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Cloud Engineer (AWS)
- PSEG Long Island (Bethpage, NY)
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**Requisition** : 80923
**PSEG Company** : PSEG Long Island
**Salary Range** : $ 88,400 - $ 140,000
**Work Location Category** : Hybrid Flexible
We’re one of the country’s largest energy companies, with a vision of powering a future where people use less energy, and it’s cleaner, safer and delivered more reliably than ever. We’re also deeply connected to the communities we serve, with more than 13,000 employees working together to support our customers and make a difference every day.
Here, you’ll have the stability and exciting opportunities that come with being a Fortune 500 company — along with a supportive, friendly work environment where your contributions are valued. We know life isn’t one-size-fits-all, and neither is work. That’s why we offer flexible work options depending on the role.
In support of this model, roles have been categorized into one of three work location categories:
1. Onsite – roles where employees are expected to be onsite daily.
2. Hybrid fixed – roles that are a mix of remote work and onsite work fixed days each week.
3. Hybrid flexible – roles that are a mix of remote work and onsite work, but the onsite requirements have greater flexibility. (i.e. 5-8 days a month vs. set days each week).
As an employee, if you are regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week, you will have access to a wide range of comprehensive benefits eligible the first of the month coincident with or following your date of hire., designed to support your total well-being: medical, dental, vision, paternal leave and family leave programs, behavioral health programs, 401(k) with company match, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, and generous paid time off.
More than 13,000 people already call PSEG their work home, taking pride in providing safe, reliable service to millions of customers. If you’re looking for a place where you can build a meaningful career and help power and support our communities, we’d love to welcome you to the team.
PSEG is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
Job Summary
The Technology Software Engineer (Cloud Engineer) – supports IT Infrastructure platforms and technologies hosted on-premises and in AWS Virtual Private Cloud. This role is responsible for Cloud Engineering and will provide technical cloud engineering subject matter expertise for multiple technology projects in support of the hosted cloud applications. This includes, enhancing and building tools to driving enhancements of cloud operations, crafting high performance service solutions for enabling better cloud software enabled operations, continuous deployment to build cloud technologies of the future and build solution parity across platforms.
The Cloud Engineer is involved in the full technology life cycle of designing, configuring, developing, documenting and testing of solutions to meet business or technology requirements from application reliability and cyber security hardening perspective. This includes developing, administering and executing preventive maintenance programs, overseeing problem management, performing root cause analysis and corrective action plans. Responsible for the day-to-day administration, technical support, troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrades, patching, performance and overall health of a variety of cyber security tools within a Microsoft Windows, Linux and UNIX server environments. Strong understanding across Cloud and infrastructure components (server, storage, network, data, and applications), security best practices and automation technologies to deliver end to end Cloud Infrastructure architectures and designs. Cloud Engineer is responsible for creating reference architectures, best practices and procedures.
Job Responsibilities
+ Designing the cloud infrastructure, designing the cloud application architecture, and designing the cloud security architecture and ensuring project compliance with IT security policies, best practices and branch standards.
+ Working with IT staff and management, and cloud technology vendors to plan, design, build, implement, and support new and existing cloud hosting services.
+ Build tools and automation to PSEG LI achieve better availability, scalability, latency and efficiency.
+ Monitor production and development environments to build preventive measures to enable a fail-safe experience to our customers.
+ Document and communicate clearly to architect and implement solutions.
+ Work closely across teams and bridge the gap between product managers, architects, and implement reliable consistent solutions.
+ Work with delivery teams on software improvements to achieve higher availability and lower meant time to discovery (MTTD).
+ Work with the groups within IT and Cyber security for related Infrastructure projects and initiatives including security policies for endpoint devices.
+ Interface with other areas of IT for engineering and infrastructure support.
+ Work within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval and success of changes made to the environment.
+ Ensure Quality Control and Assurance procedures are consistent with Infrastructure specifications, client requirements and corporate policies.
+ Perform reviews and/or Root Cause Analysis on production systems failures, formulate corrective action plans, ensure corrective actions are implemented, and track their effectiveness.
+ Requires working in a 24x7 environment with callout.
Job Specific Qualifications
+ Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Math or related technical field.
