Senior Cloud Engineer

Role : Senior Cloud Engineer

Location: Plano TX - onsite 3 days/week

Length: 6 months

Interview: Final in person

Senior Cloud Engineer to join our infrastructure and platform engineering team. In this role, you will own the design, deployment, and operation of scalable, secure, and highly available cloud-native systems on AWS. You will work closely with application engineers, security, and DevOps teams to build the backbone that powers our production workloads - with a strong focus on Kubernetes orchestration, AWS core services, and automation.

This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who thrives in complex, fast-moving environments and brings both architectural thinking and deep implementation experience.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Design, deploy, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS using services including EKS, KMS, S3, EC2, IAM, VPC, RDS, and CloudWatch.
• Architect and manage Kubernetes clusters (Amazon EKS), including node group management, workload scheduling, autoscaling, networking (CNI, ingress), and cluster upgrades.
• Build and maintain secure, reusable infrastructure using Terraform - writing modular, version-controlled IaC for environments across dev, staging, and production.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, or equivalent) to automate build, test, deployment, and rollback workflows.
• Enforce cloud security best practices - KMS key management, IAM least-privilege policies, secrets management, encryption at rest and in transit, and audit logging.
• Monitor system health, performance, and cost using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and alerting frameworks; drive incident response and root cause analysis.
• Automate operational tasks and infrastructure configuration using Python and Groovy/Shell scripting.
• Collaborate with application teams to define cloud architecture patterns, review infrastructure pull requests, and establish engineering standards.
• Drive cloud cost optimization efforts through right-sizing, reserved capacity planning, and resource lifecycle management.
• Mentor junior cloud and DevOps engineers, lead architecture reviews, and contribute to evolving cloud best practices across the organization.

MUST-HAVE SKILLS

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS core services:
  • Amazon EKS - cluster provisioning, managed node groups, Fargate profiles, RBAC, pod security
  • AWS KMS - key policies, envelope encryption, key rotation, integration with S3/EBS/Secrets Manager
  • Amazon S3 - bucket policies, versioning, lifecycle rules, replication, VPC endpoints, encryption
  • EC2, IAM, VPC, RDS, CloudWatch, Lambda, API Gateway, Route 53
• Deep Kubernetes expertise - production cluster operations, Helm chart development, network policies, persistent storage, horizontal/vertical pod autoscaling, and multi-tenant workload management.
• Proven experience designing and managing secure, production-grade cloud architectures at scale.
• Strong understanding of cloud security principles - identity management, network segmentation, data protection, and compliance frameworks.

GOOD-TO-HAVE SKILLS

• Terraform - writing modular IaC, managing state (remote backends, workspaces), and enforcing policy-as-code with Sentinel or OPA.
• CI/CD experience - building and maintaining pipelines with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI, or ArgoCD for automated deployments and GitOps workflows.
• Python scripting - automating infrastructure tasks, building internal tooling, Lambda functions, and cloud operations scripts.
• Groovy/Shell scripting - Jenkins pipeline DSL, Bash automation for deployment and operational workflows.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• 6+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or DevOps roles with at least 3 years focused on AWS.
• 3+ years of hands-on Kubernetes experience in production environments (EKS preferred).
• Strong communication skills - able to explain architectural trade-offs clearly to both technical peers and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams with a collaborative, ownership-driven mindset.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field - or equivalent practical experience.

PREFERRED CERTIFICATIONS

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or Professional
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate

Email- Phone Number : +1 321 7856 062

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