Cloud Data Engineer (SQL, AI Search, and Observability)
Date: 10.2025 Function: Engineering Reports to: Director, Platform Engineering Location: Remote, United States Position Summary: As a 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, or equivalent experience. • 5+ 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: • Technical/Professional Expertise • Accountability • Adaptability • Technical Curiosity • Business Acumen • Cross-Team Collaboration • Problem Solving • Driving for Results • Creating an Inclusive Environment 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: • Company provided equipment (laptop, software, etc.) • Employment with a growing, casual, fun, philanthropic minded company • Employer paid extended health benefits, including health spending account (CAN based employees) • 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 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. Passageways does not discriminate based on race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. 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