Cloud Engineer

#WeAreONEOK – Fortune 500 company. 100+ years in business. Leading midstream service provider. Safety first. Sustainable operations. Environmentally responsible. Employee focused.

JOB SUMMARY

ONEOK is seeking a Cloud Engineer to help manage and optimize AWS and Azure services and workloads, ensuring performance, security, cost-efficiency, and adherence to standards and best practices. Responsibilities include infrastructure management, security compliance, resource optimization, and disaster recovery. The role involves evaluating new cloud services and technologies, supporting modernization efforts, and collaborating with and mentoring teams to ensure optimal cloud solutions and skills growth.

Cloud Engineer Responsibilities

• Cloud Service Awareness

  • Stay informed on the latest developments in cloud services from providers like AWS and Azure, including updates, new services, and deprecations.

  • Evaluate and incorporate new cloud offerings to benefit organizational needs, collaborating with technical teams to raise awareness and support effective implementation.

• Resource Optimization and Cost Management

  • Work with technical teams to optimize cloud resources, ensuring high performance, cost-effectiveness, and a seamless customer experience.

  • Recommend, implement, and monitor cost-saving measures without compromising quality or availability.

• Security and Compliance

  • Use tools like AWS Trusted Advisor, AWS Security Hub, Azure Advisor, and Azure Policy to scan and address security vulnerabilities, ensuring adherence to best practices.

  • Collaborate with the security team to address and remediate vulnerabilities and risks identified by cloud security scanning tools.

  • Set up and manage identity, access management (IAM), and network security configurations to protect cloud resources and data.

  • Implement cloud governance policies using AWS Service Control Policies (SCPs) and Azure Policy, handling exemptions and ensuring compliance with evolving standards.

• Infrastructure and Policy Management

  • Create, manage, and support cloud infrastructure with tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK), and Azure Resource Manager.

  • Automate cloud infrastructure deployment and maintenance to support continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD).

  • Maintain custom profiles within cloud advisory and policy services, tailoring recommendations to reflect organizational standards.

• Networking and Security Configuration

  • Manage cloud networking services, including VPCs, subnets, route tables, and load balancers to balance security, availability, and performance.

  • Establish proper configurations for network security and encryption, ensuring secure data access and compliance.

• Monitoring and Incident Response

  • Monitor cloud environments to detect misconfigurations, security incidents, or performance issues.

  • Collaborate with technical teams to remediate issues promptly, implementing non-intrusive fixes to minimize impact on end-users.

• Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

  • Assist in creating and maintaining cloud disaster recovery and business continuity plans, focusing on redundancy, failover, and regular testing to ensure resilience.

  • Work with teams to guarantee high availability and quick recovery of critical systems.

• Cloud Projects and Modernization

  • Contribute to cloud-based project implementations and modernization efforts, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and cloud best practices.

  • Work closely with technology teams to introduce and integrate cloud services seamlessly into the technology landscape, ensuring alignment with cloud best practices, organizational standards, and guidelines.

• Mentorship and Training

  • Guide and mentor technology teams, providing training and sharing best practices to up-skill team members in cloud technologies.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

Experience: Proven experience as a Cloud Engineer or in a similar role with in-depth knowledge of AWS and Azure cloud platforms.

Technical Skills: Strong understanding of cloud advisory tools, governance policies, and security best practices; experience with infrastructure automation tools; proficiency in common cloud programming languages such as Python, Go, etc.

Analytical Skills: Ability to analyze complex cloud environments, identify issues, and recommend solutions.

Collaboration: Strong communication and teamwork skills; able to work effectively with cross-functional technical teams.

Adaptability: Keen on staying up-to-date with rapid advancements in cloud technology.

Certification: Cloud certification (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect) is preferred.

