Cloud Engineer

Role Overview

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable and secure cloud-native infrastructure with a focus on AWS and Kubernetes.
• Contribute to cloud migrations, security implementations, and DevOps best practices while supporting the reliability and performance of cloud environments.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver infrastructure solutions that align with application and business needs.
• Continuously improve systems through automation, monitoring, and operational best practices, while growing technical skills and sharing knowledge within the team.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and reusable Terraform modules, and design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines in GitLab (GitLab CI/CD), using established patterns and reusable components to support consistent deployments across environments.
• Design, deploy, and support Kubernetes environments on AWS EKS, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security of cloud workloads.
• Implement and maintain core Kubernetes capabilities such as networking, ingress, storage, and cluster upgrades following established best practices.
• Participate in proof-of-concept efforts for new tools and technologies, contributing hands-on implementation and feedback.
• Follow and help maintain Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure standards, including upgrade processes, security configurations, and performance tuning.
• Collaborate with application and platform teams to support cloud-native application deployments, containerized workloads, and microservices architectures.
• Implement and maintain observability solutions using metrics, logs, and alerts to support monitoring, troubleshooting, and operational visibility.
• Support cloud security initiatives by implementing access controls, encryption, and compliance requirements according to defined security standards.
• Contribute to cloud migration and application modernization efforts by executing migration tasks and validating deployed solutions.
• Participate in incident response and on-call rotations, helping diagnose issues, restore services, and improve operational reliability through post-incident learnings.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• 6+ years of experience with Linux systems, cloud engineering, and DevOps practices
• Understanding of cloud technologies, such as AWS or GCP
• Ability to port on-prem python scripts to work in the cloud
• Proficient in Docker & Kubernetes, with a good knowledge of its ecosystems
• Security focused mindset
• Experience with Terraform and Terraform modules
• Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) infrastructure, including GitLab CI/CD
• A proactive approach to spotting problems, areas for improvement and performance bottlenecks across services and levels of the technical stack
• Know your way around the Linux shell
• Git source code control

Tech Stack

• AWS
• Cloud
• Docker
• Google Cloud Platform
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• Microservices
• Python
• Terraform

Benefits

• Highly competitive and inclusive medical, dental and vision coverage options
• Health Savings Account for medical expenses and dependent care expenses
• Flexible Spending Account to pay for certain out-of-pocket expenses
• Paid time off, including: vacation, sick time and holidays
• 401k match and Financial Planning tools
• LTD and STD insurance coverages, as well as voluntary benefit options
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Assistance
• Tuition Assistance