[Hiring] Cloud Engineer II @ICON plc

Role Description

As a Cloud Governance Engineer you will be designing and implementing policies and working practices to ensure common standards across a multi-cloud environment. You will also be driving cost optimization initiatives and review architecture and deployment topologies to ensure optimal cost management, Setup appropriate tools to monitor and enforce compliance to the agreed standards.

Responsibilities

• Continuously drive cloud cost optimization by rightsizing, optimizing, and use of reserved instance/Saving Plans.
• Continuously review and monitor cloud costs. Setup alerting when costs are exceeding expected thresholds.
• Analyze and make recommendations around cost-saving measures.
• Develop metrics to report on costs and work with stakeholders on budgeting.
• Assist with the development and creation of policies and architectural standards to set minimum and repeatable standards in the following areas across a given cloud platform:
  • Account Creation
  • Identity and access management
  • Cost management
  • Security
  • Tagging
  • Backups
  • S3/Storage account policies
  • Logging policies
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) and working procedures (WPs), training materials, and documentation adhering to industry best practices for AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Roll out and develop tools across the cloud platforms (AWS, Azure & GCP) to apply policies and monitor compliance across a wide range of accounts and tenants.
• Setup enforcement mechanisms for policies where necessary.
• Develop reporting mechanisms to easily demonstrate adherence to cloud policies.
• Work with the ServiceNow team to implement workflows as appropriate to facilitate automation wherever applicable.
• Continuously review and update standards according to latest best practice across our multi-cloud environment.
• On-board and continuously improve upon existing cost and control dashboards and alerting (performance, usage, compliance, etc.).
• Collaborate closely with Cloud Delivery Team and other stakeholders to ensure smooth delivery of cloud projects while maintaining compliance with standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field or equivalent relevant work experience; Industry standard certifications preferred.
• 6+ years of related experience in a technical position supporting cloud-based infrastructure in Cloud providers AWS, GCP, or Azure required.
• Strong working knowledge of various cloud technologies in at least one of the three major cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP.
• Strong experience in cloud cost optimization including rightsizing, optimizing, and use of reserved instance/Saving Plans.
• General knowledge of cloud technologies, cloud architecture, and cloud deployment.
• Due to the nature of this position, it may be required for the employee to travel.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and performance-related incentives.
• Health and wellbeing programmes including medical, dental, and vision coverage where applicable.
• Retirement and pension plans.
• Life assurance and disability coverage.
• Employee assistance programmes and wellbeing resources.
• Learning and development opportunities through structured training and career pathways.
• Benefits may vary depending on role and location.