Cloud Engineer - Remote

Founded in 1994, Mindex is a software development company with a rich history of demonstrated software and product development success. Our three divisions – Cloud, SchoolTool, and Software Development – are all rapidly growing, and our employee base is close to 400. We are ranked the #1 Software Developer in the 2023 RBJ’s Book of Lists, the Best Software Developer in the RBJ’s 2022 Reader Rankings, and a 2022 Certified Great Place to Work.

We are looking for a motivated Cloud Operations Engineer to support our SaaS platform's infrastructure. Working as part of the CloudOps team, you will collaborate with Software Engineering to implement, automate, and maintain the AWS environments that power our software. You’ll leverage your Windows Systems Administration background to help transition legacy components into modern, automated cloud workflows while ensuring our production environment remains stable, secure, and performant.

Essential Functions:

• Collaborative Implementation: Work alongside Software Engineering to deploy and configure the AWS resources required for new product features, ensuring they align with established platform standards.
• Infrastructure Automation: Develop and update Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) templates (Terraform or CloudFormation) to manage our SaaS environments, moving away from manual configurations to repeatable automation.
• Environment Support: Manage and troubleshoot the health of our Windows based cloud instances, ensuring high availability for our customer base.
• Deployment Support: Assist in managing CI/CD pipelines to facilitate smooth code releases. Help troubleshoot deployment failures to ensure minimal impact on the development lifecycle.
• Proactive Monitoring: Configure and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting systems (such as CloudWatch) to provide visibility into platform performance and identify potential issues before they impact users.
• Security & Compliance Tasks: Implement security best practices as directed, including managing IAM roles, VPC configurations, and security group updates to maintain a hardened SaaS posture.
• Resource Optimization: Monitor resource utilization and assist in executing cost-optimization tasks, such as decommissioning unused resources or adjusting instance types for better efficiency.
• Incident Support: Participate in the incident management process by investigating technical alerts, performing initial root-cause analysis, and coordinating with senior engineers and developers for resolution.
• Continuous Learning: Stay current on AWS services and DevOps tools, contributing to the team’s documentation and helping to refine internal operational processes.
• Availability: Participate in a team on-call rotation and perform scheduled after-hours technical work to support platform stability and high-priority maintenance.

Education & Experience:

• AS or BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related area, and/or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure and services.

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong understanding of cloud security principles and best practices.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Hands-on experience supporting MSSQL environments, including a solid understanding of database fundamentals and maintenance.
• Strong scripting skills in PowerShell and Python to automate operational tasks.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong focus on exceptional customer service.
• Aptitude and desire to work in a highly collaborative, self-organizing, team environment.
• Highly organized & accurate.

Licenses & Certifications:

• AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate or equivalent certification is highly desired.

• Health insurance
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off
• 401k retirement savings plan and company match with pre-tax and ROTH options
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Employer paid disability insurance
• Life insurance and AD&D insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending accounts
• Health savings account with employer contributions
• Accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and legal assistance
• Adoption assistance
• Domestic partner coverage

Mindex Perks

• Tickets to local sporting events
• Teambuilding events
• Holiday and celebration parties

Professional Development

• Leadership training
• License to Udemy online training courses
• Growth opportunities

The band range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, education, experience, training, certifications, internal equity, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at, or near, the top of the range for their role; and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The range for this role is $90,000 - $120,000.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor, or take over, sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.