Hybrid Staff Cloud Engineer

at Zoox

• Job title: Staff Cloud Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $236,000 - $297,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, Google Cloud Platform, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Foster City, United States

About the role

• Staff Cloud Engineer at Zoox managing technical relationships with cloud providers, optimizing costs and implementing AWS best practices for cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Technical and Business Relationship: Maintain and manage the technical and business relationship between Zoox and its cloud providers.
• Cost Management: Understand and maintain costs associated with Zoox's cloud platforms, ensuring cost efficiency and optimization.
• AWS Best Practices: Implement AWS best practices for security, operations, cost management, resiliency, and performance across Zoox's cloud platforms.
• Cloud Center of Excellence: Establish and lead a cloud center of excellence to drive innovation, efficiency, and best practices in cloud infrastructure.
• Hybrid Cloud Strategy: Collaborate with multiple engineering teams to refine and enhance Zoox's hybrid cloud strategy.

Requirements

• AWS/GCP Expertise: Strong understanding of cloud products and services in a production environment, including infrastructure, capacity planning, scalability, backups, storage, security best practices, and emerging technologies.
• IaC: Orchestration, Best practices, delivery, support self service user community - Terraform preferred but CloudFormation would be considered
• Automation Skills: Proven understanding of AI based software development best practices, programming/scripting languages, and Infrastructure as Code patterns
• Observability: Building dashboards and alerting systems, understanding and implementing observability frameworks
• Cost Optimization: Proven ability to identify and implement cost optimization practices within AWS ecosystems, including total cost of ownership, cloud cost optimization tools, and cost reporting services.
• Cloud Computing Strategies: Deep understanding of cloud computing strategies and architecture, such as multi-cloud, hybrid and multi-user environments.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including Engineering, Operations, and Business Units, to achieve business objectives.
• Communication Skills: Expert written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to communicate effectively with all levels of business.