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Senior Cloud Engineer

Chandler, Arizona, United StatesOnsiteTemporarySenior$125,000–$150,000 /yrPosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Role summary

We are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of our cloud infrastructure, primarily on AWS. This hands-on role focuses on building scalable, secure, and high-performing environments for containerized applications. Responsibilities include architecting solutions, ensuring compliance, developing infrastructure as code, configuring and monitoring services, leading migrations, and documenting best practices. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience with AWS core services, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and IaC tools like Terraform. This is an on-site position in Chandler, AZ.

Job Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Cloud Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of our cloud infrastructure. This role will play a critical part in building scalable, secure, and high-performing cloud environments that support modern, containerized applications.

The ideal candidate will have deep experience with cloud platforms, primarily AWS, and a strong background in infrastructure as code, automation, and system reliability. This individual will work cross-functionally with engineering, security, and operations teams to ensure our cloud architecture meets both performance and compliance requirements.

This is a hands-on technical role with ownership over cloud strategy, architecture, and continuous improvement initiatives, including cost optimization, system resilience, and operational excellence.

This is an on-site role supporting our Chandler, AZ office.

Key Responsibilities

  • Partner with application development teams to design, architect, and implement scalable cloud solutions, with a focus on containerized applications
  • Collaborate with security and compliance teams to ensure cloud environments meet audit, logging, and monitoring requirements
  • Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) to enable automated, repeatable, and reliable deployments
  • Configure, monitor, and support cloud infrastructure and services to ensure high availability, performance, and security
  • Lead and support cloud migration efforts, including planning, execution, and optimization of workloads
  • Create and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, operational procedures, and best practices
  • Continuously evaluate and improve cloud environments for cost efficiency, scalability, and resilience

Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience with cloud platforms, particularly AWS core services (e.g., compute, storage, networking, IAM)
  • Experience designing and supporting containerized workloads (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Proficiency in infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
  • Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions
  • Strong understanding of cloud security principles and best practices
  • Basic experience with PostgreSQL administration
  • Ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, security, and operations teams

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience working in regulated or compliance-driven environments
  • Familiarity with NIST 800-53 and/or FedRAMP frameworks
  • Background in network or systems administration
  • Experience with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices
  • Familiarity with observability tools such as Splunk
  • Experience with Microsoft Azure in addition to AWS

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $125,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

  • Are you a U.S. person with a permanent unrestricted right to work in the United States?
  • Do you have at least 5 years of hands-on experience working with AWS in a production environment?
  • Do you have experience deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters in a production environment?
  • Do you have hands-on experience using Terraform or similar infrastructure as code tools?
  • Have you designed and implemented cloud infrastructure solutions (not just supported them) in a production environment?

Ability to Commute:

  • Chandler, AZ 85226 (Required)

Work Location: In person

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