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Operations Engineer (Cloud)
Stifel Financial Corp.
Memphis, KSA
Full Time
Mid
4 weeks ago
AWSTerraformPythonBashPowerShellDisaster recovery
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About the Role
Stifel Financial Corp. seeks an Operations Engineer focused on AWS disaster recovery, automation/IaC, and FinOps. The role involves configuring AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, building Terraform modules, automating workflows, and supporting FinOps practices.
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AWSTerraformPythonBashPowerShellDisaster recovery
Responsibilities
- Configure and manage AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DR) and support DR services/patterns
- Create and maintain Cutover runbooks for DR events (dependencies, communications, validations, rollback)
- Plan and execute DR tests/failovers/failbacks; capture results and drive remediation
- Build and maintain Terraform infrastructure as code modules and standards
- Automate provisioning and repeatable operational workflows (scripting and tooling)
- Improve DR readiness through monitoring/alerting for replication health, backups, and recovery workflows
- Coordinate with security/risk to ensure DR solutions meet control and compliance expectations
- Support FinOps practices including tagging, allocation, reporting, and optimization enablement
- Use Apptio Cloudability (preferred) to analyze spend, trends, and optimization opportunities
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience in cloud/platform engineering, DevOps/SRE, or systems engineering
- Demonstrated experience implementing and testing DR strategies in AWS
- Experience building and maintaining IaC and automation via scripting
- At least one AWS certification (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate/Professional, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional)
- Proficiency with automation and infrastructure as code tools (Terraform preferred) and scripting (Python, PowerShell, and/or Bash)
- Strong understanding of disaster recovery concepts including RTO/RPO definition, runbook development, recovery validation
- Familiarity with industry standards such as ISO 22301, FFIEC guidelines, NIST SP 800 34, and ITIL
- Familiarity with FinOps practices and tools such as Apptio Cloudability or AWS Cost Management
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
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Why Stifel
- Stifel strives for a culture that puts its clients and associates first: a culture where everyone belongs, everyone is welcome, and everyone contributes to the success of our clients, their careers, and the firm as a whole.
What You'll Be Doing
- Configure and manage AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DR) and support DR services/patterns.
- Create and maintain Cutover runbooks for DR events (dependencies, communications, validations, rollback).
- Plan and execute DR tests/failovers/failbacks; capture results and drive remediation.
- Build and maintain Terraform infrastructure as code modules and standards.
- Automate provisioning and repeatable operational workflows (scripting and tooling).
- Improve DR readiness through monitoring/alerting for replication health, backups, and recovery workflows.
- Coordinate with security/risk to ensure DR solutions meet control and compliance expectations.
- Support FinOps practices including, tagging, allocation, reporting, and optimization enablement.
- Use Apptio Cloudability (preferred) to analyze spend, trends, and optimization of opportunities.
What You'll Bring
- Demonstrated experience implementing and supporting AWS cloud platform and resiliency solutions, including disaster recovery planning, testing, and operational support.
- Proficiency with IT systems, including cloud services, networking, data storage, and compute; experience with backup/replication and cloud resiliency methods is desired.
- Proficiency with automation and infrastructure as code tools (Terraform preferred) and scripting (Python, PowerShell, and/or Bash) to create repeatable operational workflows.
- Strong understanding of disaster recovery concepts, including RTO/RPO definition, runbook development, recovery validation, and continuous improvement through testing and remediation.
- Familiarity with industry standards and guidance such as ISO 22301, FFIEC guidelines, NIST SP 800 34, and ITIL, and the ability to apply those expectations in a cloud context.
- Business understanding and the ability to apply technology solutions to business resiliency, risk reduction, and service continuity objectives.
- Analytical skills and the ability to interpret cloud usage/cost data into actionable insights; familiarity with FinOps practices and tools such as Apptio Cloudability or AWS Cost Management is desired.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce clear technical documentation and present to influential audiences.
- Ability to work calmly under pressure and with tight deadlines, including during DR tests, incidents, and recovery activities.
Education & Experience
- Minimum Required: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field or equivalent relevant experience.
- Minimum Required: 5+ years of experience in cloud/platform engineering, DevOps/SRE, or systems engineering. Demonstrated experience implementing and testing DR strategies in AWS. Experience building and maintaining IaC and automation via scripting.
- Preferred: DRS & Terraform.
Licenses & Credentials
- Minimum Required: At least one AWS certification (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate/Professional, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional).
- Preferred: FinOps Certified Practitioner.
- Preferred: ITIL Foundation or similar operations/process certification.
Systems & Technology
- Cloud: AWS (IAM, VPC, EC2, EBS, S3, CloudWatch), AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS).
- IaC: Terraform or CloudFormation preferred.
- Runbooks/Orchestration: Cutover preferred.
- FinOps/Cost Management: Apptio Cloudability preferred, AWS Cost Explorer/Budgets/Cost & Usage Reports.
- Monitoring/Logging: CloudWatch; familiarity with Splunk/Datadog a plus.
- CI/CD & Source Control: Git; familiarity with GitHub Actions/Jenkins/CodePipeline a plus.
- OS & Scripting: Windows/Linux; Python, Bash, PowerShell.
- Containers (plus): Docker, ECS/EKS/Kubernetes.
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