The Cloud Engineer is a member of the Enterprise Infrastructure Services team within the central IT department at Princeton University. This team is responsible for provisioning access to cloud providers (Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Google GCP), implementing governance policies, managing costs, and advising on best practices for deploying and securing cloud infrastructure.

The Cloud Engineer will collaborate with application development and infrastructure teams to establish secure, reliable, and cost-effective cloud environments. This will include automating provisioning processes, establishing security baselines, deploying policy frameworks, monitoring policy compliance, monitoring costs, and monitoring service availability and performance. The Engineer will analyze on-premises applications, recommend the most effective way to migrate applications to the cloud, and assist with cloud migrations. The Engineer will develop custom software as needed to assist with migrations and operations. The Engineer will share knowledge of programming, DevOps processes, and cloud services with colleagues. The position includes on-call and after-hours duties as required.

This position reports to the Director for Cloud Infrastructure Services, within the Enterprise Infrastructure Services department of the Office of Information Technology at Princeton University.

This is a 2-year term, benefits-eligible position.

• Collaborate with infrastructure, application development, monitoring, and security teams to evaluate and identify optimal cloud solutions
• Identify best-of-breed tools and approaches for deploying, securing, and monitoring cloud infrastructure
• Keep informed of new services and functionality made available by cloud providers
• Design and deploy proof-of-concept networking, storage, and compute configurations that meet functional requirements
• Investigate and resolve cloud infrastructure issues
• Recommend best practices for use of cloud services
• Develop Python applications to be deployed as serverless functions or containerized applications
• Develop Infrastructure as Code templates used to deploy cloud infrastructure and applications
• Develop and configure automated testing and deployment pipelines
• Automate business processes
• Automate code and application testing
• Document code and configurations
• Provide support for cloud management and automation software and tools
• Support applications and services managed by the Cloud Infrastructure Services team as needed
• Maintain and share knowledge of new and developing technologies and industry standards related to cloud technologies and services
• Serve as a mentor and help team members develop their cloud knowledge and technical skills

• Support and maintain cloud infrastructure and solutions using the standard ITIL framework and service management processes in ServiceNow.

Essential Qualifications:

• 5 or more years of proven experience developing and deploying cloud native applications and migrating applications to the cloud
• Proven experience employing cloud infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code using CI/CD
• Proficiency in Python programming
• Familiarity with container technology
• Familiarity with networking concepts: VPN, network address translation, subnets, routing, access control lists, firewalls, and load balancers
• Experience with Identity and Access Managment, privilege and role assignments, access auditing
• Experience writing compelling proposals and recommendations
• Agile project management experience
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Proven ability to understand new systems beyond areas of expertise and to understand interactions of technologies
• Ability to develop ideas and strategies and to communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders having varied levels of technical proficiencies
• Understanding of infrastructure security controls including cyber security frameworks
• Ability to handle multiple high-priority projects and re-prioritize workloads to meet changing business needs
• Self-motivation, ability to find information, ability to break large projects down into incremental tasks

Preferred Qualifications:

• Cloud developer certifications
• Experience with PowerShell, Azure Bicep, Terraform, Cloudformation
• Experience building and deploying containerized applications
• Skill in leading training sessions and teaching new skills to others
• Familiarity with the ITIL service delivery framework, including Incident, Change, and Problem management

Princeton University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

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About Princeton University

Princeton University is a vibrant community of scholarship and learning that stands in the nation's service and in the service of all nations. Chartered in 1746, Princeton is the fourth-oldest college in the United States. Princeton is an independent, coeducational, nondenominational institution that provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering.As a world-renowned research university, Princeton seeks to achieve the highest levels of distinction in the discovery and transmission of knowledge and understanding. At the same time, Princeton is distinctive among research universities in its commitment to undergraduate teaching.Today, more than 1,100 faculty members instruct approximately 5,200 undergraduate students and 2,600 graduate students. The University's generous financial aid program ensures that talented students from all economic backgrounds can afford a Princeton education.

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