Junior Cloud Engineer job

About the role

The Office of Innovation & Technology (OIT) is the central IT agency for the City of Philadelphia, headed by the Chief Information Officer. OIT oversees all major information and communications technology initiatives for the City, advancing IT infrastructure to better serve residents, businesses, and visitors. Responsibilities include implementing new IT directions across city government, optimizing technology assets, ensuring data security continuity, planning for service disruptions, and supporting efficient government operations across all departments.

Responsibilities

• Work with architecture and engineering teams to identify and implement optimal cloud-based solutions
• Manage a multi-account, multi-organization cloud environment in AWS
• Plan and design cloud workloads to meet business needs with a focus on security
• Document standards, best practices, and procedures across the environment
• Automate infrastructure configuration and deployment throughout the development lifecycle
• Monitor and govern cloud environments, optimizing services to control costs and usage
• Employ exceptional problem-solving skills to address issues before they impact productivity
• Stay current with industry trends and new services
• Forecast cloud services costs for new workloads and optimize existing workloads for cost and reliability

Qualifications

• AWS experience
• Automating environments using Infrastructure as Code
• Familiarity with network technologies (VPCs, VPNs, Transit Gateways, Route53, Load Balancers, etc.)
• Cloud architecture design (Well-Architected Framework)
• Understanding of data and data integration concepts (SQL, data governance, enterprise patterns)
• Python experience preferred

Additional requirements

• Able to provide strong references successfully demonstrating such abilities and experience as defined above
• Employment is contingent upon passing a CJIS background check
• The employee must be a City of Philadelphia resident within six months of hire

Competencies, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Experience in AWS and architecture design
• Knowledge of design principles in cloud environments
• Familiarity with: IAM and security in the Cloud; cost optimization in AWS; and networking
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to help project teams meet their goals while addressing enterprise concepts such as standards and security

Pay

Salary: $70,000 – $75,000

Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage for employees and their eligible dependents
• Wellness program eligibility for discounted medical plans
• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
• Generous retirement savings options
• Eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
• Free SEPTA commute for eligible employees
• Tuition discounts and scholarships at partnering colleges and universities (10%–40% savings, extending to spouses and dependents in some cases)