Public Cloud Engineer

Public Cloud Engineer – (job location is Jersey City, NJ; employer is Jefferies LLC) – Design, architect, and develop Amazon Web Services (AWS) & Microsoft Azure cloud solutions to leverage the full potential of cloud offerings that align with business objectives. Streamline cloud operations by automating infrastructure provisioning, resource life-cycle management, and configuration management. Develop reusable modules and workflows using Python and infrastructure-as-code tools, including Terraform. Improve cloud-native application observability by building integrations using AWS & Azure Cloud services, including CloudWatch/LogAnalytics & Application Insights, Budgets, Virtual Private Clouds/Virtual Networks and Amazon GuardDuty/Azure Monitor & Defender. Enhance availability, costs, and network flow performance metrics. Integrate cloud infrastructure into traditional Change Management Database systems, including ServiceNow, for software release audits. Establish security controls, network policies, and governance guardrails across our organization to ensure compliance within the highly regulated banking environment. Monitor and forecast resource utilization during the organization’s cloud journey across Cloud Financial Operations projects to improve cost saving and reduce expenditures. Orchestrate and operationalize scalable and resilient applications. Implement the container platform offerings to support in-house applications and microservices. Consult, design, and develop Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment pipelines for the application teams’ integration of cloud services into assigned products. Assist with the enterprise-level cloud service adoption decision-making process for multiple use-cases. Use software applications and tools, including Databricks, Snowflake, Amazon Relational Database Service/Azure SQL Database, Structured Query Language (SQL), Athena/Azure Synapse Analytics, and Redshift/Microsoft Fabric, to perform Cloud Data Analytics and turn structured and unstructured data into insights that promote best decision-making. Requirements: Master’s degree (US or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field and two (2) years of experience in the position offered or in a related role OR Bachelor’s degree (US or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field and five (5) years of experience in the position offered or in a related role. All of the required experience must have included experience with: platform engineering using Terraform and Kubernetes; using Python, Java, and Bash software applications; scripting using database applications; Azure Solution; and DevOps platforms, including CI/CD Gitlab and Jenkins. This role entails hybrid work, with time split between working in our Jersey City, NJ office and flexibility to telecommute from another U.S. location. Salary: $190,000/year. E-mail résumé to: apply@jefferies.com. Ref #404.