Job Specifications
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Job Summary
The Lead Cloud Platform Engineer will take charge of the design, implementation, and maintenance of the company's cloud platform infrastructure. The Lead Cloud Platform Engineer will provide technical leadership, guidance to engineering team, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, scalable, secure and cost-effective solutions.
Job Description
Key Accountabilities
Lead the design, development, and maintenance of the company's platform infrastructure using cloud services and automation tools
Provide technical leadership and guidance to a team of engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment
Collaborate with software engineering and security teams to define platform requirements and ensure compliance with best practices
Drive architectural decisions and implement solutions that ensure scalability, performance, and security
Monitor and optimize the platform's health, performance, and cost-efficiency, making proactive recommendations for improvement
Develop and maintain automated processes for deploying, testing, and monitoring the platform
Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues with the platform infrastructure, including network, storage, and compute resources
Keep informed of industry trends, emerging technologies and their potential impact or benefit to platform
Evaluate and champion infrastructure technologies, tools, and services to improve platform performance, scalability, and reliability
Collaborate with stakeholders to define and prioritize platform roadmap and initiatives
Document knowledge articles and work instructions
Education, Experience, & Skill Requirements
Experienced gained through college degree programs and or certifications in Computer Science, Information Technology or related fields.
5-7+ years of experience in platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, or related field
Strong experience with cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure, or similar)
Strong experience with infrastructure automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, or similar)
Strong experience with containerization and container orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, or similar)
Proven experience leading and mentoring a team of engineers
Expert-level knowledge of networking, security, and system administration concepts
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and rapidly evolving environment
Strong organizational and project management skills
Key Metrics
Certifications at the Professional level
System availability
Process compliance
Data availability
Data quality
Agile delivery proficiency
Ticket volumes and trending
Need in depth understanding and implementation experience of service mesh.
Experience with self managed implementation of data engineering tools for workflow orchestration (Airflow, Kubeflow etc.)
Strong experience with implementation and solutioning of DevOps based automation tools ( Jenkins, GitLab etc.)
Strong experience implementing and migrating AWS databases (Aurora Global DB cluster, Postgres RDS or similar)
Need strong knowledge on Vulnerability management (Image scanning, Ivanti, sentinel)
Proven experience with solutioning GitOps declarative tools for Continuous delivery in Kubernetes such as ArgoCD.
Strong knowledge and implementation experience of infrastructure monitoring tools such as Signoz
Knowledge of implementing APIs for Secret management (Fast API etc.)
Experience of creating custom AMIs for AWS or Azure by implementing tools such as Packer
Experience in solutioning multi region AWS infrastructure deployment.
Job Family
Information Technology
Company
Vistra Corporate Services Company
Locations
Irving, Texas
Texas
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About the Company
Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company, based in Irving, Texas, that provides essential resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine. Vistra is a leader in transforming the energy landscape with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability. The company safely operates a reliable, efficient, power generation fleet of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities while taking an in...
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