Job Summary:

The Entitlements team is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Sr. Azure Cloud Engineer to join our team. As a Cloud Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing and implementing cloud solutions on Microsoft Azure using native Azure components and apps on Spring framework. Will be responsible for leading the development of Cloud Infrastructure leveraging automation, collaborating with DevOps teams to build CI/CD pipelines and building best practices for the team to follow. Self-starter who can pick up new technologies, be comfortable with ambiguity and drive initiatives forward. Architect and design cloud solutions on Microsoft Azure, ensuring scalability, reliability and cost effectiveness while considering operational concerns and non-functional requirements such as availability, scalability and backups. Develop Infrastructure as code using Terraform for automated provisioning and management of cloud resources. Collaborate with DevOps teams to build CI/CD pipelines needed to deploy application code and streamline deployment processes. Implement solutions that adhere to cloud security principles including Identity and Access Management, Data Protection and Network Security. Build solutions that implement Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) concepts specifically around monitoring, logging, alerting, incident management and disaster recovery. Respond to security findings identified by the security teams, implementing remediation measures to mitigate risks and ensure compliance with industry standards. Ability to design solutions with operational concerns in mind, including non-functional requirements such as availability, scalability, backups and restore procedures. Mentor junior team members on cloud architecture principles, best practices and emerging technologies. Hours: 8:30am - 5pm CST Qualifications: Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience. 10+ years of experience in core application development and implementing end to end solutions. 5+ years of experience working as a Cloud Engineer or in a similar role. Extensive experience with Microsoft Azure cloud platform. Application Stack: Microservices, Spring boot, JPA, ReactJS, relational databases Cloud: Microsoft Azure Database: Azure Postgres, Cosmos DB Messaging: Azure Service Bus, Azure Event hub, Azure Event Grid, Solace and Kafka Database Operations: Configuring Backups, Restores, replication and Failover Traceability: Azure monitoring, logging and alerting services Experience building CI/CD pipelines using GitHub actions Industry experiences nice to have Understanding of the SCRUM agile process Financial Services domain knowledge Certifications (Preferred): Microsoft Certified: Microsoft Certified Azure Developer Associate HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate

Substantial hands-on experience in both the Azure stack (60%) and the application technology stack (40%). The application technology stack includes: Java, Spring Boot, React, Kafka Topics/Queues, Spring Batch, Spring REST API, Spring Cloud, Oracle DB, and SQL

Benefits:

Healthcare Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents healthcare coverage through BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics. Premiums are subsidized by Synectics.

Dental Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents a dental plan through MetLife. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.

Vision Insurance : Synectics offers eligible employees vision insurance through VSP. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.401(k) Plan: The Synectics Inc. Investment Savings Retirement Plan. Synectics offers all employees who are 21 years of age or older the opportunity to invest in the 401(k) Plan on the first enrollment date that is at least 30 days after employment begins. Enrollment dates are each January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st.

Technical Certification Bonus: Synectics is pleased to award its employees a bonus of up to $500 for an approved professional certification. In determining the bonus amount, Synectics will consider the cost of the test(s) for any certification relating to your current position, achieved during your employment with us. Only one Certification Bonus per calendar year may be awarded per employee. Only current, active employees will be eligible to receive this bonus. It will be awarded 90 days after the Synectics office has received documentation confirming the successful completion of the certification.

Synectics is an equal opportunity employer.

Benefits:

Healthcare Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents healthcare coverage through BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics. Premiums are subsidized by Synectics.

Dental Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents a dental plan through MetLife. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.

Vision Insurance : Synectics offers eligible employees vision insurance through VSP. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.401(k) Plan: The Synectics Inc. Investment Savings Retirement Plan. Synectics offers all employees who are 21 years of age or older the opportunity to invest in the 401(k) Plan on the first enrollment date that is at least 30 days after employment begins. Enrollment dates are each January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st.

Technical Certification Bonus: Synectics is pleased to award its employees a bonus of up to $500 for an approved professional certification. In determining the bonus amount, Synectics will consider the cost of the test(s) for any certification relating to your current position, achieved during your employment with us. Only one Certification Bonus per calendar year may be awarded per employee. Only current, active employees will be eligible to receive this bonus. It will be awarded 90 days after the Synectics office has received documentation confirming the successful completion of the certification.

Synectics is an equal opportunity employer.