Cloud Systems Engineer

SOLV Energy is a leading provider of infrastructure services to the power industry, designing, building and maintaining utility scale solar, battery storage and high voltage substation projects nationwide.

Job Description Summary:
The Cloud Systems Engineer will will manage, maintain, and support SOLV Energy's Azure and AWS cloud-based infrastructure to ensure consistent, reliable, and secure operations, while maximizing the value of subscribed systems and services.

This is a hands-on technologist role, reporting to the IT Infrastructure and Cloud Manager and will have responsibility for all aspects of the company's cloud-based computing infrastructure and services.

This role is hybrid, with regular in-office presence in San Diego, CA.

Specific location details and expectations will be discussed during the interview process.

Job Description:



*This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned

Position Responsibilities and Duties:


* Assess current Azure and AWS instance and create continuous improvement roadmap.


* Define cloud systems strategy to maximize the return on IT investments, while meeting or exceeding uptime and performance expectations.


* Drive the adoption of best practices in cloud architecture and operations, ensuring high standards of performance and security.


* Design, plan, and implement Azure and AWS based systems and services in support of functional, storage, compute, data integration, and systems security initiatives.


* Collaborate with SecOps and IT Operations teams to ensure that new or updated solutions and services comply with the enterprise cyber security standards.


* Proactively identify and apply system updates to prevent issues, strengthen security, tune performance, automate tasks, and manage costs.


* Monitor Azure and AWS systems operations and address alerts, anomalies, and issues.


* Develop and support Disaster Recovery, Backup, and retention policies on Azure and AWS platforms.


* Maintain zero trust endpoint security with tools such as Microsoft Defender


* Develop and implement training programs for team members to enhance their skills and knowledge in Azure technologies


* Lead project planningand execution, ensuring timely delivery of cloud solutions and adherence to project timelines


* Manage cloud networking and security and monitor the logging of systems.


* Development and maintenance of IT policies and procedures.


* Ensure compliance with IT General Controls, provide needed information in support of audits and to substantiate process and controls compliance.


* Own and maintain enterprise monitoring and alerting platforms, including Zabbix and cloud-native tools, to provide clear visibility into the health, performance, capacity, and availability of Azure and AWS environments.


* Build and support automation workflows using scripting ...