- Previous experience building and running distributed applications in AWS
- Expert in Linux (Ubuntu, RedHat, Debian)
- Comfortable writing code in Python
- Strong experience using configuration management solutions (Salt, Puppet, Chef, Ansible)
- Experience using source control for code management (Git, Perforce, SVN, etc.)
- Ability to write or modify large code changes that affect scripts and infrastructure code
- Certified in Basic Security Principals in at least one cloud platform
- Certified in Cloud Account Administration in at least one cloud platform
- Ability to identify root causes of issues and fix most issues independently during on-call scenarios
- Proactively identify alerting trends and create development tasks to address those trends
- Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills
- Ability to effectively communicate upwards with proper frequency, ensuring high transparency and breaking down technical concepts for varied technical backgrounds
- Experience with Azure (Bonus)
- Experience with Jenkins (Bonus)
- Experience with Docker (Bonus)