Senior Cloud Platform Engineer/DR

ZS is a professional services firm that works side by side with companies to help develop and deliver products that drive customer value and company results. While collaborating on R&D, product portfolios, customer insights, marketing and sales plans, operations and technology, we leverage our deep industry expertise, leading-edge analytics, technology and strategy to create solutions that work in the real world. Our most valuable asset is our people - a fact that's reflected in our values-driven organization where different perspectives are integral and new ideas are celebrated. With more than 35 years of experience and 10,000-plus ZSers in more than 25 offices worldwide, we are passionately committed to helping companies and their customers thrive in industries ranging from healthcare and life sciences, to high-tech, travel and transportation, financial services and beyond. ZS’s India Capability & Expertise Center (CEC) houses more than 60% of ZS people across three offices in New Delhi, Pune and Bengaluru. Our teams work with colleagues across North America, Europe and East Asia to create and deliver real world solutions to the clients who drive our business. The CEC maintains standards of analytical, operational and technological excellence across our capability groups. Together, our collective knowledge enables each ZS team to deliver superior results to our clients. ZS's CCoE (Cloud Center of Excellence) Team builds, maintains and helps architect the systems enabling ZS client-facing software solutions. We define and implement best practices to ensure performant, resilient and secure cloud solutions. The CCoE team at ZS is comprised of analytical problem solvers coming from diverse backgrounds while sharing a passion for quality delivery — whether our customer is a client or another ZS employee. The team has presence in ZS’s Evanston, Illinois and Pune, India offices”. As a SENIOR CLOUD PLATFORM ENGINEER you will be an individual contributor and subject matter expert who participates in the design and implementation of technology solutions. You will collaborate with a team of technologists to produce enterprise scale software solutions for our clients’ needs. You will be working primarily in AWS with a focus on cloud architecture, infrastructure automation, and network security. RESPONSIBILITIES Architect full-stack software solutions with a focus on security, reliability, performance, monitoring and cost optimization Coordinate across agile development teams to implement continuous integration and delivery pipelines, automation, containerization, and cloud native services for deployment. Design and architect operational solutions for managing applications and infrastructure, with the specific goal of increasing the automation, repeatability, and consistency of operational tasks. Build, test, monitor and troubleshoot Infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD workflows Define and implement best practices and standards around DevOps and service resilience in reusable automation modules / libraries / APIs that can be applied across the organization Build processes to deliver hosting capabilities across applications that use virtual machines, containers as well as serverless architectures Mentor team members through technical and task management coaching and oversight QUALIFICATIONS ZS welcomes candidates with degrees in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related discipline. A demonstrated record of success and programming experience are required. Additionally, we seek individuals with the following qualifications: 3+ years in an Infrastructure Engineering / Software Engineering / DevOps role, deploying and maintaining multi-tiered application architectures Experience with cloud technologies like AWS  Experience writing Infrastructure-As-Code using Terraform (or CloudFormation) Strong analytical, problem-solving, initiative and drive to contribute while being flexible and responsible in a dynamic environment Strong verbal, written and team presentation communication skills. ZS is a global firm; fluency in English is required Ability to work in global cross-office teams Ability to quickly learn new platforms, languages, tools, and techniques as needed to meet project requirements. Any of the following is a plus: Experience building automation using scripting languages like Bash/PowerShell/Python AWS certifications such as Solution Architect / DevOps Professional Hands-on experience with AWS services like CodeBuild, ServiceCatalog, Lambda, APIGateway etc. Full-stack IT experience with *nix, Windows, network/firewall concepts, source control (Git), build/dependency management and continuous integration systems (TeamCity, Jenkins) Experience working and contributing to software applications development/deployment/management processes in a SaaS model Experience of delivering quality work on defined tasks with limited oversight Candidates must possess permanent work authorization for their intended country of employment. An on-line application, including a cover letter expressing interest is required to be considered. ZS Associates offers a competitive compensation package with salary and bonus incentives, complete medical/dental/life insurance programs and retirement benefits. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.