+ A minimum of 4 years of experience within the IT field or an industry with reliance on technical expertise.
+ Demonstrated knowledge of Information Technology principles including Infrastructure support, system administration, and application support and/or application development techniques.
+ Excellent knowledge of cloud computing technologies, cloud service providers and current cloud computing trends.
+ Deep understanding of ALB, EC2, ECS, S3, and networking including VPC ad and VPN configurations.
+ Strong understanding of AWS security best practices, including VPC design, IAM roles and policies.
+ Strong working experience in developing Infrastructure as Code CloudFormation templates for Infrastructure automation.
+ Ability diagnose and resolve complex Infrastructure issues in mixed on-prem and AWS environment workloads.
+ Experience in the identification and recommendation of top cloud architecture solutions to successfully meet the strategic needs of an organization.
+ Experience working on multiple simultaneous IT projects throughout the entire life cycle.
+ Experience managing technical projects, including conflict resolution, issue escalations, status reporting and resource management.
+ Knowledgeable of enterprise network infrastructure design concepts such as:
+ Client / server system architecture, routing, switching, security, remote access, proxy
+ Cloud hosting solutions and migration to cloud services.
+ Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and make recommendations using critical thinking, sound judgment, and decision making processes and techniques in a fast-paced, mixed technology environment.
+ Demonstrated ability to create both technical and non-technical end-user documentation.
+ Must be detail oriented and demonstrate strong analytical and problem solving skills.
+ Must demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with clients, leadership, and all levels of staff.
Desired
+ Certification in Microsoft Azure Cloud and/or Amazon Web Services.
+ Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Security Engineer.
+ AWS Solutions Architect, AWS DevOps Engineer, AWS SysOps Administrator.
+ 2+ years of public cloud experience (GCP, AWS or OpenStack).
+ Experience with Incident Management Process, SRE best practices and continuous improvements.
+ Ability to troubleshoot and make recommendations using critical thinking, sound judgment, and decision making processes and techniques in a fast-paced, mixed technology environment
Some positions at PSEG require access to information covered by the Department of Energy’s regulation 10 CFR 810 (Part 810). If applicable, the successful applicant must prove they are: (1) a citizen or national of the USA; OR (2) a lawful permanent resident of the United States (Non-Conditional Permanent I-551 / Green Card / Permanent Resident Card holder); OR (3) a citizen, national, or permanent resident of a “Generally Authorized” destination on the attached list and not also a citizen, national, permanent resident of any country not listed; OR (4) a “Protected Individual” under the Immigration and Naturalization Act (8 U.S.C 1324b(a)(3)).
As an employee of PSEG Long Island, you should be aware that during storm/outage restoration efforts, you may be required to perform functions different from normal operations and work extended hours beyond your regular work schedule. You may also be required to work on premise or in an alternate location as directed by the company.
For all roles, PSEGLI’s drug and alcohol testing program includes pre-employment testing, testing for cause, and post-incident/accident testing.
Employees who are hired or transfer into a federally regulated role (including positions covered by USDOT, PHMSA, or NRC regulations) are subject to random drug and alcohol testing, inclusive of marijuana. Although numerous states throughout the country have legalized marijuana/cannabis products recreationally and medically, the use of these products are prohibited for employees in federally regulated roles. Please note that the use of CBD products may result in a positive drug test for THC/Marijuana and such use is not a legitimate medical explanation for a positive result.
If you are a current PSEG employee and offered an opportunity with PSEG Long Island, you will be treated as a new hire. Please note that as a new hire to the Long Island subsidiary, your benefits will change and generally will be consistent with other similarly situated PSEG Long Island new hires. Similarly, for PSEG Long Island employees who accept job opportunities with PSEG or any of its subsidiaries (other than PSEG Long Island), their benefits will change and generally be consistent with other similarly situated new hires of that company.
PSEGLI is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment, including the hiring process, based on any legally protected characteristic. Legally protected characteristics include race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disability or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law in locations where PSEG employs individuals.
PSEGLI is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need assistance applying for a position, please call 973-430-3845 or email [email protected].
If you need to request a reasonable accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job, email [email protected]. Any information provided regarding a disability will be kept strictly confidential and will not be shared with anyone involved in making a hiring decision.
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