Senior Cloud Engineer Remote
Location: Austin, TX 100% Remote
Experience: 7+ Years
Job Summary
We are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable and secure cloud platforms supporting SaaS applications. The role focuses on AWS/Azure, Kubernetes/OpenShift, Docker, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and cloud-native development.
Key Responsibilities
• Develop cloud-native REST APIs using Python, Go, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Build and manage Docker containers and Helm charts for Kubernetes/OpenShift.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.
• Develop serverless solutions using AWS CDK, Lambda, API Gateway, and ECS/Fargate.
• Provision and manage infrastructure using Terraform and GitOps practices.
• Monitor and optimize cloud applications using Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and Elasticsearch/Loki.
• Support cloud-native technologies including PostgreSQL, Kafka, and Elasticsearch.
• Troubleshoot production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and improve scalability, reliability, and security.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, and operations teams.
Required Skills
• 7+ years of Cloud/Infrastructure Engineering experience.
• Strong AWS and/or Azure experience; multi-cloud preferred.
• Python and/or JavaScript/TypeScript API development.
• Strong Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Helm experience.
• Hands-on Terraform / Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps tools.
• Knowledge of AWS SDK/Boto3 and AWS CDK preferred.
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Elasticsearch/Loki, or similar tools.
• Knowledge of GitOps, cloud security, secrets, storage, and identity services.
• Strong troubleshooting and communication skills.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
Remote
Skills:
AWS Lambda, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Application Programming Interface (API), Cloud Computing, Communication Skills, Computer Science, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Docker, Elasticsearch, GitHub, Go Programming Language (Golang), Identify Issues, JavaScript, Microsoft Windows Azure, PostgreSQL, Python Programming/Scripting Language, REST (Representational State Transfer), Reliability Engineering, Root Cause Analysis, Scalable System Development, Software Administration, Software Engineering, Software as a Service (SaaS)
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