Fast Facts

Relias LLC seeks a Cloud Engineer (GCP) to architect, modernize, and maintain their cloud infrastructure, focusing on optimizing and securing Google Cloud environments. This role offers a chance to make a meaningful impact in healthcare technology.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include designing automated cloud infrastructure, ensuring system reliability, participating in DevOps practices, and managing cloud costs.

Skills: Required skills include cloud engineering experience on GCP, knowledge of IaC tools, CI/CD processes, and strong problem-solving capabilities.

Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include professional certifications in Azure or GCP and experience with cost management strategies.

Location: The job is based in Morrisville, NC, and requires living within commuting distance to the office.

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $110,000 - $150,000.

Are you looking for a high energy, strategic, and fast-paced position as a Cloud Engineer? Join Relias, the company changing lives throughout the world by helping healthcare organizations improve their clinical and financial outcomes!

For 11,000+ health care and human service organizations, Relias helps clients deliver better clinical and financial outcomes by elevating the performance of teams. We help organizations across the continuum of care get better at maintaining compliance, developing staff and promoting consistent, high-quality care. Our platform employs assessments to reveal specific gaps in skills and addresses them with personalized and engaging learning, choosing from 7,000+ online courses that meet accrediting board, state and federal requirements. We are passionate about our products and our clients; what we deliver and the impact we have on the world is truly something you can be proud to represent. Join us and make a difference.

WHAT CAN RELIAS OFFER YOU?

• Fantastic health and wellness benefits package, including an outstanding 401k match, a flexible PTO program, and a generous and inclusive parental leave policy. Additionally, Relias pays for the employee portion of the monthly healthcare premium!
• Flexible work environment with onsite and work from home options – you choose when you want to come into the office!
• Active Employee Resource Groups open to all employees!
• Comprehensive onboarding program – a great introduction to our company, customers and culture!
• Growth and career advancement opportunities!
• 20%+ annual employee promotion and transfer rate
• Multiple development program options – leadership development, professional development curriculums, and Nanodegree options in both technology and data science
• Professional development gained from conference attendance and participation in organizations like NC Tech
• Onsite 321 Coffee Shop providing free coffee and pastries to employees

SUMMARY:

The Cloud Engineer will be responsible for architecting, modernizing, and maintaining our cloud infrastructure within our Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments. This role involves leading efforts to automate, optimize, and secure cloud environments while ensuring the highest levels of system and application uptime. This individual works closely with the development and operations teams to ensure our cloud infrastructure meets the organization’s scalability, reliability, and performance requirements.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

•  Architecting and Modernizing Cloud Infrastructure: Designing, implementing, and managing a scalable, resilient, and automated cloud infrastructure in GCP to support current and future business needs.

•  Automation and DevOps: Participating in the integration of advanced DevOps practices, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, automated monitoring, and alerting systems to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual interventions.

•  System Reliability and Performance: Ensuring the availability and performance of all cloud systems by implementing proactive monitoring, automated failover, and robust disaster recovery strategies.

•  Monitoring and Observability: Hands-on experience with cloud-native monitoring tools (e.g., Google Stackdriver, Datadog) for proactive alerts, custom dashboards, and metrics.

•  Incident Management: Acting as a point of escalation for complex issues, troubleshooting incidents, identifying root causes, implementing fixes, and documenting problems and preventive measures to avoid future occurrences.

•  Collaboration with Development Teams: Working closely with software development teams to understand application requirements and optimizing cloud infrastructure accordingly. Collaborating on software releases and infrastructure-related tasks.

•  Documentation and Standards: Developing and maintaining documentation for cloud architecture, standard operating procedures, and best practices. Ensuring compliance with organizational, industry, and security standards.

•  Cost Optimization: Utilizing GCP tools and best practices to manage and reduce cloud costs while ensuring optimal performance and resource utilization.

•  Cloud Identity and Access Management: Managing Cloud Identity Access Management (IAM) artifacts, including user accounts, service accounts, app registrations, and managed identities.

•  Other Duties: Perform other related duties as assigned.

YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES IF YOU HAVE/ARE:

•  3+ years of experience in cloud engineering with a focus on GCP

•  Proven experience in managing large-scale cloud infrastructure

•  Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent work experience

•  Cloud Architecture: Experience in designing and managing scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions in GCP.

•  Automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Skilled with IaC tools like ARM templates, Bicep, Terraform and Ansible, enabling automated, repeatable, and reliable infrastructure deployments.

•  DevOps and CI/CD: Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices, including tools like Bitbucket Pipelines and Azure DevOps, to streamline development and deployment processes.

•  Containerization and Orchestration: Solid understanding of containerization technologies like Kubernetes and Docker to manage cloud-native applications efficiently.

•  Scripting and Automation Skills: Familiarity with scripting technologies (e.g., Python, Bash) used to automate routine tasks and optimize cloud operations.

•  Networking and Cloud Networking Knowledge: Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, particularly in a cloud environment, including VPCs, firewalls, and load balancing.

•  Incident Management and Problem Solving: Proven problem-solving skills and the ability to respond effectively to complex incidents, identify root causes, and implement long-term solutions.

IT WOULD BE PREFERRED IF YOU HAVE:

•  Professional certifications in Azure (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert) or GCP (e.g., Google Professional Cloud Architect), as well as DevOps certifications (e.g., Certified Kubernetes Administrator, Terraform Associate).

•  Experience with cost management strategies, utilizing tools like Azure Cost Management, GCP Billing, or FinOps frameworks to track, analyze, and reduce cloud spend.

Relias is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free workplace

IN OFFICE REQUIREMENT:

Relias values collaboration and wants to ensure that our team members have opportunities to work with their teams regularly for professional development opportunities. Our flexible hybrid work environment requires that you live in the state of North Carolina, within a commutable distance to our office (~1-hour commute). You would be expected to work in our Morrisville, NC Headquarters approximately 30 days/quarter.

Company: Relias LLC | Job ID: 281859