Cloud Engineer Lead

The Cloud Engineer Lead supervises the design and up-keep of cloud-based systems in order to ensure the organization operates efficiently and safely. Providing experience and expertise, the Cloud Engineer Lead ensures that the cloud infrastructure remains up-to-date with new cloud products, technology and best practices to ensure the system is optimized for the organization's needs.

Essential Job Function

• Leads the review of the organization's cloud architecture and how it can best support applications and infrastructure on IaaS and PaaS platforms.
• Identifies the need and installment for optimal cloud solutions across the organization based on current data needs, and that implementation is successful.
• Leads the review of cloud hardware, software, and applications to ensure data is secure and that security management and privacy requirements are incorporated.
• Advises lower-level professionals on how to best test, implement, and analyze cloud infrastructure using appropriate specialized infrastructure tools, techniques, and technologies.
• Provides expertise on how to resolve complex cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities.
• Remains up to date about new cloud products, technology, and best practices.
• Leads communication across teams as needed in order to foster collaboration and increase productivity.
• Leads the monitoring and tracking of cloud spending against cost governance guidelines.
• Leads the development, support, and documentation related to Disaster Recovery efforts for hybrid cloud workloads.
• Advises in budgetary decisions regarding enterprise hybrid cloud infrastructure and participates in cost-management of current tools and resources.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

• Required: Bachelor's Degree

Experience

• Required: 7 years

Licensure/Certification/Listing

• Required: Cloud Architect Certificate