Sr Cloud Platform Engineer

EBSCO Information Services is a leader in providing optimized research experiences through innovative technology. As a Sr Cloud Platform Engineer, you will be part of an agile development team focused on developing cloud-based DevOps solutions, leveraging AI to enhance automation and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities:

• Provide expertise in the design, implementation, testing, and delivery of automated solutions for account management, platform governance, and platform infrastructure within our public cloud platform domain (AWS)
• 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
• Mentor more junior engineers on the team in areas of specific expertise
• 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

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, MIS, Computer Engineering or other technical-related degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of hands-on AWS experience
• 4+ years of Python experience
• 4+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation)
• 3+ years of experience in design and architecture (design pattern, reliability, scaling and security)
• Understanding of AWS infrastructure and services including but not limited to EC2, EBS, S3, API Gateway, IAM, DynamoDB, AWS Lambda, AWS Transit Gateway, AWS VPC, AWS Subnets, AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodeDeploy, and AWS CodePipeline
• Understanding of concepts related to software architecture, design patterns/practices
• Proficiency with source code management tools such as git
• Experience with DevOps or CI/CD practices
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and practices, such as GitHub Copilot, Codex, Claude Code, Amazon Q Developer
• Strong communication skills and a natural inclination to collaborate
• AWS Certifications
• Knowledge of automated testing strategies and techniques
• Understanding of Agile engineering practices such as Test-Driven Development, Refactoring and Pair Programming
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools and practices, such as GitHub Copilot, Codex, Claude Code, Amazon Q Developer
• Experience with Container management - AWS ECS, Kubernetes, etc
• Experience with Jenkins