Cloud Engineer

At Samba TV, we are on a mission to fundamentally change television viewing for everyone. We are doing this by leveraging our data to enable advertisers to engage and measure TV viewers across all their devices. We have an amazing story with a unique perspective formed by innovative technology.

The Cloud Engineer (AWS) plays a central role in Samba TV’s ongoing advancement and transformation of its cloud environment and to serve as part of its Cloud Governance team.Samba is continuously developing the technological robustness of its cloud infrastructure to support its future technologies, as well as its commitment to the ISO 27001 and SOC standards. The Cloud Engineer will be working cross-departmentally with different teams to ensure the integrity and improvement of Samba’s cloud infrastructure as well as track and manage overall cloud usage and costs.

Objectives of this role:

• Define and document best security practices and strategies regarding application deployment and infrastructure maintenance, including introduction of tooling to optimize development, performance, and availability of Samba’s technologies
• Support deployment of the workloads in the public cloud
• Provide essential and continuous support to teams for EKS migration for non-containerized applications and systems
• Build and maintain automated auditing tools to track company security violations, vulnerabilities, and cloud spending
• Manage and support enforcement of company cloud environments in accordance with internal security policies and ISO 27001 requirements
• Advance continuing implementation of the optimal AWS cloud-based security solutions for the company

Responsibilities:

• Provisioning and de-provisioning AWS accounts for internal customers
• Work alongside systems and development teams to support transition and operation of web sites / applications / services in and out of AWS
• Deploying, managing, and operating AWS environments
• Deploying, managing and operating AWS managed services
• Identifying appropriate use of AWS operational best practices
• Estimating AWS costs and identifying operational cost control mechanisms
• Keep technical documentation up to date
• Proactively keep up to date on AWS services and developments.Create (where appropriate) automation, in order to streamline provisioning and de-provisioning processes
• Manage and develop Samba TV’s AWS networking, including AWS Direct Connect and Route53.Manage Samba TV’s EKS and EMR clusters
• Participate in the software development life cycle for AWS solutions, including planning, requirements, development, testing, quality assurance and deployment
• Troubleshoot incidents, identify root cause, fix and document problems, and implement preventive measures
• Educate teams on the implementation of security components of new cloud-based initiatives, providing associated training as required
• Employ exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to see and solve issues before they affect business productivity.

Samba TV is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We strive to empower connection with one another, reflect the communities we serve, and tackle meaningful projects that make a real impact.

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