Overview:

Guidepoint’s Engineering team thrives on problem-solving and creating happier users. As Guidepoint works to achieve its mission of making individuals, businesses, and the world smarter through personalized knowledge-sharing solutions, the engineering team is taking on challenges to improve our internal CRM system and create new products to optimize the seamless delivery of our services.

As a CloudOps Engineer, you will be a core member of the CloudOps team managing Azure infrastructure and its operations for multiple PODS/Teams. In this role, you will manage, maintain, optimize all elements of infrastructure as related to Azure services. You will be responsible for Infrastructure  health and its performance.

What You’ll Do:

Complete ownership for managing and maintaining Azure cloud infrastructure in Enterprise Production, Development, and Test environments. Optimize cloud infrastructure for optimum price performance. Monitor infrastructure using Data Dog and create automated remediation. Monitor Azure costs and optimize spending month over month Use Terraform  to deploy changes and maintain state Implement appropriate policies, process and practices to ensure security and compliance Manage and administer Kubernetes infrastructure. Work closely with App Ops, Engineering and CloudOps teams to resolve complex problems. Collaborate with stake holders to ensure successful deployments Participate in Security Audits Implement best practices for Kubernetes from Security, configuration and scalability perspective. Support engineer teams deploy containers in Kubernetes. Manage Service management and reliability SLA’s. Continuously optimize infrastructure for efficiency and value Participate in FinOps activities

Required Technical Qualifications: 

4-5 years + hands-on experience on Azure cloud services 4-5 years + hands-on experience on Networking and network Security 4-5 years + hands-on experience on terraform, ARM PowerShell, bash/Python, Linux, infrastructure as code, and Azure AI. 3+ years automation managing and administering Kubernetes clusters 2 years of Automatic service remediation methodologies using DataDog/Splunk or Zabbix alerts and events. 2 years of finops experience optimizing azure cloud costs. Highly motivated, detailed and technical resource with ability to work independently Strong troubleshooting & debugging capabilities in an agile software development team environment. Proven record of managing a combination of functional, conceptual and technical knowledge to offer creative solutions.

 Preferred Technical Qualifications:

Azure solutions architecture expert Azure Security engineer – associate Terraform Ansible

Competencies:

Maintain problem solving skills and a proactive work style Strong interpersonal & communication skills Independent contributor with drive Collaborative and teamwork-oriented Accountable for work and take ownership of tasks Strategic thinker Manages projects and uphold quality on a deadline Exhibits judgement when it comes to prioritization and overall team management Proven effective leadership skills

What We Offer: 

Competitive compensation  Employee medical coverage  Central office location  Entrepreneurial environment, autonomy, and fast decisions  Casual work environment 

 

About Guidepoint: 

Guidepoint is a leading research enablement platform designed to advance understanding and empower our clients’ decision-making process. Powered by innovative technology, real-time data, and hard-to-source expertise, we help our clients to turn answers into action. 

Backed by a network of nearly 1.5 million experts and Guidepoint’s 1,300 employees worldwide, we inform leading organizations’ research by delivering on-demand intelligence and research on request. With Guidepoint, companies and investors can better navigate the abundance of information available today, making it both more useful and more powerful. 

At Guidepoint, our success relies on the diversity of our employees, advisors, and client base, which allows us to create connections that offer a wealth of perspectives. We are committed to upholding policies that contribute to an equitable and welcoming environment for our community, regardless of background, identity, or experience.  

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