Cloud Engineer Lead

ABOUT ITEMIZE

Itemize builds AI-powered Copilots that help automate Finance functions. The company provides specialized AI-ML solutions for corporate CFOs and financial services organizations. By harnessing cutting-edge technologies, Itemize streamlines and automates processes in areas including Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR). Itemize facilitates greater efficiency, better decision-making and improved risk mitigation.

Itemize operations are cloud-based, with teams distributed nationwide and internationally. We have teams coast to coast within the United States as well as in several countries worldwide. We welcome people who enjoy the challenge of a fast-paced, high-growth environment on the leading edge of applying AI to B2B financial challenges.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Cloud Engineer Lead will own the cloud-based production system and will maintain and grow the Itemize infrastructure on AWS to meet business and security needs. Responsibilities will include:

• Develop and maintain reusable templates and code to automate solution delivery and deployment
• Own, manage, and maintain the AWS ecosystem assets including VPCs + Security Groups, API Gateway + Lambda, ECS/ECR & Fargate, EC2, RDS, CloudFormation, WAF, S3, and IAM
• Ensure the availability, performance, security, and scalability of the production system by implementing proactive system monitoring
• Support CI/CD pipelines for the platform and serverless APIs through the use of scripts and CodePipeline/CodeBuild/CodeDeploy services
• Provision system security by leveraging best practices and best-in-class cloud security solutions, including maintaining infrastructure to be PCI and SOC compliant
• Maintain data replication, database configuration and server upgrades, as well as disaster recovery environments specifically to minimize RPO and RTO
• Provide operational support for system troubleshooting and problem resolution by creating and maintaining documentation and runbooks
• Serve as quality gatekeeper for pre-production testing, approving releases only when production readiness criteria are met

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• 5+ years professional work experience in AWS administration with strong fundamentals in compute, networking, security, and storage
• 5+ years CI/CD and DevOps experience using Infrastructure as Code tools to create and maintain release pipelines
• 5+ years experience with Linux system administration
• 3+ years experience as a Lead or solo Cloud Infrastructure administrator
• Experience with Docker and container orchestration tools like ECS/Kubernetes
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• AWS and/or related DevOps certification(s)
• Experience maintaining databases: Aurora MySQL in RDS and DynamoDB
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Javascript
• Experience with tools for managing costs, security, and compliance for cloud environments
• Experience working in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment

WHAT WE OFFER

• High energy atmosphere of a growth-stage FinTech with great traction serving Fortune 500 companies operating in more than 25 countries
• Professional development opportunities for learning and growth
• A diverse international team of techies, dog lovers, globetrotters, and musicians
• Itemize offers flexible PTO and a generous benefits package, and highly values independence
• Salary range of $120,000-$150,000 depending on location and experience, as well as employee stock options

Itemize is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Itemize does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by applicable law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.