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Position Summary

Our client is building a modern, cloud-native platform that powers connected, data-driven manufacturing operations. Their technology sits at the center of increasingly automated factories, integrating equipment, software systems, and real-time production data into a scalable SaaS platform used by global manufacturers.

To support rapid growth and platform scale, they are seeking a Senior Cloud Operations Engineer to own the reliability, performance, and operational excellence of their cloud infrastructure. This is a highly impactful role responsible for ensuring the platform remains highly available, secure, and scalable as adoption continues to grow.

This position is ideal for engineers who thrive in modern cloud environments, enjoy solving complex reliability challenges, and prefer automating everything possible. The right person will combine deep technical expertise with strong operational discipline, helping build a world-class cloud platform supporting real industrial environments.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Operations & Reliability

• Maintain and optimize production, staging, and development environments running in Kubernetes on AWS

• Implement and manage monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability frameworks

• Lead incident response efforts and drive post-incident reviews focused on continuous improvement

• Own backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity processes

• Perform system capacity planning and performance tuning

Automation & Infrastructure Management

• Build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code using tools such as Terraform or Pulumi

• Automate provisioning, configuration management, and environment lifecycle processes

• Identify and eliminate operational inefficiencies through automation

• Manage secrets, environment configuration, and version control across infrastructure environments

Security & Compliance

• Implement and maintain least-privilege access models and cloud security guardrails

• Support vulnerability management, patching workflows, and dependency maintenance

• Assist with compliance readiness efforts including SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar frameworks

• Ensure proper logging, retention, and audit practices across cloud environments

FinOps / Cost Optimization

• Monitor and optimize cloud spend across services and environments

• Implement tagging standards, budget alerts, and cost visibility frameworks

• Recommend architectural improvements to balance performance and cost efficiency

Collaboration & Leadership

• Partner closely with engineering teams to improve reliability, deployment pipelines, and system architecture

• Mentor engineers on operational best practices and cloud platform management

• Develop runbooks, documentation, and operational standards

• Champion reliability engineering principles, operational maturity, and risk reduction practices

Technical Environment

Candidates should be comfortable working in modern cloud-native environments and familiar with:

• Kubernetes clusters, autoscaling, Helm charts, and service mesh concepts

• AWS cloud services including compute, networking, storage, and cost management

• Infrastructure-as-Code frameworks such as Terraform

• Observability platforms such as Datadog, CloudWatch, Prometheus, or New Relic

• CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines, or Bamboo

• Linux systems administration and troubleshooting

• SRE practices including SLIs, SLOs, MTTR, RTO/RPO, and incident management

Description

The Global Cloud Engineering Leader will be responsible for the overall technical direction for Cloud hosting and automation tools for the company. This role will lead onshore and offshore cloud build and automation resources who are responsible for having a deep understanding of our business strategy, and the creation of a technical capability that enables and accelerates business goals through rapid deployment and scalability of new features and functionalities.

• Lead team’s Cloud Engineering and DevOps implementations and practices as it relates to Azure Cloud Environments and support, application deployments, site reliability and disaster recovery

• Understanding the responsibility, requirements, and efforts to ensure appropriate and required Cyber methodologies in how work is performed and compliance for all areas of responsibility

• Driving Cyber and Compliance as a culture as well as a functional requirement

• Translate design decisions, architecture designs to code for continuous deployment and repeatability

• Establish enterprise-wide cloud standards and associated documentation (naming, tagging, build etc..)

• Establish Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) culture and principles to track and measure health, uptime, availability and performance

• Oversite of daily run work, and overall reduction of technical debt

• Responsible for redundancy and resiliency of all cloud environments globally

• Ensures Engineering team leverages the latest DevOps and Cloud automation tools such as ARM Templates, PowerShell, Terraform, Python and Azure DevOps

• Strong dedication to high quality and standards for your team’s execution

• Not afraid to jump in with the team to help resolve problems and remove blockers in a timely manner.

• Collaborate with other teams on automation strategy and best practices

• Create and document low-level designs, as built and standards

• Collaborate with Solution architecture, Platform engineering, Cyber and Product teams for delivering requirements as defined

• Work within a project management/agile scrum teams in a leading role as part of a wider team

• Utilizes Agile and DevOps Processes and Principles, Crafts CI/CD pipelines; converting builds to use native Azure build pipelines

• Work with the release management team and engineering teams to enhance skills and practices

• Design and maintain automation processes and ensure that all things that should be automated, are automated responsibly with Security, Governance and compliance validations.

