Cloud Engineer

Job summary

The Cloud Engineer owns and governs AWS and Azure environments, building secure, resilient cloud foundations and connecting them with on-premises datacenters. The role designs landing zones and hybrid networks, automates infrastructure with tools such as Terraform and PowerShell, Python, or Bash, and supports Windows and Linux systems. It also oversees cloud security, governance, cost optimization, monitoring, incident response, workload migrations, and infrastructure delivered by implementation partners.

Qualifications

• Production experience with AWS and Azure services across compute, storage, networking, identity, and monitoring; strong AWS experience preferred.
• Knowledge of cloud landing zones, multi-account or multi-subscription governance, and the AWS Well-Architected Framework or Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework.
• Experience with cloud networking, VPN, AWS Direct Connect or Azure ExpressRoute, DNS, routing, and serverless services.
• Enterprise Windows Server and Linux administration experience.
• Scripting experience with PowerShell, Python, or Bash.
• Disciplined documentation and change management practices.
• Five or more years of systems engineering experience in multi-site enterprise environments, including at least three years designing and operating production workloads in AWS or Azure.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable AWS and Azure infrastructure.
• Establish cloud landing zones, account and subscription structures, guardrails, and governance.
• Maintain infrastructure as code, source control, CI/CD pipelines, and automation.
• Design and maintain hybrid connectivity, DNS, and cloud networking.
• Govern partner-built cloud environments and support hosted systems.
• Support Windows and Linux server patching, lifecycle management, and troubleshooting.
• Support workload migrations and operational handoffs, including runbooks, monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Implement cloud security controls and enterprise identity integrations.
• Monitor and optimize cloud spending and support budget planning.
• Maintain monitoring, alerting, and logging for cloud and hybrid workloads.
• Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis for high-priority infrastructure incidents.
• Plan and execute changes and maintenance with rollback plans.
• Participate in on-call support, mentoring, and knowledge sharing.

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Travel

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Relocation