Senior Cloud Engineer

Company: PwC
Location: Flower Mound
Posted on: February 20, 2021

Job Description:

PwC's Cloud Computing and Networking practice helps our clients transform their business through innovative technology solutions and effective IT Service Management. Part of that journey includes helping our clients enable innovation, reinventing their customer experience, and exploring new markets. You will be immersed in a variety of different projects, groups, and locations while getting inspired through your community to grow as an individual as well as a team. Our diverse client service teams encourages out-of-the-box thinking, problem solving, great team mentality and a curiosity for understanding the latest in technology.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.
  Additional Responsibilities: PwC's Cloud Engineering and Security Hub enables us to supercharge business transformation, powered by the cloud. The Hub combines deep cloud talent and business, industry, and technical expertise to deliver cloud-powered business outcomes. Our full-stack cloud engineering capabilities enhance our Cloud Transformation solutions, helping clients unlock the full potential of their IT strategy from App Migration & Modernization, Native Cloud development, through data transformation and beyond.Custom Orgs:
  
  Global LoS:
  Advisory
  
  Global Network:
  Technology Consulting
  
  Global Competency Network:
  Cloud Computing & Networking
  
  Go-To-Market:
  Cloud Engineering and Security Hub
  
  Sector:
  Not Applicable
  
  Programme Type:
  Contract Type - Not Applicable
  
  Job Requirements and Preferences:
  
  Basic Qualifications:
  
  Minimum Degree Required:
  Bachelor Degree
  
  Minimum Years of Experience:
  3 year(s) with 2 years of Cloud experience
  
  Preferred Qualifications:
  
  Preferred Fields of Study:
  Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Business Application Programming, Computer and Information Science, Computer Applications, Computer Engineering, Computer Management, Computer Programming, Computer Systems Analysis, Engineering, Engineering and Business, Industrial and Operations Engineering, Systems Engineering, Web Design, Webmaster and Web Management, Internet Technology, Software App, Management Information Systems, Data Processing/Analytics/Science
  
  Certification(s) Preferred: 1 or more Architect certifications from AWS, Azure, or GCPPreferred Knowledge/Skills: Demonstrates thorough abilities and/or a proven record of success as a team leader:
  • Using appropriate cloud services to design and deploy architecture and applications based on given customer and/or Solutions Architect's requirements;
  • Implementing enterprise-wide scalable and high-availability operations in a cloud environment;
  • Applying DevOps concepts including IAC using Terraform or CloudFormation, configuration management using Chef, and Ansible, CI/CD using Jenkins, CodeDeploy, etc;
  • Making informed decisions about customers' infrastructure and understanding the impact of design decisions;
  • Understanding compliant environments including PCI, HIPAA, etc;
  • Understanding core cloud security and auditing capabilities;
  • Understanding cloud security controls, network boundary controls, and related toolsets;
  • Understanding of the various IT infrastructures and application stacks;
  • Using Configuration Management and Configuration Orchestration tools, such as Ansible, Terraform, Chef, etc.;
  • Working on multiple projects simultaneously and adhere to project timelines;
  • Understanding DevOps Concepts like IaC, CI/CD, blue-green deployments, etc; and,
  • Implementing agile methodology.Demonstrates thorough abilities and/or a proven record of success as a team leader:
    • Work under the guidance of lead engineering staff to implement and test software solutions in a cloud environment;
    • Perform migrations to a cloud environment leveraging tools like CloudEndure and AWS Database Migration Service;
    • Write development, technical, or user documentation related to implemented software functionality;
    • Work with one or more: Apache, nginx, Tomcat, IIS, and varnish;
    • Manage various database engines, like MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MSSQL;
    • Work with third-party cost optimization tools (CloudHealth, CloudCheckr, etc);
    • Build and deploy cloud infrastructure using Terraform or CloudFormation and develop scripts for future reuse;
    • Leverage tools like Terraform and Jenkins to incrementally automate, modernize, and improve customers' environments;
    • Develop CI/CD pipelines for various application stacks, including LAMP, Java, and Node.js;
    • Implement centralized logging solutions such as SumoLogic and CloudWatch Logs
    • Develop software in two or more of the following languages: Java, Python, C#, C++, Node.js, Typescript
    • Work with one or more scripting languages (e.g. Bash, Powershell, Ruby, Python, Node.js, etc);
    • Work with containerization using Docker or Kubernetes, preferably in a cloud environment;
    • Work with Swagger/OpenAPI;
    • Leverage Git or other source control methodology;
    • Develop software that interfaces with Structured and Unstructured data;
    • Develop multi-threaded code;
    • Improve the security posture of our customers by performing various assessments and analyses using tools like CloudCheckr and AlertLogic; and,
    • Identify areas for cost savings through Auto Scaling, right-sizing, and elimination of waste within the customer's cloud environments.
      
      All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

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