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SeniorFull-timePythonAWSAzureKubernetesTerraformAgileAI
Salary Range
$110,000 - $170,000 /year
About the Role
Shield AI is seeking a Cloud Engineer to support its leadership in applied artificial intelligence development. This role involves engineering, deploying, provisioning, and managing critical cloud systems across public and private cloud environments to drive innovation. You will ensure the performance, scalability, and reliability of these systems to support various business units, with occasional travel to company locations.
Key Responsibilities
- →Manage and optimize multi-cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS) for performance, reliability, and scalability
- →Support and optimize cloud and virtual machine environments, assisting with capacity planning, performance monitoring, security compliance, and vulnerability remediation
- →Implement and maintain infrastructure systems, including servers, storage, backup solutions, and disaster recovery processes for public and private clouds
- →Continuously learn and adapt to emerging technologies and platforms, leveraging automation wherever possible
- →Author and produce documentation for engineered systems and associated processes
- →Research, recommend, and develop innovative solutions for complex requirements and issue resolution
- →Collaborate cross-functionally with AI, DevOps, and Security teams to ensure compliance, observability, and resilience in mission-critical environments
- →Participate in Agile methodologies and sound engineering principles
- →Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all server resources, systems, and key processes
- →Support system maintenance and upgrades, including OS patching, software configuration, hardware updates, and performance tuning
- →Provide escalated support for operational issues during and after normal business hours for systems, workloads, and Kubernetes AI infrastructure
- →Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve system infrastructure and software issues
- →Participate in on-call, emergency, or maintenance roles
Requirements
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience (4+ years) plus an engineer level certification, Azure/AWS Associate, or similar certification
- ✓4 years’ experience supporting applications and systems in a production environment in high-availability, mission-critical, or defense-grade environments preferred
- ✓Comfortable with operational efficiencies utilizing Infrastructure as Code solutions (e.g., Terraform, Ansible)
- ✓Strong understanding of networking concepts (VPCs, VPNs, subnets, routing, firewalls)
- ✓Experience in automating repetitive tasks using scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, or Bash
- ✓Experience with deployment and systems administration of at least one type of Linux distribution (i.e., RHEL, Ubuntu)
- ✓Experience with concepts of Microsoft Windows Server administration, Azure and Active Directory environments
- ✓Possesses organizational skills, with a process-oriented mindset, attention to detail, and effective verbal and written communication abilities
- ✓Ability to work independently to accomplish assigned tasks
- ✓Solution-oriented, constructive approach to problem-solving
- ✓Preferred locations include San Diego or San Mateo, CA, or Dallas, TX; Washington, D.C., and Boston are also potential options
Benefits
- ★Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
- ★Temporary benefits package applicable after 60 days of employment for temporary employees
