Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Job Title: Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Client: B2C software / tech startup
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts (onsite)- need locals or relocation
Interview: Video

Job Overview

We are seeking a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer / Cloud Architect to design and scale highly resilient AWS environments for a rapidly growing software company.

This role is ideal for an engineer who treats infrastructure as a product, focusing on automation, reliability, scalability, and cost optimization. The selected candidate will be responsible for building high-availability, multi-region cloud architecture while driving a Terraform-first infrastructure strategy.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture

• Design and implement multi-region, highly available AWS infrastructure to support large-scale applications.
• Architect scalable and resilient systems capable of handling rapid traffic growth and global workloads.
• Lead infrastructure modernization initiatives to improve performance, reliability, and operational efficiency.

Infrastructure as Code

• Develop and maintain Terraform-based infrastructure automation.
• Build modular and reusable infrastructure code aligned with best practices and DevOps principles.
• Ensure infrastructure configurations are fully version-controlled and reproducible.

Reliability & Resilience

• Design disaster recovery (DR) and high availability (HA) strategies.
• Implement monitoring and fault-tolerant systems to ensure self-healing infrastructure.
• Conduct resilience and chaos engineering practices to improve system reliability.

Security & Networking

• Integrate security best practices across infrastructure design.
• Configure IAM policies, VPC architecture, subnets, and network security controls.
• Embed security and compliance into CI/CD pipelines.

Cost Optimization

• Monitor and optimize AWS cloud spending.
• Implement cost-efficient architecture strategies without compromising performance.

Required Skills

• AWS Cloud Expertise: Strong hands-on experience with services such as EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, and networking components.
• Infrastructure Automation: Extensive experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning.
• DevOps Practices: Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows.
• Cloud Architecture: Experience designing scalable, secure, and highly available cloud systems.
• Monitoring & Reliability: Knowledge of performance monitoring and infrastructure optimization.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of IT infrastructure experience, with 2+ years focused on AWS cloud environments.
• Experience designing high-scale cloud infrastructure for production environments.
• AWS Certification such as Solutions Architect Associate/Professional is a plus.
• Experience working in fast-paced startup or high-growth environments.

Benefits

• Equity / Stock options
• 401(k) with company match
• Premium health, dental, and vision insurance