Location: Remote, United States only
Schedule: Full-time, with at least 4 hours a day overlapping US Eastern Time
Compensation: Typical range for these roles: USD 100,000 to 150,000 per year. We share the exact range of each role with you before we introduce you to any company.
Type of posting: Talent network. There is no specific open position yet.
Description
We are seeking a Cloud Engineer to build and run the cloud infrastructure behind production applications at US companies. You will work hands-on in AWS or Azure environments, automating them with Infrastructure as Code and keeping production systems reliable and secure while controlling cloud spend.
You will work closely with software engineers and product teams on how their applications are deployed and operated in the cloud, and explain technical decisions clearly to technical and non-technical colleagues.
This role fits engineers working today as Cloud, DevOps, Platform, Site Reliability or Infrastructure Engineers.
Duties / Tasks to perform
- Provision and configure cloud environments on AWS or Azure (compute, storage, networking, databases), and maintain them in production
- Write and review Infrastructure as Code in Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep or Pulumi, and maintain it over time
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines that deploy both application code and infrastructure changes
- Deploy and operate containerized workloads on Kubernetes or on managed container services such as Amazon ECS and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Set up monitoring and alerting, plus log collection, with tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana or CloudWatch, and act on what they show
- Set up and maintain backups for production systems
- Manage identity and access (IAM) and secrets, following least-privilege principles
- Configure and maintain network security for cloud environments
- Respond to production incidents and implement root cause fixes that prevent recurrence
- Identify unnecessary cloud spend and reduce it to keep environments cost-efficient
- Document infrastructure and runbooks, and record architecture decisions
- Work closely with software engineers and product teams, and explain technical decisions clearly to technical and non-technical colleagues
Requirements
- 3+ years running production workloads on AWS or Azure (Google Cloud also considered)
- Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep or Pulumi)
- CI/CD pipeline experience
- Solid Linux skills and scripting in Python or Bash (PowerShell also counts)
- Working knowledge of cloud networking and access management
- Based in the United States and authorized to work here
- Kubernetes experience (a plus)
- Monitoring tools such as Datadog, Prometheus/Grafana, CloudWatch or Azure Monitor (a plus)
Licenses and Certifications
Not required. Nice to have:
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect or CloudOps Engineer (Associate), including the older SysOps Administrator
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
- Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer
- HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
How to apply
Fill out the short form and attach your CV. It takes about 5 minutes.