Job Profile Summary
Responsible for, with limited supervision, all aspects of the software development lifecycle for both package and custom developed applications, including in software design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance activities.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Works independent with limited supervision to design, develop, test, deploy and maintain software solutions as prioritized by the business including creating and updating system documentation and training materials

• Design, development, testing, maintenance and documentation of reliable and scalable software solutions, as prioritized by the business, according to facts, policies and practices that will support user requirements

• Manage projects and processes through entire system development life cycle

• Gather and document business requirements to determine the capabilities that need to be delivered. Consult with the users on the priorities, complexities and other impacts of the requirements. Provide time and cost estimates for proposed changes

• Coordinate and communicate development activities with other team members, infrastructure personnel, vendors and management

• Follow defined change control and compliance procedures associated with software development, including all required documentation and governance standards

• Identify opportunities to deploy existing solutions in other business areas

• Interact with business users via consulting and training to ensure effective use of technology solutions

• Collaborate with key process owners on the documentation of difficult, sometimes complex application defects, enhancements and/or projects

• Coach and review work of lower level professionals

• Solves difficult, sometimes complex problems

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in MIS, computer science, mathematics, or other related field, or an equivalent combination of formal education and the following job related experience

Work Experience

• Experience with multiple development languages and/or platforms

• Experience with software development and programming concepts/techniques

• Experience with database management systems

• Experience with all aspects of the software development lifecycle methodology and basic project management concepts

• Experience with basic infrastructure concepts and how those concepts are impacted by development activities

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Skills in: use and function of office equipment including computers and applicable software

• Ability to: apply math, algebra, and statistical methods.

• Ability to: interact, advise and communicate effectively

• Ability to: develop information, conduct meetings and make presentations

• Ability to: read and write fluently in English

• Ability to: communicate and/or exchange information or instruction; conduct oral presentations and/or meetings

Licenses and Certifications

• None required

Strength Factor Rating - Physical Demands/Requirements

• Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Strength Factor Description - Physical Demands/Requirements

• Standing: Remaining on one's feet in an upright position at a work station without moving about (Occasionally)

• Walking: Moving about on foot (Frequently)

• Sitting: Remaining in a seated position (Constantly)

• Lifting: Raising or lowering an object from one level to another (includes upward pulling) (Occasionally)

• Carrying: Transporting an object, usually holding it in the hands or arms, or on the shoulder (Occasionally)

• Pushing: Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves away from the force (Occasionally)

• Pulling: Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves toward the force (includes jerking) (Occasionally)

• Climbing: Ladders, Stairs (Occasionally)

• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling (Occasionally)

• Stooping: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist (Occasionally)

• Kneeling: Bending the legs at the knees to come to rest on the knee or knees (Occasionally)

• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the legs and spine (Occasionally)

• Crawling: Moving about on the hands and arms in any direction (Occasionally)

• Reaching: Extending hands and arms in any direction (Constantly)

• Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with the hand or hands (Manual Dexterity) (Constantly)

• Fingering: Picking, pinching or otherwise working with the fingers primarily (Finger Dexterity) (Constantly)

• Feeling: Perceiving such attributes of objects/materials as size, shape, temperature, texture, movement or pulsation by receptors in the skin, particularly those of the finger tips (Constantly)

• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas/information by means of the spoken word (Frequently)

• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sound by the ear (Frequently)

• Tasting/Smelling: (Occasionally)

• Near Vision: Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less (Constantly)

• Far Vision: Clarity of vision at 20 feet for more (Frequently)

• Depth Perception: Three-dimensional vision; ability to judge distances and spatial relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are (Frequently)

• Vision: Color - The ability to identify and distinguish colors (Constantly)

Working Conditions/Environment

• Employee is subject to inside environmental conditions

Working Conditions

• Well lighted, climate controlled areas (Constantly)

• Frequent repetitive motion (Constantly)

• CRT (Computer Monitor(s)) (Constantly)

Travel

• None required,

Driving

• Based on assigned tasks, employee may be assigned a company vehicle requiring the applicable driver's license

ONEOK is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, religion, creed, national origin, gender identity, disability, military/veteran status, genetic information or any other categories protected by applicable law.

The job description is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties or skills required for the job and is subject to review and change at any time, with or without notice, in accordance with the needs of ONEOK.

ONEOK is committed to making our workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process. To request an accommodation email [email protected] or call 1-855-663-6547​.

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Expected Salary Range

$100,000.00 - $150,000.00