Senior Cloud Engineer

Job Description

Overview

A rapidly growing technology-driven organization is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to help architect, build, and scale the cloud infrastructure that supports critical business applications and services. This role is ideal for a senior-level engineer who thrives at the intersection of cloud architecture, platform engineering, Kubernetes operations, networking, and infrastructure automation.

The successful candidate will serve as a technical leader and trusted partner to engineering, security, and product teams, helping drive scalable platform solutions, operational excellence, and cloud modernization initiatives. This position combines strategic architectural responsibility with hands-on engineering execution.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Platform Architecture

• Design, implement, and continuously improve enterprise cloud platforms supporting large-scale production workloads.
• Establish architecture standards, reference designs, and engineering best practices for cloud infrastructure.
• Develop scalable and resilient infrastructure patterns that support current and future business growth.
• Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and recommend improvements to platform capabilities.

Kubernetes & Container Platform Engineering

• Design and manage enterprise Kubernetes environments supporting mission-critical applications.
• Lead platform improvements related to cluster architecture, lifecycle management, scaling, security, and workload optimization.
• Establish standards for containerized application deployment, networking, observability, and operational support.
• Improve platform reliability, performance, and operational efficiency through automation and engineering best practices.

Cloud Networking & Infrastructure

• Design and support enterprise cloud networking architectures, including routing, segmentation, connectivity, and traffic management.
• Manage and optimize secure connectivity between cloud environments, external services, and enterprise systems.
• Develop standards for ingress, egress, DNS, edge networking, TLS management, and application delivery.
• Partner with security and infrastructure teams to implement secure, scalable networking solutions.

Platform Enablement & Engineering Collaboration

• Partner with application development teams to onboard new applications and services onto cloud platforms.
• Provide architectural guidance for application connectivity, scalability, and infrastructure design.
• Assist engineering teams with troubleshooting, performance optimization, and operational best practices.
• Ensure platform standards are adopted consistently across teams and environments.

Infrastructure Automation & Reliability

• Champion an automation-first approach across infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and operations.
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code solutions and repeatable deployment patterns.
• Improve operational efficiency through self-service tooling, automation frameworks, and standardized workflows.
• Support platform observability, monitoring, alerting, and performance management initiatives.

Technical Leadership

• Serve as a senior technical contributor and subject matter expert for cloud infrastructure and platform engineering initiatives.
• Mentor engineers and provide guidance on architecture, cloud design, Kubernetes operations, and networking best practices.
• Create and maintain architecture documentation, operational procedures, and technical standards.
• Influence technical direction across multiple engineering teams and strategic initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or related disciplines.
• Proven experience designing and operating large-scale Kubernetes environments in production.
• Deep expertise with cloud-native architecture and modern infrastructure platforms.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes administration, workload orchestration, autoscaling, and platform security.
• Extensive knowledge of AWS services, cloud networking, and infrastructure design principles.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking including VPC design, routing, segmentation, and scalable connectivity architectures.
• Experience managing ingress, egress, transit networking, and private connectivity solutions.
• Strong troubleshooting and performance optimization skills across cloud and containerized environments.
• Experience creating technical standards and architecture frameworks adopted across multiple teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively to both technical and business audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep expertise with API gateway technologies and service delivery architectures.
• Experience supporting enterprise edge networking, content delivery, DNS, and traffic management platforms.
• Knowledge of application architecture and distributed systems design principles.
• Experience with advanced Kubernetes ecosystem tools and automation frameworks.
• Background in software engineering or application development.
• Working knowledge of Python or other scripting languages for automation and platform engineering tasks.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure-as-Code, GitOps, and modern platform engineering practices.
• Cloud and Kubernetes certifications are beneficial but not required.

Technical Environment

Strong experience with the following technologies is highly desirable:

• AWS
• Kubernetes (EKS preferred)
• Docker
• Infrastructure as Code
• Python
• API Gateway technologies
• DNS and Traffic Management Platforms
• TLS/Certificate Management
• Cloud Networking
• CI/CD Platforms
• Observability and Monitoring Solutions
• Infrastructure Automation Frameworks

What You'll Bring

• A strong balance of architectural vision and hands-on technical execution.
• Deep expertise in cloud infrastructure and modern platform engineering.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting capabilities.
• An automation-first mindset focused on scalability and operational excellence.
• The ability to influence technical direction across engineering organizations.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A passion for building resilient, maintainable, and highly scalable cloud platforms.

This opportunity is ideal for a senior cloud engineer who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges, shaping cloud platform strategy, and enabling engineering teams through scalable, secure, and automated cloud solutions. The role offers broad ownership, significant architectural influence, and the opportunity to help drive the next generation of platform engineering capabilities across the organization.