🚀 Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Overview

This position is within our NYK Business Systems Americas Inc. (NBSA) company. Must have the ability to commute to our office in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Responsibilities

Infrastructure Design & Management

• Design and deploy secure, scalable, and highly available infrastructure solutions on AWS and Microsoft Azure.
• Manage cloud resources using the cloud provider native tools, Terraform and other IaC tools to ensure repeatability and version control.
• Implement and manage VPCs, subnets, route tables, NAT gateways, VPNs, and peering.
• Leverage cloud-native services within the cloud platform to improve operations, reduce costs, or enhance security.

System Administration

• Perform system administration tasks on Linux and Windows servers, including patching, monitoring, and performance tuning.
• Manage cloud-based storage, compute, and database resources.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts using Python, Bash, or PowerShell to streamline provisioning, configuration, and deployment processes.
• Maintain system inventories.

Security & Compliance

• Configure cloud resources to follow standard frameworks such as CIS Foundations Benchmark 3.0 for AWS and Azure public cloud environments.
• Implement and enforce cloud security best practices, including IAM policies, encryption, and network security controls.
• Collaborate with security teams to ensure compliance with internal company standards.
• Conduct regular security assessments and participate in incident response activities.
• Comply with the company’s incident, problem, and change management processes.

Monitoring & Optimization

• Set up and maintain monitoring, alerting, and logging systems using tools such as Zabbix, AWS CloudWatch, NetFlow, and similar.
• Analyze system performance and cost metrics to optimize resource usage and reduce cloud spend in consultation with department management.
• Participate in Cloud Operations reviews and keep senior technical management informed by preparing reports on system performance and problems.

Collaboration & Documentation

• Work closely with developers, DevOps, and security teams to support application deployment and infrastructure needs.
• Support automation of CI/CD pipelines in support of DevOps practices.
• Create and maintain detailed documentation for infrastructure, processes and procedures, and disaster recovery plans.

Note: The above responsibilities document the major levels and scope of work expected of the incumbent. They are not designed to cover every activity, duty, or responsibility. The incumbent may be asked to perform other duties as required.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience administering AWS environments.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Experience with Cloud CLI.
• Experience with Terraform and other Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Understanding of cloud networking (DNS, load balancing, firewalls, VPNs).
• Experience with Linux and/or Windows system administration in cloud environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud security principles and IAM best practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS Certification (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate, SysOps Administrator, DevOps Engineer, or similar).
• Familiarity with Microsoft Azure services, or experience in multi-cloud environments.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions).
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with configuration management tools (e.g., AWS Config, Chef, Puppet).
• Exposure to cost management tools and cloud billing.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Bi-lingual skills are a plus.

Work Experience:

• 3+ years of experience administrating AWS public cloud infrastructure environments.
• 3+ years of infrastructure and system administration in Microsoft Windows/Unix/Linux environments.

Preferred Education:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

Non Essentials:

Other duties as assigned.

Seniorit y level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage

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