Cloud Engineer (Berkeley Heights)

Job Title: Multi-Cloud Engineer

Location: Berkeley Heights, NJ

Work Arrangement: Onsite

Employment Type: Contract

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Multi-Cloud Engineer to design, implement, manage, and optimize cloud infrastructure across multiple cloud platforms, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with cloud architecture, infrastructure automation, networking, security, monitoring, and deployment of scalable, highly available cloud solutions.

The candidate will collaborate with DevOps, security, networking, and application teams to ensure reliable, secure, and cost-effective cloud operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP environments.
• Implement and manage cloud resources using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Azure Bicep.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Configure and manage cloud networking, including VPCs, VNets, subnets, routing, VPNs, load balancers, and connectivity between cloud environments.
• Implement cloud security best practices, including IAM, role-based access control, encryption, secrets management, and network security.
• Support containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure provisioning and application deployments.
• Monitor cloud performance, availability, and resource utilization using cloud-native monitoring tools.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, performance, and deployment issues.
• Optimize cloud infrastructure costs, scalability, resilience, and operational efficiency.
• Implement backup, disaster recovery, high availability, and business continuity solutions.
• Collaborate with DevOps, SRE, application development, and information security teams.
• Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and infrastructure standards.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, cloud infrastructure, or DevOps engineering.
• Hands-on experience with at least two major cloud platforms: AWS, Microsoft Azure, and GCP.
• Strong knowledge of cloud architecture, infrastructure provisioning, and distributed systems.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Azure Bicep.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell scripting.
• Experience with cloud networking, IAM, security controls, and connectivity troubleshooting.
• Working knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or Azure DevOps.
• Familiarity with cloud monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident management.
• Understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, and cloud cost optimization.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing hybrid-cloud or multi-cloud environments.
• AWS, Azure, or GCP professional-level certifications.
• Experience with GitOps tools such as Argo CD or Flux.
• Knowledge of service