Consumers Energy is Michigan’s largest energy provider, providing natural gas and/or electricity to 6.8 million of the state’s 10 million residents in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties. Consumers Energy knows job number one is to keep the lights on for customers. We are committed to delivering reliable, clean, and affordable energy to our customers 24/7.
Location: This is a hybrid (virtual/onsite) position with required onsite days on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday assigned to One Energy Plaza located in Jackson, MI. The selected candidate must be within a commutable distance or willing to relocate (relocation package is available for those that qualify).
General Summary Of Job Responsibilities
The Senior Cloud Engineer serves as a technical leader responsible for architecting, implementing, and managing scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure across hyperscaler platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and on-premises environments. This role extends beyond implementation—it includes leading cross-functional initiatives, mentoring junior engineers, driving best practices, and influencing architectural decisions.
Collaborating closely with Engineering, Architecture, Security, and DevOps teams, the Senior Cloud Engineer ensures infrastructure is optimized for performance, cost-efficiency, security, and resilience. This position plays a key role in advancing automation maturity, enhancing CI/CD pipelines, and evolving infrastructure toward a modern cloud-native model.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Design and implement reusable infrastructure components using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines to drive automation efforts.
- Mentor and coach junior engineers through code reviews and knowledge-sharing sessions.
- Serve as a technical advisor in cross-functional meetings, guiding infrastructure decisions, trade-offs, and implementation strategies.
- Ensure compliance with security and audit requirements by embedding best practices into infrastructure design and automation.
- Contribute to the development of standards and frameworks, codifying infrastructure patterns that promote consistency and reusability.
- Architect and lead the implementation of cloud infrastructure solutions with a focus on reliability, scalability, performance, and security.
- Lead incident response and root cause analysis for complex infrastructure issues spanning multiple systems or platforms.
- Evaluate and implement tools for monitoring, cost optimization, observability, and platform governance.
- Champion DevOps practices across the team, fostering continuous improvement, feedback loops, and infrastructure lifecycle visibility.
- Manage cloud platforms by performing OS-level patching, enforcing security policies, and maintaining high availability through proactive monitoring and alerting.
- Troubleshoot complex issues involving infrastructure, networking, and application layers across multiple cloud platforms.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
- Automation & CI/CD: Proficient in building CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions), including integration of quality gates, testing, and rollback strategies.
- Collaboration: Strong cross-functional collaboration skills; able to effectively communicate infrastructure concerns to engineering and business stakeholders.
- Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead by influence, mentor others, and drive infrastructure maturity.
- Cloud Expertise: Deep knowledge of Azure (VMs, Storage, Networking, AKS, Functions), with hands-on experience in AWS, GCP, and hybrid environments.
- Infrastructure as Code: Expert-level experience with Bicep, Terraform, or equivalent tools; familiarity with cloud-native templates and automation.
- Containers & Orchestration: Strong understanding of Kubernetes, container lifecycles, Helm, and service meshes (e.g., Istio, Linkerd).
- Security & Compliance: Knowledge of cloud security posture management (CSPM), identity and access management (IAM), and encryption practices.
- Cloud & Infrastructure: Broad understanding of IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS offerings, particularly in Azure; experience with AWS and GCP is a plus. Proficient in Linux and Windows operating systems.
- Automation & DevOps: Hands-on experience with Terraform, Bicep, Azure DevOps, scripting languages (PowerShell, Python, Bash), configuration management tools (e.g., Puppet), and backup solutions (e.g., CommVault, Zerto).
Education/Experience - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field with four (4) or more years of experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure-focused software development roles
- [OR] Associate’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field with six (6) or more years of experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure-focused software development roles
- [OR] High School Diploma/GED with eight (8) or more years of experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure-focused software development roles
Why should you join our team?
At Consumers Energy, we offer more than just a place to work. We foster a culture that supports career development, growth, and stability, and we take pride in offering our co-workers excellent benefits and compensation packages. We are deliberately creating an inclusive culture that makes our diverse team of co-workers feel valued, supported, and empowered every day. We're a company made up of thousands of people, all with different stories to share and work to do, but we stand united in our company purpose: world class performance delivering hometown service.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation packages
- Medical, Dental and Vision
- 401k with company match
- Paid parental leave
- Up to 13 paid Holidays
- Paid time off
- Educational Assistance Program
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
We, at CMS Energy, value Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. It is part of our DNA. We treat our employees with respect, we treat each other fairly and we value the opinions of others. We are passionate about building and nurturing an environment where everyone feels included. We don’t discriminate. We seek to learn about each other and better understand our unique differences. Our uniqueness makes us authentic. We create safe spaces where everyone can be who they truly are. We invite difficult conversations and uncomfortable topics. We value diverse perspectives; this is what makes us great together. We harbor an inclusive environment where employees feel empowered to share their backgrounds, experiences, and ideas. Our Employee Resource Groups, Women in Energy (WE), Minority Advisory Panel (MAP), Pride Alliance of Consumers Energy (PACE), GENERGY, capABLE, Interfaith and Veterans Advisory Panel (VAP) are key enablers to living the values of our company culture: Caring, Empowered, Deliberate, Agility, and Ownership.
All qualified applicants will not be discriminated against and will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.
