Job Title: Senior Cloud Engineer (Kubernetes / Helm / AWS)
Location: Remote (U.S.; Austin, TX time zone preferred)
Employment Type: Contract (W2 through ZipStaff — No C2C or 1099)
About the Opportunity:
ZipStaff is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to design, build, and run cloud-hosted platforms for a digital health SaaS organization.
You will own Helm charts, containers, IaC, and CI/CD for multi-cloud SaaS—not a ticket-only ops seat. Python/Go/TypeScript APIs, Kubernetes/OpenShift, AWS CDK/Lambda/ECS, and Terraform are in scope.
What You’ll Do:
- Develop and maintain cloud-native REST APIs in Python, Go, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Build and harden Docker images (security, cost, deployability).
- Author and version Helm charts for Kubernetes / OpenShift (values, upgrades, rollback).
- Build and improve CI/CD (deploy, test, monitor, roll back).
- Monitor performance and scale; fix bottlenecks (caching, concurrency, HPA, resource limits).
- Build serverless SaaS pieces with AWS CDK, Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/Fargate.
- Use readiness/liveness probes, resource requests/limits, and namespace isolation.
- Manage in-cluster PostgreSQL, Kafka, Grafana, and Elasticsearch via Helm or Operators.
- Partner with security and infrastructure on logging, monitoring, and audit.
- Troubleshoot prod/staging; document architecture and deploy procedures.
Required Qualifications:
- 7+ years cloud development or infrastructure engineering.
- SaaS and multi-cloud delivery.
- Docker plus Kubernetes and/or OpenShift.
- Helm charts you have written and maintained.
- APIs (REST or GraphQL) in Python and/or TypeScript.
- CI/CD: GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.
- Terraform for non-trivial environments.
- AWS and/or Azure (Boto3 and AWS CDK preferred).
- Monitoring/logging: Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Elasticsearch/Loki.
- Bachelor’s in CS/SWE or equivalent.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.
Preferred Qualifications:
- GitOps.
- OpenShift.
- Healthcare / digital health SaaS.
- HashiCorp stack beyond Terraform.
Benefits:
- Healthcare insurance (employee-only).
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- 401(k).
- Paid time off.
About ZipStaff:
ZipStaff partners with leading organizations to connect skilled technology professionals with high-impact contract opportunities. We focus on quality matches, clear communication, and long-term success for candidates and clients.
To apply, submit your resume highlighting Helm, Kubernetes/OpenShift, AWS CDK or Terraform, and SaaS CI/CD you owned.