considerations, such as years of applicable experience and skill level.

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