Senior AWS/ Cloud Solutions Engineer

Senior AWS/ Cloud Solutions Engineer – Remote or Hybrid | Cary, NC

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We’re the leader in analytics. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence – and questions into answers.

We’re also a debt-free multi-billion-dollar organization on our path to IPO-readiness. If you’re looking for a dynamic, fulfilling career coupled with flexibility and world-class employee experience, you’ll find it here.

About the job

The IaaS Design Engineering team is looking for a Senior AWS/ Cloud Solutions Engineer to help build and maintain the next generation of hosted SAS Cloud. Our team owns IaaS technology domains, sets standards, develops new solutions, and much more for hosted SAS environments, corporate/internal teams and R&D. 

As a Senior AWS/ Cloud Solutions Engineer, you will:

• Think analytically, write/edit technical material, and present clearly on technical matters in a business context for delivery and operations teams.
• Exercise your ability to adapt and react to complex issues in a timely manner as our business needs and objectives evolve.
• Ensure the implementation of agreed upon technical architectures.
• Learn every day, and expect technology to drive a new status-quo.
• Collaborate across business units and lead discussions on use case and requirements for cloud services that align with corporate research and development strategy
• Optimize system performance, scalability, and reliability through architecture enhancements and best practices.

Required qualifications

• You have a bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related quantitative field.
• Multi-Public Cloud experience with at least 8+ years of Information Technology experience including:
• 5+ years of experience in implementing and supporting enterprise solutions/services.
• 2+ years of experience with industry leading public cloud providers or equivalent certifications.
• 2+ years of experience in systems support and consulting.
• 2+ years of experience in Linux.
• 1+ year of experience in deploying and managing Kubernetes.
• In-depth experience in all major aspects of Information Technology (servers/compute, network, storage).
• Experience in deploying and managing containerized services.
• Development experience in a major scripting or compiled programming languages.
• Experience using source control solutions like GitHub or GitLab.
• Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.
• You’re curious, passionate, authentic and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Preferred qualifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Professional Cloud Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator or other related certifications.
• Experience with large-scale, multi-platform enterprise systems.
• Familiarity with automation through interaction with remote APIs (REST).
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and/or Windows Server Technologies.
• Experience with LDAP, ADFS, SAML, or other Identity and Access Management Solutions.
• Experience with on-prem hypervisor technologies.
• Experience with WAN technologies and how they interact with public Cloud Solutions.

World-class benefits  

Highlights include...

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans. 
• Medical plan options include…
  • PPO with low annual deductible and copays. 
  • HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center). 
• Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There’s a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge! 
• An industry-leading 401k plan. 
• Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1. 
• Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days. 
• Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees 

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Additional Information

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status. SAS is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Read more: Know Your Rights. Also view the Pay Transparency notice.

Job level will be determined based on the applicant's education, skills and experience. Resumes may be considered in the order they are received. SAS employees performing certain job functions may require access to technology or software subject to export or import regulations. To comply with these regulations, SAS may obtain nationality or citizenship information from applicants for employment. SAS collects this information solely for trade law compliance purposes and does not use it to discriminate unfairly in the hiring process.

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