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Phase2 Technology lists this R&D Cloud Engineering Scientist opportunity in austin, Texas. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
R&D Cloud Engineering Scientist
Purpose
The position will design, implement, deploy, and maintain distributed systems and cloud infrastructure which includes contributing to cloud architecture definition and performing design and implementation within established architecture patterns. This position leverages cloud-native services and best practices to build scalable, highly available, secure, and fault‑tolerant infrastructure that supports science, research, and engineering applications.
Responsibilities
Infrastructure Design & Architecture: Contribute to cloud architecture solutions for applications across multiple environments. Design scalable, highly available, secure, and fault‑tolerant distributed systems. Define networking, compute, storage, and security requirements and patterns. Make architectural trade‑offs to manage cloud costs. Evaluate and recommend cloud services. Create and maintain architecture diagrams and design documentation.
Implementation & Deployment: Implement infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code. Deploy and configure cloud resources including compute, storage, networking, and databases. Set up multi‑region and multi‑availability zone deployments. Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure changes.
Operations & Reliability: Monitor infrastructure health, performance, and cost. Implement robust monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions. Contribute to disaster recovery and business continuity plans. Support management of lifecycle of cloud costs. Optimize resource utilization and cloud costs.
Security & Compliance: Support efforts to implement identity and access management best practices, define network security configuration, ensure data encryption at rest and in transit, compliance audits, and conduct periodic security reviews.
Collaboration & Documentation: Partner with development teams to support application requirements. Create and maintain runbooks, documentation, and operational procedures. Provide guidance and mentorship on cloud best practices.
Other related functions as assigned.
Applicant must be highly organized, have excellent attention to detail, and possess sound scientific judgment. The position will require effective management of their own time with the ability to plan, coordinate, and execute multiple tasks simultaneously. Regular and punctual attendance in the workplace is required.
US Citizen. Applicant selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information at the level appropriate to the project requirements of the position.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer or information science, or other applied sciences.
Three years of experience in cloud engineering.
Experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code methodologies.
Experience with containerization and container orchestration.
Knowledge of networking concepts.
Familiarity with CI/CD tools and practices.
Understanding of distributed systems principles.
Experience designing for scalability, high availability, security, and fault tolerance.
Strong problem‑solving and troubleshooting abilities.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD 8140 compliant security certification within six months of employment.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in designing, building, deploying, and maintaining applications in AWS.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
Experience with container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes, EKS, or ECS.
Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI, or Jenkins.
AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, or Developer.
Knowledge of monitoring solutions such as CloudWatch, Datadog, or Prometheus.
Experience with database services such as RDS, Aurora, or DynamoDB.
Familiarity with serverless architectures.
DoD 8140 compliant security certification (e.g., Security+).
Benefits
100% employer‑paid basic medical coverage
Retirement contributions
Paid vacation and sick time
Paid holidays
Salary Range
$104,000-$174,000+ / negotiable depending on qualifications.
Working Conditions
Standard office conditions
Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation
Use of manual dexterity
Some weekend, evening and holiday work
Possible interstate/intrastate travel
Equal Opportunity Employer
The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal‑opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.
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Worksite address
austin, TX, 78716, US
Who can apply
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