S&P Tax Solutions is looking for a Senior Cloud Engineering Lead to join a global team of Cloud Engineers to support our Tax solutions platform used to provide Due diligence, Withholding, Payment and Reporting solutions for our hosted customers.
Responsibilities and Impact:
- 15+ years of practical experience in Windows Server Administration, preferably on cloud supporting Windows 2016/2019/2022 server environments
- Deep knowledge of AWS technologies such as EC2, ELB, S3, VPC, EBS, RDS, ECS/EKS, IAM, FSX, Active Directory, DNS, CloudWatch, and Lambda.
- Networking administration experience, good understanding of VPN, Peering, Routing, NACL, ALB/NLB, Security Groups, Access Control
- MS SQL Server, and understanding of HA deployment setup
- Essential to have experience with configuration and deployment management in a scripting language like terraform or CloudFormation and experience in running a combination of server and serverless application stacks.
- Knowledge of web services, API, REST and RPC
- Person should be open to work in rotational shift including weekends and holidays
- Ability to translate architectural requirements
- Managing cloud environments in accordance with company security guidelines
- Ability to deploy, manage, and operate scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems
- Experience in monitoring and auditing systems
- Be responsible for the planning, and implementation of the AWS cloud hosted infrastructure
- Work alongside architecture and product engineering teams to design and implement scalable software services
- Stay current with new technology options and vendor products, evaluating which ones would be a good fit for the company
- Building and designing web services in the cloud, along with implementing the set-up of geographically redundant services.
- Define and document best practices and strategies regarding application deployment and infrastructure maintenance
- Knowhow to implement and control the flow of data, to and from a service provider
- Capability to select the appropriate services based on compute, data, or security requirements
- Ability to estimate usage costs and identify operational cost control mechanisms
- Responsible with engaging various business stakeholders in achieving objectives (product DevOps teams, Cloud Operations for BAU, customers).
What Were Looking For:
Basic Required Qualifications:
- University degree, preferably engineering graduate or equivalent.
- Strong communication skills are needed to describe hosted offerings, and solutions across a wide range of requirements, and convey different levels from management to clients.
- Proven track record of supporting cloud hosted windows-based applications.
Soft Skills:
- Strong problem-solving skills with a growth mindset and openness to AI-powered innovation.
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration abilities.
- Capable of managing priorities and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced, continuously evolving environment.
Additional Preferred Qualifications:
- 15+ years of practical experience in AWS Cloud Administration preferably AWS certified Solutions Architect or Equivalent
- Strong Analytical skills, Presentation skills, and ability to work under pressure
- Proven experience in monitoring, analyzing, and optimizing large-scale distributed systems in a cloud environment.
- Background in managing Windows-based production systems , Containerization, network configurations, and server performance in the cloud.
- Strong scripting and automation skills (PowerShell, Bash, Python) bonus if paired with AI-based infrastructure tools.
- Experience explaining technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.