Staff Cloud Engineer

Zoox • Foster City, CA

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About The Position

Zoox is expanding its focus within the IT Platform team to further our mission of providing Autonomous Mobility. We are seeking a Senior-level Cloud Engineer to support and enhance our use of AWS services. This role involves working cross-functionally with multiple engineering teams to ensure the best practices in cloud infrastructure.

Requirements

• AWS/GCP Expertise: Strong understanding of cloud products and services in a production environment, including infrastructure, capacity planning, scalability, backups, storage, security best practices, and emerging technologies.
• IaC: Orchestration, Best practices, delivery, support self service user community - Terraform preferred but CloudFormation would be considered
• Automation Skills: Proven understanding of AI based software development best practices, programming/scripting languages, and Infrastructure as Code patterns
• Observability: Building dashboards and alerting systems, understanding and implementing observability frameworks
• Cost Optimization: Proven ability to identify and implement cost optimization practices within AWS ecosystems, including total cost of ownership, cloud cost optimization tools, and cost reporting services.
• Cloud Computing Strategies: Deep understanding of cloud computing strategies and architecture, such as multi-cloud, hybrid and multi-user environments.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including Engineering, Operations, and Business Units, to achieve business objectives.
• Communication Skills: Expert written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to communicate effectively with all levels of business.

Nice To Haves

• Security Best Practices: Experience with AWS security best practices and compliance.
• Team Leadership: Proven track record of working in a collaborative, team-oriented environment, with the ability to lead and mentor junior team members.
• Kubernetes: Experience designing, deploying, and running containerized services, mostly on EKS
• AI/ML Services: Understanding of AI/ML AWS services and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and manage the technical and business relationship between Zoox and its cloud providers.
• Understand and maintain costs associated with Zoox's cloud platforms, ensuring cost efficiency and optimization.
• Implement AWS best practices for security, operations, cost management, resiliency, and performance across Zoox's cloud platforms.
• Establish and lead a cloud center of excellence to drive innovation, efficiency, and best practices in cloud infrastructure.
• Collaborate with multiple engineering teams to refine and enhance Zoox's hybrid cloud strategy.

Benefits

• paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement)
• unpaid time off
• Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
• Amazon RSUs
• health insurance
• long-term care insurance
• long-term and short-term disability insurance
• life insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees