Cloud Engineer

Overview

Remote
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)
50% Travel

Skills

AZURE
AWS
PYTHON
TERRAFORM
CLOUD

Job Details

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Title: Cloud Engineer
Location: Pittsburgh, PA/ Lake, Mary, FL/ Jersey City, NJ (Hybrid)

Length: 12 months rolling Contract

W2 Only

Required Skills:

  • AZURE
  • Google Cloud Platform Nice to have. Aws Nice to Have
  • TERRAFORM is super important
  • Platform Engineering- Go, Python, Java
  • Greenfield Cloud development, not just deployments
  • Cloud Native Experience- Nice to have

Role Overview

  • These roles are hands-on engineering positions focused on infrastructure automation, cloud security posture, and scalable platform design NOT application development or support.
  • Experience: 5 10 years (7+ preferred) Primary Platform: Azure Secondary Exposure: Google Cloud Platform (near-term investment), AWS (optional)

Key Technologies:

  • Infrastructure as Code: Terraform Enterprise (critical)
  • Programming: Python (must-have), Java (optional)
  • Containers: Docker, Kubernetes (AKS preferred)
  • Security: Azure AD/IAM, AWS IAM fundamentals
  • Serverless (nice-to-have): Azure Functions, AWS Lambda

Core Capabilities & Responsibilities Azure Platform Engineering

  • Design/manage VNets, subnets, NSGs, Azure Firewall, VPN Gateway/ExpressRoute
  • Deploy/update resources using Terraform
  • Configure Azure AD service principals, RBAC, managed identities

Google Cloud Platform & AWS Exposure (Secondary)

  • Google Cloud Platform: VPC networks, firewall rules, IAM roles, Compute Engine & GKE via Deployment Manager or Terraform
  • AWS: VPCs, IAM roles/policies, Auto Scaling, CloudFormation or Terraform

Infrastructure as Code

  • Author modular Terraform Enterprise configurations
  • Use remote state and workspace management

Programming & Automation

  • Develop automation scripts and cloud-native tooling in Python
  • Implement robust error handling and integration with cloud services

Containers & Kubernetes

  • Build/publish Docker images to ACR/ECRR
  • Deploy/manage Kubernetes workloads (AKS/GKE), Helm charts, rolling updates

Cloud Security Integration

  • Azure AD: RBAC, service principals, conditional access
  • AWS IAM: least-privilege policies, cross-account roles, SAML/OIDC federation

Serverless (Desirable)

  • Build event-driven functions
  • Integrate with storage/messaging services
  • Manage function versions and durable workflows

Manager Insights & Priorities

  • Focus is on hands-on cloud engineering not development or support.
  • Terraform and Python are critical skills.
  • Immediate impact is on Azure; Google Cloud Platform is small; They are purchasing aws next year
  • Engineers must be customer-facing: gather requirements, troubleshoot, design, and build.
  • Candidates should be able to rationalize cloud security postures and contribute to foundational engineering.
  • Strong preference for solid cloud engineers with infrastructure automation experience.

Nivesh Yadav

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