Senior Systems Engineer

                                                                                                         Berkadia Services India Pvt Ltd

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 Position Summary

The Cloud Governance and Operations team is a cross-functional group responsible for ensuring the secure, efficient, and reliable use of cloud infrastructure across the organization. The team drives both strategic governance and hands-on operational excellence, enabling scalable, compliant, and cost-effective cloud adoption. This includes all cloud platforms (Azure and AWS), Microsoft Entra ID, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud storage.

At Berkadia, cloud computing continues to allow us to modernize and consolidate IT infrastructure, automate workloads, and pursue next-generation innovation. To continue this transformation, we're seeking an experienced cloud engineer with expertise in driving both governance and operational excellence across complex cloud environments. As part of the Cloud Governance and Operations team, you'll help define and enforce cloud usage policies and cost optimization strategies to ensure secure and efficient cloud adoption. On the operations side, you'll be responsible for maintaining infrastructure reliability through proactive monitoring and incident response, and for building automation and CI/CD pipelines using tools like Terraform to streamline deployment and infrastructure management.

 Responsibilities

In this section, include only the primary responsibilities of the role. These should focus on the core responsibilities rather than specifics of how tasks are completed. Avoid listing out specific project work that may be temporary in nature. We recommend to aim for no more than 10-15 bullets when detailing what success looks like for the role.

• Define and enforce cloud governance policies to ensure secure, compliant, and standardized cloud usage across the organization.
• Implement and manage cost optimization strategies, including budgeting, tagging, and usage monitoring.
• Design and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using tools like Terraform to automate cloud resource provisioning and configuration.
• Develop and support CI/CD pipelines to enable efficient and reliable application and infrastructure deployments.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure health and performance, and respond to incidents to ensure high availability and reliability.
• Collaborate with security and compliance teams to align cloud operations with regulatory and internal standards.
• Manage shared cloud services, such as networking, identity, secrets management, and container orchestration platforms.
• Drive automation initiatives to reduce manual operations and improve operational efficiency.
• Support cloud onboarding and enablement for application teams, providing guidance on best practices and operational readiness.
• Participate in post-incident reviews and continuous improvement efforts to enhance system resilience and team processes.
• Provide 3^rd level operational support for end users as necessary.

 In this section, include only the top 3-4 preferred qualifications an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the experience required.

• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools, especially Terraform, for managing scalable and repeatable cloud infrastructure as well as CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks, specifically Azure DevOps.
• Strong understanding of cloud technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure), including core services like networking, IAM, compute, and storage as well as containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with cloud governance frameworks and best practices related to cost management, security, and compliance (e.g., FinOps, CIS Benchmarks, NIST).
• Strong scripting skills in languages like Python, PowerShell, or Bash for automation and tooling.

Your Qualification  

•             Bachelor's degree or equivalent
•             5+ years of experience in a similar position

About us: (Company Overview)     

Berkadia, a joint venture of Berkshire Hathaway and Jefferies Financial Group, is a leader in the commercial real estate industry, offering a robust suite of services to our multifamily and commercial property clients. Powered by deep relationships and industry-changing technology, our people sell, finance, and service commercial real estate, providing support for the entire life cycle of our clients’ assets.                                                           

Berkadia is an equal opportunity employer and affords equal opportunity to all applicants and employees for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or any other status protected under the law. To learn more about Berkadia, please visit https://berkadia.com/

For details about India operations, please visit https://berkadia.com/india/

Why us?

Here At Berkadia, We Believe People Matter.

In fact, our people are the heart and soul of everything we do. That’s why we employ the top CRE professionals in our industry, and make sure we invest in their personal development and training. With a focus on innovation and insights, we set the bar high – and keep it there – so that we provide best-in-class service for our clients.

Our culture, or Berkadia Way as we know it, encourages us to truly see people as people, with unique needs, challenges, and objectives. We take this into consideration when working with each other, engaging our clients, and supporting our communities. Thus, instilling a mindset that fosters our shared commitment to self-accountability helps us see our impact on each other and adjust our efforts accordingly.

While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job requirements, management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties, as necessary.