Description
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
Contact
TXU Energy
1601 Bryan St
Dallas
Texas United States
www.txuenergy.com
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