Cloud Platform Engineer II

 

EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) delivers a fully optimized research experience, seamlessly integrated with a powerful discovery platform to support the information needs and maximize the research experience of our end-users. Headquartered in Ipswich, MA, EBSCO employs more than 2,700 people worldwide, with most embracing hybrid or remote work models. As an AI-enabled service leader, we thrive on innovation, forward-thinking strategies, and the dedication of our exceptional team. At EBSCO, we’re driven to inspire, empower and support research. Our mission is to transform lives by providing reliable and relevant information — when, where and how people need it. We’re seeking dynamic, creative individuals whose diverse perspectives will help us achieve this global, inclusive mission. Join us to help make an impact.

Your Opportunity

As a Cloud Platform Engineer, you will work on an engineering-focused Agile development team developing cutting-edge cloud-based DevOps solutions.

 

As a member of an Agile development team, you will design, develop and demonstrate software in two-week iterations as part of an Agile Release Train developing in a SAFe Program Increment. You will make realistic commitments to the business and meet those commitments as a team. You will strive for continuous improvements in knowledge, productivity and display a pattern of continual learning and a desire to broaden your software development and design skills. You will have access to many highly experienced engineering mentors who will help you hone your skills and improve your craft.

What You'll Do

• Provide expertise on design, implementation, testing and delivery of automated solution for account management and platform management under our public-cloud (AWS) platform.
• Work directly with product management and your team while analyzing and decomposing complex software requirements into simple user stories for planning and execution.
• Collaborate with your team to estimate the size and complexity of the features.
• Perform the technical design, implementation, and testing of features and commit to stories to be accomplished in an iteration.
• Be a strong contributor to product features, helping ensure that development activities are coordinated throughout the development cycle achieving scalable, automated solutions for our customer base.
• Assist other teams or ARTs on tasks in areas where your specific expertise is needed.
• Own system and feature quality throughout the development, testing and deployment phases to ensure quality delivery expectations are met.
• Drive value and build to continuously improve the quality of the team’s deliverables, authoring well engineered solutions using test-first/test-driven methodologies.
• Conduct new technology research, proof of concept, and design work that will provide direction for the enhancement of the overall system and products.
• Provide ongoing maintenance, support and enhancements in existing systems and platforms.
• Model and contribute to the continuous improvement of your team.
• Work alongside other software engineers to elevate technology and consistently apply best practices for design, coding standards, performance, security, delivery, and maintainability.
• Demonstrate ownership of developed components from development through production.
• Exemplify the principles behind the Agile Manifesto and SAFe framework in all interactions.

About You

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, MIS, Computer Engineering or other Technical related degree or equivalent experience.
• 1+ years of hands-on AWS experience.
• 1+ years of Python experience
• 1+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation)
• Proficiency with source code management tools such as git.
• Experience with DevOps or CI/CD practices
• Experience with working on an Agile team
• Strong communication skills and a natural inclination to collaborate.

 

What Sets You Apart

• Understanding of AWS infrastructure and services including but not limited to EC2, EBS, S3, API Gateway, IAM, DynamoDB, AWS Lambda, AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodeDeploy, and AWS CodePipeline
• Knowledge of automated testing strategies and techniques.
• Understanding of Agile engineering practices such as Test-Driven Development, Refactoring and Pair Programming
• Understanding of Container management - AWS ECS, Kubernetes, etc
• Experience with Jenkins

Pay Range

USD $91,005.00 - USD $130,010.00 /Yr.