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Location: Department 759
Shift: Daytime
Experience: 5+ year
Minimum Starting Pay: $110,000.00

Kwik Trip's Network Services Department has an opening for a Cloud Platform Engineer II.

What you will be doing...

As a Cloud Engineer II, you will be responsible for working independently and in a team environment to assist in the design, implementation, and support of Kwik Trip's public cloud as well as the private cloud infrastructure - compute, storage, and virtualization.

Responsibilities Include:

• Assist in design, implementing and administration of Kwik Trip's public cloud environment.
• Lead the management, configuration, and monitoring of cloud infrastructure and resources.
• Configure and manage monitoring, alerting, and reporting of key performance indicators in Kwik Trip's cloud Environments.
• Manage security updates for assigned servers and public cloud resources
• Assist in design, implementation, and administration of public and private cloud, storage, and virtual environments
• Perform scheduled maintenance and updates on the public and private cloud, storage, and virtualization infrastructure.
• Design, develop, and operate cloud database services, APIs, microservices, replication, & scaling or distributed databases.
• Design, develop, and maintain cloud infrastructure using IaC and automation scripts.
• Experience with technical analysis of existing software workloads and the ability to define a technical migration roadmap for project work.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues related to cloud services.

What we are looking for...

• Associate degree in Information Systems/Network Systems Administration or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 4 or more years of experience managing hardware, storage, and virtualization infrastructure.
• 4 or more years of relevant experience (Microsoft Azure Infrastructure as a Service and Platform as a Service).
• Advanced Knowledge and Skills Required:
• Knowledge and experience deploying
• Microsoft Azure Security: Firewalls, Log Analytics, key vaults, network security groups, etc.
• Microsoft Azure Services: Front Door Services, Application Gateways, Application Insight, Virtual Machines, app services, etc.
• Microsoft Azure Storage (Blob, File, Data Lake).
• Microsoft Azure Networking; vnets, vpns, and ExpressRoute
• Active Directory.
• Azure Active Directory.
• Agile Scrum Methodology.
• Atlassian Software including JIRA.
• Infrastructure as Code.
• CI/CD and DevSecOps Concepts.
• Fundamental understanding of network attached storage.
• Understanding of data center racking and cabling.

• Fundamental understanding of data center hardware.
• Fundamental networking knowledge and skills.
• Experience managing VMware virtual environments.
• Effective communication and customer service skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Skilled in diagnosing and resolving cloud platform, hardware, and software issues.
• Ability to perform at an elevated level within a fast-paced and high-pressure environment.
• Ability to work independently, and as well as in a team environment.
• Ardent desire to establish and meet aggressive deadlines.

Even better if you have:

• Experience with NetApp, Cisco ACI and Nutanix technologies.
• Experience with Amazon Web Services.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with Linux Operating systems (Redhat, Suse, Ubuntu).
• Microsoft Certifications (AZ-104, SC-300, SC-400) are highly desired.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, daytime hours with non-business hours support as required along with a rotating on-call schedule.

Kwik Trip, Inc. is a family-owned, Midwest company, in operation since 1965. We are dedicated to serving our guests and coworkers while treating everyone like family. Along with our award-winning culture, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Learn more about Kwik Trip and our culture.
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