COMPANY OVERVIEW XCEL Engineering, Inc. is an award-winning small business that provides trusted information technology, engineering, consulting and project management solutions and services to federal agencies and organizations. Originally founded in 1971 by professional engineers at the University of Tennessee, XCEL was acquired in 2003 by U.S. Army and Navy veterans and in 2023 became a MartinFed company. XCEL Engineering is a part of IT Lab Partners (ITLP) which was created to support a leading research facility in the East Tennessee region in recruiting the best and the brightest technical talent. Considering joining our impressive team today! Please Note: This positionis remote JOB OVERVIEW Xcel Engineering isseeking qualified applicants fora Senior Cloud Engineer in the Digital Platform Services Group of a top research lab in East, TN. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Work in tandem with our engineering team to identify and implement optimized cloud-based solutions for the company. Define and record best practices and strategies regarding application deployment and infrastructure maintenance. Provide guidance, thought leadership, and mentorship to development teams to build cloud competencies. Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards of code quality and thoughtful design. Manage cloud environments in accordance with company and Federal security guidelines. Cloud Operations Management: Provide technical expertise in cloud service categories such as PaaS/SaaS/IaaS. Design, build, maintain, document, and automate technical processes and operations using VMWare, vCenter, vSphere, Azure Virtual Machine. Implement configuration and deployment automation towards improving functionality, availability, and manageability of our enterprise cloud offerings. Design, implement, and test disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity architecture. Monitor and maintain multiple environments based on client requirements. Continuous Improvement: Provide continuously improving sets of software and systems engineering practices for a streamlined IT environment. Communications: Demonstrate excellent interpersonal, written, presentation, leadership, collaboration, facilitation and negotiation skills and the ability to interact with all levels of internal and external partners. Cultivate positive relationships with industry authorities. Solve incidents, identify root cause, fix, and document problems, and implement preventive measures. Educate teams on the implementation of new cloud-based initiatives, providing associated training as required. Employ exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to see and tackle issues before they affect business productivity. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS A BS in business, computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, system analysis, or a related field of study and eight (8) or more years of experience in cloud computing technologies. An overall combination of equivalent experience may be considered. Experience with Azure Cloud. Experience with cloud infrastructure (firewalls, load balancers, DNS, DHCP) and various virtualization technologies, including VMWare vCenter and vSphere. Experience in scripting languages such as Terraform, PowerShell, CloudFormation, Ansible Shell Scripting, Python, Ruby, PERL Scripting. DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS An advanced degree in business, computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, system analysis, or a related field of study and seven (7) or more years of experience in cloud computing technologies. Azure certifications. Experience in several of the following areas: database architecture, ETL, business intelligence, big data, machine learning, advanced analytics. Understanding of authentication and authorization, and both identi y and access management. Familiarity of deployments in a hybrid cloud environment including data challenges with solution deployment across multiple clouds. Familiarity with Azure Open AI Ability to work on challenging issues independently or in a collaborative environment. Ability to present ideas in user-friendly language. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS and ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS Inside office environment. Working on a computer for long periods of time. May involve long period of sitting at a desk. The work environment is fast-paced and sometimes involves extreme deadline pressures. OTHER DUTIES This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Xcel Engineering is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, religious creed, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, transgender, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, protected Veteran Status, genetics or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state or local law. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or disabled veteran, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access Xcel Engineering’s current openings as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by calling . Thank you for your interest in Xcel Engineering. All positions at Xcel Engineering, Inc. are contingent upon passing both a background check and drug screening prior to a start date and are subject to random drug screenings during the employment period. In addition, Xcel Engineering is an E-Verify employer. For more information, or to apply now, you must go to the website below. Please DO NOT email your resume to us as we only accept applications through our website.
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