Senior Cloud Engineer

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Senior Cloud Engineer

SALARY:  $148,750-$192,500 in New York

LOCATION: 4 days onsite, Chicago, IL

Looking for a candiate with 6 plus years AWS, Google Cloud Platform and deep Kubernetes.   gitops cicd Jenkins python IaC terraform infrastructure on call rotations Linux based systems IAM cloud observability hashicorp vault cloud based applications

Your responsibilities will be: 

• Build and maintain a globally distributed cloud infrastructure platform using Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform) 
• Collaborate with Cloud Platform Engineering and business unit application teams to engineer infrastructure solutions for their cloud-based applications 
• Design, deploy, and operate Kubernetes-based platforms and workloads (EKS, Cluster API), including GitOps workflows (e.g., Argo CD) 
• Support and enhance CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation 
• Perform system and database maintenance, including application deployment, backup and restoration, patching, and upgrades 
• Maintain cloud environments through incident response, troubleshooting, and performance tuning 
• Participate in on-call rotations and support operational readiness 
• Drive retrospectives to identify opportunities to improve platform scalability and supportability 
• Lead implementation of cloud infrastructure projects from design through delivery 
• Own complex workstreams end-to-end — scope, sequencing, and hand-off to operations   

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience working with public cloud platforms (AWS and Google Cloud Platform preferred) in a professional setting.  
• Deep, hands-on experience deploying and managing Kubernetes (EKS, GKE) and GitOps (Argo CD).  
• Deep, hands-on experience using Terraform, CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions), and scripting languages (Python) to deploy, maintain, and support cloud infrastructure.  
• Strong experience supporting containerized applications and Linux-based systems.  
• Strong understanding of networking, IAM, cloud observability, and common cloud services such as AWS VPC, EC2, S3, SNS, SQS, and Lambda.  
• Familiarity with managing secrets and sensitive configuration using tools such as HashiCorp Vault.  
• Experience designing, deploying, and operating fault-tolerant systems with on-call responsibilities.  
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, including working effectively with engineers, security, and operations teams.  
• Interest in continuous learning and in developing the engineers around you.