About the role

What will you do at OnBoard?

Senior Cloud Engineer

Function: Engineering

Reports to: Director, Platform Engineering

Location: Remote - based in the United States, working EST hours

Position Summary:

As a Sr. Cloud Engineer, you will provide guidance on the delivery and operation

of our cloud services to enhance availability, performance, reliability, and

security of our solutions. As part of Platform Team, you will contribute

to deployment automation and delivery while adhering to regulatory guidelines

and compliance. You will be expected to collaborate with and support teams

across the business, to evolve and help implement standards defined within the

well-architected framework, and to build toolchains and workflows that help

reduce friction in software delivery. It is expected you will exhibit creative

and innovative problem-solving skills with a willingness to support

the development teams for complex issues as they arise. You will understand and

help set an example of best practices and standards for developing and

implementing solutions that operate at scale.

Key Responsibilities

* Build cloud foundational components encompassing network, security, identity,
operations, and governance in the Azure cloud.
* Monitor, scale, and maintain production resources, ensuring
that availability, performance, reliability, and security are of the highest
concern.
* Participate in troubleshooting issues, facilitate recovery, and contribute to
incident response retrospectives.
* Contribute to capability, functionality, and sustainability planning of
service components for current and forecasted needs in a cost-efficient
manner.
* Maintain awareness of emerging technologies to address challenges or enable
new ways of working.
* Provide technical expertise for software solution delivery and recommend and
implement improvements to processes and tools.
* Design and document cloud best practices, guidelines, and
guardrails for cloud technologies.
* Operationalize solutions from proof-of-concept through production, using
automation for repeatability, maintainability, and to enforce standards.
Skills and Experience Needed:
* Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical
field, preferred.
* 7-10 years of experience working in a similar role.
* Deep understanding of tools in the Azure platform.
* Expertise with deploying, managing, logging, and monitoring
of applications/services using Microsoft Azure.
* Experience with one or more: PowerShell/Bash/Python.
* Experience with building IaC and automation tools such as Terraform, Bicep,
and ARM.
* Experience with Microsoft/Azure SQL Server.
* Experience working within version control systems.
* Operational experience with production SaaS solutions.
* Strong knowledge of containers, container orchestration, and the Kubernetes
ecosystem.
* Ability to analyze performance metrics and provide feedback of possible
areas for improvement within developed services.
Competencies:
Accountability
Adaptability
Applied Learning
AI Curiosity & Innovation
Business Acumen
Dealing w/Ambiguity
Collaboration
Customer Focus
Decision Making
Driving for Results
Initiating Action
Technical/Professional Skills and Knowledge
About the Company:
Boards set the standard for what organizations can achieve. At OnBoard, our
board management software helps boards function at a higher level so every
organization can make a bigger difference in the world.
Launched in 2011, today, OnBoard serves as the board intelligence platform for
more than 5,000 organizations and their 12,000 boards and committees in 60
countries worldwide. With customers in higher education, nonprofit, healthcare
systems, government, and enterprise business, OnBoard is the leading board
management provider.
OnBoard has grown from a class project at Purdue University in West Lafayette,
Indiana in 2003 into the world’s leading board management software platform
today. Backed by JMI Equity and the acquisitions of eScribe and Govenda, OnBoard
is positioned to become the industry leader in Board Management and Meeting
Solutions for private and public sector entities.

Benefits

and Perks:

* Fully remote work with company provided equipment (laptop, software, etc.)

* Employment with a growing, casual, fun, philanthropic minded company

* US Based Employees

* Comprehensive, high-quality medical/prescription drug plan options, as well

as dental and vision plan offerings.

* An employer contribution to your Health Savings Account (HSA) if you

participate in a High Deductible Healthcare Plan.

* Medical Flexible Spending Accounts available.

* Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts available.

* Basic life insurance in the amount of $50,000 or 1 X’s your salary

(whichever is higher).

* Short and long-term disability and Accidental Death and Dismemberment

benefits at no cost to you.

* 401K Retirement Savings Plan with automatic enrollment at the first of the

month following 60 days of employment at 5% to help you secure your

financial freedom. We offer a generous company match that starts on the

first of the month following 60 days of employment. The company match is

dollar for dollar on the first 3% of your pay that you contribute and $0.50

on the dollar on the next 2%, for a total match of 4%.

* Paid Time Off (PTO)/Holiday

* CAN Based Employees

* Employer paid Life and Accidental Death Insurance

* Contribution to Health Care Spending Account

* Dependent Life Insurance

* Optional Life Insurance

* LTD Insurance

* Drug and Paramedical Coverage

* Dental Insurance

* Vision Insurance

* EAP

* AUS Based employees

* Superannuation rate of 12%

* Monthly stipend of $400 AUD to purchase private medical insurance

* UK Based Employees (via EPG)

* Pension - Aegon

* Passageways/OnBoard contributes 8% of the employee's basic salary

* Employees can contribute up to 100% of salary subject to max limits

* Enrolled from Day 1 of employment

* Private Medical Insurance

* Life Assurance

* Income Protection

* Critical Illness

* Employee Assistance Programme

* Serious Illness Benefit

* Help@Hand

* Cashplan

Diversity Statement - Culture of Togetherness:

At OnBoard, our mission is to encourage and celebrate a culture of togetherness.

We acknowledge that uniqueness is powerful, and we welcome, foster, and

appreciate all. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness fuel the Pathfinder

atmosphere and all our efforts. Our power is in our people and we Pledge 1% to

give back to our communities and across the globe.

OnBoard is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse and

inclusive working environment. We do not discriminate based on race, national

origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status,

disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Interview Transparency & Technology Disclosure

We use video/audio recordings and artificial intelligence (AI) tools during our

interview process to transcribe responses, evaluate skills, and streamline

evaluations. Your data is processed securely and handled in line with our

Which skills does this role require?

ARM TemplatesInfrastructure as CodeSaaS OperationsCloud GovernanceNetwork SecurityMonitoring and LoggingCloud EngineeringWell-Architected FrameworkCI/CDContainerizationPlatform EngineeringIdentity ManagementCloud MonitoringCloud ScalingIncident ResponseCloud Architecture

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