Senior Cloud Engineer

  • Posted 16 hours ago | Updated 16 hours ago

Overview

Remote
Up to $55
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)

Skills

AWS
Paas
Iac
Terraform
Packer
CloudFormation
Ansible
CI/CD
Gitlab
Devops
Docker
Kubernetes
Monitoring

Job Details

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide senior-level cloud engineering leadership, technical direction, and mentorship to junior engineers.

  • Collaborate with product managers, security teams, and stakeholders to define cloud infrastructure and platform requirements.

  • Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, and cost-efficient cloud solutions across AWS/Azure.

  • Develop, review, and optimize Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, and Packer.

  • Build, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab, and cloud-native tools.

  • Develop automations using Python, Golang, and cloud-native services.

  • Manage Web Application Firewall (WAF) configurations, certificates, and automations for web applications.

  • Lead disaster recovery strategy design, implementation, and automation for cloud-hosted systems.

  • Support ITIL processes incident, request, and change management and coordinate with operations teams as needed.

  • Diagnose and resolve cloud infrastructure issues related to performance, reliability, security, and scalability.

  • Promote a culture of observability, automation, DevOps practices, and continuous improvement.

  • Stay current with industry trends, emerging cloud technologies, and automation best practices.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor s or Master s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

  • 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering or cloud operations, with 2+ years in a senior or lead role.

  • 5+ years working with cloud PaaS services: RDS/SQL, API Gateways, Storage, Firewalls, Caching, Lambda, AKS/EKS, etc.

  • 5+ years experience in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.

  • 5+ years hands-on experience with IaC: Terraform (primary), CloudFormation, Ansible, Packer.

  • 5+ years experience with Python, Golang, or other automation programming languages.

  • 7+ years working with Agile and DevOps methodologies.

  • 3+ years experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or GitLab.

  • 1 3 years experience with cloud design patterns, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud architecture.

  • 3+ years experience with cloud networking, load balancers, Akamai WAF, and monitoring solutions.

  • 3+ years experience with security tools such as Wiz, GuardDuty, WhiteSource, or Checkmarx.

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