Lead Cloud Platform Engineer

Why should I Apply:

At Sonar, we’re a group of brilliant, motivated, and driven professionals working hard to help organizations build responsible, secure, high-quality code quickly and systematically. We build solutions that don’t just solve symptoms of problems – we fix problems at the source – source code, to be specific.

We have a dynamic culture with employees worldwide and hub offices in the USA, Switzerland, the UK, Singapore, and Germany. We believe team members should have the opportunity to come to work every day, work on a product they are proud of, love what they do, and feel energized by their peers. With our roots deep in the open source community, we’re all about the mission: provide solutions that deliver Clean Code.

The IT Operations team is looking for a passionate Lead Cloud Platform Engineer experienced in managing AWS cloud infrastructure and security and leading and expiring the team to top performance. 

The Impact you can have

In this role, you will leverage your expertise to build and maintain IT Infrastructure and Security services in the cloud with focus on AWS, but also at Azure and GCP. This means implementing massively scalable services, automating all system operations, measuring, and continuously improving the services and cloud deployment processes.

On a daily basis, you will

• Be the technical lead for the company’s AWS Organizations in the scope of infrastructure, network and security
• Design, deploy, and manage secure scalable and reliable services policies and standards
• Lead the extension of the cloud infrastructure network keeping it secure and ZTA compliant securing that the traffic is inspected, monitored and controlled 
• Organize the cloud engineering squad's agenda, Jira project tasks and priorities aligned with the business needs
• Be the AWS Identity Access Management advisor and policy lead administrator
• Continuously and proactively enhance the architecture design and implementation, taking into account performance, disaster recovery, and costs
• Collaborate with various stakeholders (CIO, Data team, Release engineering, etc.) to make sure solutions fit into the Sonar ecosystem
• Own testability of the infrastructure (deploy, validate, tear-down)
• Take planned steps to ensure that all platforms and capabilities operate within a given region and account limits to ensure scalability
• Dedicate effort to improve resilience and scalability tests in performance environments to stay ahead of growth inhibitors
• Participate in AWS Well-Architected Reviews and Trusted Advisor findings resolution
• Document as-is and future state solutions to ensure evergreen documentation is maintained
• Document and share reusable building blocks

The skills you will demonstrate

• 5+ years of experience with AWS implementations and automating deployments
• Prod-oriented, AWS Cloud background, and belief in having DevOps profiles working together as a tightly-knit team
• AWS Solutions Architect certification with a similar level of expertise in Azure and GCP which is a big plus
• Solid experience with architecture: experience with delivering cloud-native applications, architecture modeling, and implementation on AWS
• Strong understanding of software development practices: quality, testing (unit, functional, and resilience), and CI/CD
• CompTIA Network+ certification or equivalent cloud or on-prem experience level in network concepts, implementation and operations
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or AWS CDK python library
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills 
• With attention to detail, but also operating at scale you demonstrate analytical thinking to resolve problems
• Team player, receiving and giving feedback as well as sharing knowledge.
• Can-do attitude: challenging status quo, leading and contributing to key improvements and innovations.
• Motivated by both technical and functional aspects of services, you understand the value of code over presentations and see yourself as an engineer at heart
• Comfortable with agile practices and principles and to organize team work in sprints

Why you will love it here:

• Our culture and mission set us apart. We have a dynamic work culture that values respect and kindness – and embraces the right to fail (and get right back up again!). We believe that the best idea wins and everyone has a voice.

• We believe that great people make a great company. We value people skills as much as technical skills and strive to keep things friendly and laid-back while still being passionate leaders in our domains. Our 550+ SonarSourcers from 33 different nationalities can relate!

• We embrace work-life balance. It is important to maintain a healthy work-life balance. This is why we have a flexible work policy that includes remote and in-office hybrid work (minimum three days a week in the office - Monday/Tuesday/Thursday).

• We have a growth mindset. We love to learn and believe that continuous education is critical to our success. In an ever-changing industry, new skills are a must, and we're happy to help our team acquire them.

We prioritize Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:

At Sonar, we are a global workforce and recognize the value of different backgrounds, and global cultures.

We are committed to creating a diverse work environment and are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

All offers of employment at Sonar are contingent upon the clear results of a comprehensive background check conducted prior to the start date.

Please note that applications submitted through agencies or third-party recruiters will not be considered.