Cloud Systems Engineer

Job Description

The Cloud Systems Engineer will manage, maintain, and support SOLV Energy’s Azure and AWS cloud-based infrastructure to ensure consistent, reliable, and secure operations, while maximizing the value of subscribed systems and services. This is a hands-on technologist role, reporting to the IT Infrastructure and Cloud Manager and will have responsibility for all aspects of the company’s cloud-based computing infrastructure and services. This role is hybrid, with regular in-office presence in San Diego, CA.

Position Responsibilities and Duties

• Assess current Azure and AWS instance and create continuous improvement roadmap.
• Define cloud systems strategy to maximize the return on IT investments, while meeting or exceeding uptime and performance expectations.
• Drive the adoption of best practices in cloud architecture and operations, ensuring high standards of performance and security.
• Design, plan, and implement Azure and AWS based systems and services in support of functional, storage, compute, data integration, and systems security initiatives.
• Collaborate with SecOps and IT Operations teams to ensure that new or updated solutions and services comply with the enterprise cyber security standards.
• Proactively identify and apply system updates to prevent issues, strengthen security, tune performance, automate tasks, and manage costs.
• Maintain zero trust endpoint security with tools such as Microsoft Defender.
• Develop and support Disaster Recovery, Backup, and retention policies on Azure and AWS platforms.
• Develop and implement training programs for team members to enhance their skills and knowledge in Azure technologies.
• Lead project planning and execution, ensuring timely delivery of cloud solutions and adherence to project timelines.
• Manage cloud networking and security and monitor the logging of systems.
• Development and maintenance of IT policies and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with IT General Controls, provide needed information in support of audits and to substantiate process and controls compliance.
• Own and maintain enterprise monitoring and alerting platforms, including Zabbix and cloud-native tools, to provide clear visibility into the health, performance, capacity, and availability of Azure and AWS environments.
• Build and support automation workflows using scripting and orchestration tools such as Ansible/AWX and operational runbooks to reduce manual effort, improve reliability, and streamline day-to-day operations.
• Identify and adopt practical AI-assisted features within monitoring and automation tools to improve anomaly detection, alert quality, and operational insights, while ensuring decisions and remediation remain under engineering control.

Minimum Skills or Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, related technology field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 10+ years overall IT infrastructure experience, including 5+ years building and operating production workloads in Azure or AWS at enterprise scale.
• Expertise in Azure or AWS cloud systems oversight, performance tuning, and administration.
• Linux Operating System Experience / Knowledge.
• Strong knowledge of cloud security technologies and best practices.
• Expertise with Infrastructure as Code: design and security, configuration management, integration, deployment, performance monitoring and tuning, automation of infrastructure.
• Expertise with ARM templates and Terraform to enable automation.
• Expertise with Entra ID Administration.
• Expertise with networking and networking protocols & services.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, and Bash for automation.
• Expertise with deployment techniques (and tools) in a distributed environment.
• Strong oral and written communication skills with a high degree of comfort with varying types of audiences.
• Emotional intelligence, flexible work style, and excellent diplomatic skills across all levels of an organization.
• Expertise designing and delivering complex solutions on time and with expected quality.
• Expertise supporting various compliance and regulatory frameworks.
• Advanced skills in performance tuning and optimization of cloud resources.
• Ability to multi-task, establish priorities, work independently, manage time, and deliver on commitments.
• Hands-on experience operating enterprise monitoring and alerting platforms.
• Practical experience automating operational tasks using scripting and orchestration tools such as PowerShell, Python, Bash, and tools like Ansible or AWX.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted features in monitoring or automation tools.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance.
• Enrollment in the company’s 401(k) plan.
• Vacation, sick and holiday pay.

Compensation Range

$117,167.00 - $143,529.00

Pay Rate Type

Salary

Job Number

J12958