Senior Cloud Engineer

## Description

# Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Engineer to join our IT team and play a critical role in designing, managing, and optimizing our hybrid IT infrastructure. This position focuses on maintaining high-availability cloud workloads that support mission-critical oil and gas operations, including production data management, SCADA interfaces, engineering applications, financial systems, and remote field connectivity. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in **Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS),**with a proven track record of migrating workloads, implementing hybrid solutions, and ensuring secure, compliant, and cost-effective operations in a 24/7 energy industry environment.

# Key Responsibilities

1. **Design, deploy, and manage hybrid/multi-cloud workloads across Azure and AWS, including virtual machines (VMs), containers, databases, networking (VPCs/VNets), identity (Entra ID/AD integration), and security configurations.**
2. Lead the administration, monitoring, patching, and performance tuning of cloud workloads and backup/recovery solutions.
3. Architect and implement migrations, lift-and-shift, or re-platforming strategies to move or extend on-premises applications and data to Azure and/or AWS while minimizing downtime and risk.
4. Lead IT infrastructure and workload consolidation and integration efforts as we acquire multiple companies quickly.
5. Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment processes using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, Azure ARM/Bicep, AWS CloudFormation, or similar.
6. Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity for critical systems, including geo-redundant setups, backup strategies, and failover testing aligned with oil and gas operational requirements.
7. Collaborate with application owners, cybersecurity, and operations teams to support SCADA/ICS integration, production reporting tools, land management systems, and other energy-specific software in hybrid environments.
8. Monitor cloud and on-prem resource usage, implement cost optimization strategies (e.g., reserved instances, right-sizing), and provide regular reporting on infrastructure health, performance, and spend.
9. Maintain security posture through patch management, vulnerability remediation, IAM best practices, network segmentation, encryption, and compliance with industry standards.
10. Serve as a senior technical escalation point for complex incidents, root cause analysis, and problem resolution.
11. Mentor junior engineers and contribute to IT strategy, standards, and documentation.

## Qualifications
# Required Qualifications

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
2. 7+ years of hands-on experience managing hybrid/multi-cloud environments, with strong proficiency in both Microsoft Azure and AWS
3. 9+ years of hands-on experience in IT systems engineering or infrastructure administration
4. Experience with cost management in cloud environments and FinOps practices as we right-size cloud architecture and expense
5. Deep expertise in on-premises infrastructure, including Windows/Linux server administration, VMware/Hyper-V virtualization, storage (SAN/NAS), and Active Directory
6. Experience with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, ARM templates)
7. Strong scripting and automation skills (PowerShell, Python, Bash)
8. Solid understanding of networking (VPNs, firewalls, load balancers, DNS), security principles, and monitoring tools (e.g., Azure Monitor, AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, SolarWinds)
9. Experience supporting enterprise applications in regulated industries (energy/oil & gas preferred)
10. Excellent problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills
11. Proven leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills. Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment. Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities
12. Willingness to perform occasional after-hours critical support, depending on business needs
13. US Citizen - candidate must be a US citizen and not require additional work authorization to work in the United States.

# Preferred Qualifications

1. Certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator, VMware Certified Professional, or equivalent
2. Familiarity with oil and gas domain applications (W Energy)
3. Knowledge of OT/IT convergence, SCADA systems, or industrial control system (ICS) security considerations (Ignition, ACM)
4. Resides within the United States (Oklahoma City or Houston preferred)