Senior Cloud Engineer

Make your mark in Broadcasting and Digital Media. Sinclair Broadcast Group and Sinclair Digital Solutions are dedicated to making Sinclair a communications powerhouse! We are the largest and most diversified television broadcasting company in the country. Sinclair owns and operates, programs, or provides services to more television stations than anyone and has affiliations with all major networks. Sinclair Digital group is focused on bringing the most engaging content to web, mobile and over-the-top broadcasting to audiences all over the

country! Our success is the result of extraordinary employees and an exemplary management team who believe in a vision and are dedicated to ensuring a great future for our employees. Whether you are an industry veteran or a just starting out, you can find it at Sinclair! We are advancing the world of Broadcasting and we want YOU to join our winning team!

Sinclair Broadcast Group seeks a motivated and experienced Senior Cloud Engineer to join the Cloud Engineering Team. The individual will develop, integrate, and support key Enterprise infrastructure solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Be part of a team that builds programs to design, develop, and govern cloud infrastructure across the enterprise.

• Collaborate with other internal teams and third-party vendors to define best-in-class solutions.Proactively monitor KPIs and address areas of improvement for public, private, and hybrid cloud solutions.

• Configuration, management, and maintenance of cloud-based solutions across public, private, and hybrid clouds.

• Configuration, management, and maintenance of Windows and Linux servers across multiple cloud environments.

• Support and deployment of applications running as containers.

• Develop and maintain business continuity and disaster recovery processes.

• Ensure cloud security measures are incorporated into infrastructure implementation.

• Support and participate in the development of architecture designs for enterprise-wide systems infrastructure environments.

• Drive efficiencies through process automation and Infrastructure as Code frameworks

• Work with and support all other Cloud Engineering and DevOps team members.

Experience, Skills & Competencies:

• 7+ years of experience in IT engineering.

• 5+ years of experience directly building, administering, and supporting cloud solutions including compute, networking, load balancers, storage, identity management, and security.

• 5+ years of experience with scripting and IT process automation – shell scripting, Terraform, Go, JSON, Jenkins, etc.

• 3+ years of experience with Python development.

• 5+ years of Linux systems administration in an enterprise level environment.

• Experience in the architecture, engineering, and operation of containerization and virtualization technologies.

• Understanding of industry best practices surrounding proper maintenance and support of a 24x7 cloud infrastructure – service and server hardening, tuning, vulnerability management, and patch management.

• Demonstrable implementation of infrastructure lifecycles including planning, forecasting, implementation, and tracking of projects/assets deployment.

• Experience supporting and managing private, public, and hybrid cloud solutions.

• Experience working within an Agile/SAFe framework.

• Strong analytical problem-solving skills with a focus on data-driven decision-making.

• Strong presentation skills with deep experience in data usage in dash-boarding platforms.

• Advanced understanding and experience with monitoring tools.

• Advanced experience developing Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Ability to quickly grasp technical issues and offer solutions.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Outgoing and enthusiastic personality.

• Professional business demeanor.

• Customer-focused attitude and desire to interface directly with end-user clients.

• Relevant AWS Certifications required – Solutions Architect Associate, and SysOps Engineer.

• Additional AWS Certifications desired – Security Specialty, Advanced Networking Specialty

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, or a related field or equivalent work experience.

• Immediate authorization to work in the US.

The base salary compensation range for this role is $130,490.25 to $173,987. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidate’s relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location. Full time positions are eligible for benefits that include participation in a retirement plan, life and disability insurance, health, dental and vision plans, flexible spending accounts, 15 paid vacation days, 2 paid personal days, 9 paid holidays, 40 hours of paid sick leave, parental leave, and employee stock purchase plan.

EEO AND INCLUSIVITY:

Sinclair is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by virtue of an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

About Sinclair:

Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and sports. The Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 177 television stations in 79 markets affiliated with all major broadcast networks; owns Tennis Channel, the premium destination for tennis enthusiasts; and multicast networks CHARGE, Comet, ROAR and The Nest. Sinclair’s AMP Media produces a growing portfolio of digital content and original podcasts. Additional information about Sinclair can be found at www.sbgi.net .

About the Team

The life-blood of our organization is our people. We have a compelling story, a goal-oriented culture, and we take really good care of people. How good? Here is a glimpse: great benefits, open-door policy, upward mobility and a strong desire to see you succeed. Ready to be part of a winning team? Let’s talk.

Please note that this position is not eligible for visa sponsorship, including employer sponsorship for an H-1B visa, OPT-STEM employment, etc.