Senior Cloud Implementation Engineer

In the role of Senior Cloud Implementation Engineer, you will have the opportunity to:

• Maintain a personal, active relationship with Jesus Christ and is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ.
• Guide private-cloud users through implementation, configuration, and adoption using deep expertise in OpenStack, Kubernetes, and S3 storage; serve as the senior technical resource for internal teams and customers, leading adoption of Ansible and Terraform for configuration management and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Architect Kubernetes deployments and load-balanced network configurations for development and production environments.
• Collaborate with the Partner Development team to demonstrate the private cloud platform, translating technical capabilities into clear business value for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Monitor application and infrastructure performance, respond to incidents through an on-call rotation, and support root cause analysis and long-term remediation.
• Establish and document best practices, standard implementation processes, and troubleshooting playbooks; mentor engineers and provide technical guidance.
• Help evaluate cloud resource costs, support usage optimization, and coordinate implementation across stakeholders and vendors; help evaluate and adopt emerging cloud technologies to improve resilience, cost, and maintainability.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor-level degree or university program certificate in related field plus seven (7) years to ten (10) years’ of Cloud Engineering experience, or ten (10) or more years of related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Ansible, Terraform, or similar automation and infrastructure-as-code tools; proficiency in Bash, PowerShell, and Python; and practical use of AI to improve work efficiency.
• Comprehensive knowledge of OpenStack administration and implementation, Linux administration, and virtualization platforms such as VMware, oVirt, or Hyper-V.
• Thorough knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, cloud object storage such as S3-compatible services, and networking fundamentals, including load balancing, segmentation, and firewall configuration.
• Thorough knowledge of configuring and monitoring automated web application security tools and centralized logging and metrics platforms such as ELK, Grafana, and Prometheus.
• Twelve credit hours of college-level Biblical studies (required); if not already completed, an opportunity to meet and complete the requirement is available upon hire.

Samaritan’s Purse is proud to offer a competitive benefits package, including:

• On-site Medical Clinic (staff and dependents)
• Medical, prescription, dental & vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Long-term and Short-term disability insurance
• Paid Family Medical Leave
• Term Life Insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• 10 paid holidays
• 12 vacation/personal days

At Samaritan’s Purse, the Gospel is the center of all we do! We start each day with a time of devotions and prayer for each other, our staff, and volunteers who serve around the world. As a faith-driven organization, our Statement of Faith shapes every aspect of our global work.

Please take time to review the following link as you consider working with us: https://www.samaritanspurse.org/our-ministry/statement-of-faith