• Work with Leadership to develop effective IT solutions based on business needs, issues and drivers.

• Assist with IT strategies to achieve productivity, stability and resilience.

• Prioritize, plan, scope and manage IT projects.

• Approve/initiate change requests, project proposals and maintain architecture and process documentation

• Ensure team adheres to disaster recovery and compliance testing schedules through the year

• Assist in preparing project budgets and schedules.

• Assist in business reengineering efforts and recommend new technologies to meet business demands.

• Monitor project execution to ensure on-time delivery.

Skills

Strategy, automation, Cloud, azure automation, azure

Top Skills Details

Strategy,automation,Cloud,azure automation,azure

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Person specification

• Team management skills – ability to drive cross-functional teams to project goals and timelines

• Communication skills – help align stakeholders, define dependencies and plan efficiently and communicate release schedules, progress, blockers

• Mentorship – Ability to guide, train and coach resources involved in the release and deployment lifecycle.

• Data skills - use data to get insights, inform decisions and reach business KPIs and product metrics important to the business

• Technical skills – Extensive in Cloud Engineering and the Microsoft Well Architected Framework and Cloud Adoption Framework with very specific understanding of landing zones and foundational buildout, Automation, Architecture, and Development

• Azure DevOps Tool administration and configuration

• Certification – Scrum Product Owner/Product Manager certificates preferred

• Product skills – 10 yrs Mix of Cloud/Dev and Leadership Experience

Tooling

• Azure Cloud

• Azure DevOps

• WIZ Security Scanning

• SonarQube

• Terraform

• Ansible

• GIT

• Log Analytics

• Netskope

Experience – Essential

• Strong communication skills

• Ability to quickly pivot as needed and lead a team through multiple projects and competing priorities

• Proven track record in on time/on spec project delivery

• Strong relationship skills and cultural awareness, the ability to work well with people from different disciplines and cultures.

• Ability to be agile, respond positively to change and contribute with an innovative and global mindset.

Experience – Desirable

• 10+ years Cloud Engineering/App Development/Leadership experience

Experience Level

Expert Level

This is a Contract position based out of Chicago, IL.

The pay range for this position is $80.00 - $100.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully remote position.

This position is anticipated to close on Mar 19, 2026.

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at .

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

Job Title: Sr. Oracle Cloud Architect

Location: Tennessee (Onsite/Hybrid)

Hybrid: Knoxville TN

Need to be local to Knoxville or willing to relocate there. Will work onsite 2-3 days a week.

Job Summary:

Gravity is seeking a highly experienced Sr. Oracle Cloud Architect for a leading employer based in Tennessee. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise across Oracle Cloud modules, including ERP, SCM, EPM, and OTM, and will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing enterprise-level Oracle Cloud solutions. This role requires strong technical leadership, solution architecture capabilities, and hands-on experience in driving end-to-end Oracle Cloud transformations.

Key Responsibilities:

· Design and architect scalable Oracle Cloud solutions across ERP, SCM, EPM, and OTM modules

· Lead full lifecycle implementations, including requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, integration, testing, and deployment

· Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate functional requirements into technical solutions

· Provide strategic guidance on Oracle Cloud best practices and optimization opportunities

· Ensure seamless integration between Oracle Cloud and other enterprise systems

· Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical and functional issues

· Mentor junior team members and provide technical leadership

· Stay updated with latest Oracle Cloud features, enhancements, and industry trends

Required Skills & Qualifications:

· Extensive experience as an Oracle Cloud Architect or similar role

· Strong hands-on expertise in Oracle ERP, SCM, EPM, and OTM

· Proven experience in Oracle Cloud implementations and migrations

· Strong understanding of enterprise architecture and system integrations

· Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills

· Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities

· Oracle Cloud certifications (ERP/SCM/EPM/OTM)

· Experience working in large-scale enterprise environments

· Exposure to multiple industry domains

Jabil is a product solutions company providing comprehensive design, manufacturing, supply chain and product management services. Operating from over 100 facilities in 29 countries, Jabil delivers innovative, integrated, and tailored solutions to customers across a broad range of industries and end-markets, such as automotive, consumer lifestyle and wearable tech, defense and aerospace, connected home and building, industrial and energy, enterprise and infrastructure, healthcare, mobility, packaging and printing.

