Senior AWS GCP Cloud Engineer

Salary: $121,000 - 161,000 per year Requirements:

• 6+ years of professional experience with public cloud platforms; AWS and GCP experience preferred.
• Hands-on experience deploying and managing Kubernetes platforms, including EKS or GKE, and GitOps workflows such as Argo CD.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions, and Python scripting for cloud infrastructure deployment and support.
• Experience supporting containerized applications and Linux-based systems.
• Strong knowledge of networking, IAM, cloud observability, and services such as AWS VPC, EC2, S3, SNS, SQS, and Lambda.
• Familiarity with managing secrets and sensitive configuration using tools such as HashiCorp Vault.
• Experience designing, deploying, and operating fault-tolerant systems, including on-call duties.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, including working effectively with engineering, security, and operations teams.
• Interest in continuous learning and developing other engineers.

• Build and maintain a globally distributed cloud infrastructure platform using Infrastructure as Code, such as Terraform.
• Partner with Cloud Platform Engineering and application teams to develop infrastructure solutions for cloud-based applications.
• Design, deploy, and operate Kubernetes platforms and workloads, including EKS and Cluster API, and GitOps workflows such as Argo CD.
• Support and improve CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
• Maintain systems and databases through application deployments, backups and restorations, patching, and upgrades.
• Maintain cloud environments through incident response, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
• Participate in on-call rotations and support operational readiness.
• Lead retrospectives to identify improvements to platform scalability and supportability.
• Lead cloud infrastructure projects from design through delivery.
• Manage complex workstreams end-to-end, including scoping, sequencing, and handoff to operations.
• Communicate status, blockers, and risks clearly to stakeholders and leadership.
• Lead design discussions and reviews, and provide technical direction and feedback to engineers.
• Establish and evolve patterns and standards that keep the platform consistent and maintainable.
• Work with development, security, and operations teams to help ensure systems are secure and compliant.
• Create and maintain clear documentation, including infrastructure designs, standard operating procedures, and support runbooks tailored to their audiences.

• API
• AWS
• Lambda
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• EC2
• GCP
• GitHub
• GitOps
• IAM
• Support
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• Python
• Security
• Terraform
• DevOps

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We are a prestigious financial institution seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to design, automate, and operate infrastructure for cloud-native applications. In this role, you will lead project delivery, shape team processes and technical standards, strengthen the technical capabilities of other engineers, build secure cloud infrastructure, support application runtime environments, and collaborate with engineers at all levels. This permanent, full-time position is bonus eligible. We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role.

last updated 42 week of 2026