Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Remote IaC & Automation

Placements24; Queenstown; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare insurance

Flexible hours

Fully remote environment

Annual bonus

Equipment provided

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join a fully remote engineering team. You will design, deploy, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP, building IaC and CI/CD pipelines to automate deployments.

You will monitor performance, enhance security, and collaborate with distributed teams to ensure high availability and cost efficiency while supporting a range of cutting-edge SaaS products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure engineering and operations.
• Extensive experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Proficiency in IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation) and configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• Deep understanding of containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with CI/CD tools and practices (Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI).
• Solid knowledge of networking, security, and monitoring principles in a cloud environment.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fully remote team.
• Relevant cloud certifications are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure.
• Implement and maintain IaC using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines to automate software deployment and infrastructure provisioning.
• Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and optimize for cost and efficiency.
• Ensure the security and compliance of cloud environments, implementing security best practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure issues in production environments.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to support deployments and infrastructure needs.
• Automate repetitive tasks using scripting languages (Python, Bash).
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of infrastructure, processes, and procedures.
• Participate in on-call rotation for incident response and emergency support.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure engineering

Python/Bash scripting

Docker/Kubernetes

IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation/Ansible)

CI/CD (Jenkins/GitLab/CircleCI)

Networking/Security/Monitoring

Remote collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT or related field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Jenkins

GitLab CI

CircleCI

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join a fully remote engineering team. You will design, deploy, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP, building IaC and CI/CD pipelines to automate deployments.

You will monitor performance, enhance security, and collaborate with distributed teams to ensure high availability and cost efficiency while supporting a range of cutting-edge SaaS products.