How will you make an impact?

• Jabil is seeking a Software Test Development Engineer who will directly contribute to the transformative growth within our Global cloud Test Development (GCTD) team in the Cloud Enterprise and Intelligent Infrastructure (CE&I) division by applying unique and innovative approaches to solving problems within a large-scale software production environment.

• As the Software Test Development Engineer plays a vital role in ensuring the quality and reliability of hardware products, contributing to the overall success of the manufacturing process and customer satisfaction.

• You will be responsible for contributing to the end-to-end architecture, definition, development and production deployment of production software applications and infrastructure spanning multiple customers and manufacturing regions. 

• You will also be responsible for interfacing with internal engineering, manufacturing and quality teams and our end customers to ensure your software deliverables meet the rigorous standards of Jabil’s world-class manufacturing environments.

What will you do?

Test System Development:

• Design and develop test systems and procedures for manufacturing processes. This includes creating test plans, test cases, and test scripts to assess the functionality and performance of hardware components or devices such as:

  • Motherboard,

  • Memory,

  • CPU,

  • Storage (SSD, HDD, NVMe) and

  • PCIE devices (NIC, GPU, Mezz cards, RAID cards)

Software Development Test:

• Create, validate, release, and maintain test software and scripts that automate the testing process.

• This software may include code for controlling test equipment, collecting and analyzing data, and generating test reports.

Sustaining Test:

• Support and maintenance for the manufacturing server (L10) and rack (L11) level test software and infrastructure deployed at our production facilities, including the implementation of minor system configuration changes (new IPNs).

Test Infrastructure Expansions:

• Support the site’s manufacturing server (L10) and rack (L11) current test infrastructure as well as future expansions planning, deployments, and assembly.

Debugging and Troubleshooting:

• Diagnose and resolve issues with test software, or hardware components (servers, switches, racks, L10, L12) that may arise during the manufacturing process.

Documentation:

• Maintain comprehensive manufacturing server (L10) and rack (L11) documentation of test procedures, specifications, and Infrastructure.

Collaboration:

• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including hardware engineers, manufacturing engineers, and quality assurance personnel, to ensure alignment of testing requirements and quality standards.

Continuous Learning:

• Stay updated on the latest advancements in testing technologies, methodologies, and industry best practices to keep manufacturing processes competitive and up to date.

• Definition and collaboration on overall test infrastructure and application architectures.

Management & Supervisory Responsibilities

• Reports to Management

Education:

• BS degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field. MS preferred

Experience:

• 5 years’ experience in software manufacturing test development/sustaining with enterprise servers, storage or networking products.

• Experience in the following programming/scripting languages:

  • Python,

  • Java,

  • BASH,

  • C, C++, experience a plus

• Linux development experience with a solid understanding of its fundamentals:

  • CentOS

  • Ubuntu

• Experience with hardware and API solutions for controlling, managing and stressing L10 devices (servers, network and storage SSDs, NVMe):

  • IPMI,

  • Redfish,

  • mprime,

  • FIO,

  • Linpack,

  • ptugen,

  • memtester

• Familiarity in the creation and configuration (DHCP, PXE boot, nginx) of Virtual Machines (VMs) using VMWare.

• Expertise with leading edge networking systems, hardware, software and protocols including but not limited to enterprise ethernet datacenter switching/routing L1, L2, and L3 (BGP, DHCP Relay, ECMP)

• Arista CloudVision is a plus.

• Experience with code versioning tools (Git preferred).

• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices for the complete software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Experience working in multi-site and multi-cultural environments.

What Can Jabil Offer You?

Along with growth, stability, and the opportunity to be challenged, Jabil offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Medical, Dental, Prescription Drug, and Vision Insurance with HRA and HSA options

• 401K Match

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Paid Time Off

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance

• Commuter Benefits

• Employee Assistance Program

• Pet Insurance

• Adoption Assistance

• Annual Merit Increases

• Community Volunteer Opportunities