Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

at  T Rowe Price

There is a place for you at T. Rowe Price to grow, contribute, learn, and make a difference. We are a premier asset manager focused on delivering global investment management excellence and retirement services that investors can rely on today and in the future. The work we do matters. We invite you to explore the opportunity to join us and grow your career with us.
Overview
In this role as a key member of our Cloud Engineering team, you will analyse, design, build and evolve cloud infrastructure solutions and patterns to support T Rowe Price’s technology programmes. Your knowledge and experience will define the future of our evolving cloud adoption, applying your creativity to solve complex problems. This is a central role delivering to all aspects of the business in a team which is a centre of excellence for cloud technology.

Our key focus areas are:

• Ensuring frictionless cloud deployments and maintenance
• Providing engineering and development capacity to Cloud Operations improving operational efficiencies
• Maximizing Cloud utilization and decrease costs by providing self-service, efficient-by-default capabilities

Expected skills

• Possess deep knowledge of multiple cloud services
• Adept at troubleshooting issues in cloud infrastructure components
• Techniques for decomposing complex problems into discrete work units
• Ability to balance strategic and pragmatic concerns when solving problems
• Has comprehensive knowledge of core infrastructure capabilities: operating systems, networking, identity, and access
• Has comprehensive knowledge of tooling used to test and manage infrastructure components
• Ability to produce sustainable solutions which can be extended and refactored as needed
• Ability to effectively communicate complex topics to a diverse range of audiences

Responsibilities

• Maintaining an awareness and understanding of evolving cloud technology
• Guiding other technology teams in using cloud services effectively, securely and efficiently
• Producing and delivering training materials for cloud services to our technology teams
• Driving the evolution and modernisation of our cloud deployments
• Providing and maintaining shared, reusable cloud deployment code and configuration
• Ensuring solutions meet relevant security and resilience standards
• Participate in an in-hours support rota for the components we are responsible for
• Working effectively as part of a globally-distributed team (US east coast and UK)

Qualifications and experience profile

• Typically has 5+ years of relevant experience
• Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of experience and relevant qualifications
• Proven experience and knowledge of either AWS or Azure cloud platforms
• Knowledge of container runtime platforms such as AWS ECS, EKS or Azure AKS
• Experience with Hashicorp Terraform and HCL
• Software development and testing experience, including CI/CD
• Strong knowledge of modern security principles and technology, including authentication, authorization, policies and secrets management
• An understanding of what enables software to be maintainable and malleable
• Relevant cloud certifications a bonus
• Knowledge of Java and Groovy a bonus
• Experience of working in a regulated environment would be useful

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
We strive for equity, equality, and opportunity for all associates. When we embrace the power of diversity and create an environment where people can bring their authentic and best selves to work, our firm is stronger, and we create greater value for our clients. Our commitment and inclusive programming aim to lift the experience for each associate and builds allies for our global associate community. We know that a sense of belonging is key not only to your success at the firm, but also to your ability to bring your best each day.
T. Rowe Price is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity of thought, gender, and race. We believe our continued success depends upon the equal treatment of all associates and applicants for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, creed, colour, national origin, sex, gender, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, pregnancy, or any other classification protected by country, federal, state, or local law

• Maintaining an awareness and understanding of evolving cloud technology
• Guiding other technology teams in using cloud services effectively, securely and efficiently
• Producing and delivering training materials for cloud services to our technology teams
• Driving the evolution and modernisation of our cloud deployments
• Providing and maintaining shared, reusable cloud deployment code and configuration
• Ensuring solutions meet relevant security and resilience standards
• Participate in an in-hours support rota for the components we are responsible for
• Working effectively as part of a globally-distributed team (US east coast and UK