Breezy HR : Senior Cloud Platform Engineer (AWS)

Breakout Tools; Jacksonville (FL); Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

A growing technology firm in Florida is looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer to take ownership of their AWS infrastructure and operations. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of experience managing production systems on AWS, solid skills in Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, and a strong grasp of CI/CD practices. Responsibilities include driving security and compliance efforts, leading incident management, and mentoring team members. The role offers remote work and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 7+ years building and running production systems on AWS (VPC, EC2, etc.)
• 5+ years in Infrastructure-as-Code
• Proven CI/CD ownership for multi-service SaaS
• Solid security fundamentals with familiarity of compliance expectations
• End-to-end observability experience

Responsibilities

• Own production infrastructure end-to-end including AWS components.
• Standardize and evolve Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Drive CI/CD deployments ensuring safety.
• Implement observability and incident response.
• Own cloud security baselines and compliance.
• Conduct technical leadership and documentation.

Skills

AWS architecture & operations

Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, AWS CDK)

CI/CD

Security fundamentals

Observability

Technical leadership

Tools

MongoDB

Redis

Git

Job description

Breezy HR is a remote-first, hiring platform built for small and mid-sized businesses. Thousands of teams trust us to streamline recruiting from first touch to signed offer, and we’re passionate about delivering a fast, delightful experience for every candidate and every hiring manager.

Why we’re hiring

We need a senior hands‑on owner to stabilize, secure, and evolve our cloud platform. You’ll be a primary decision-maker for AWS architecture, reliability, CI/CD, observability, and cost posture, partnering closely with the directors, developers, product, and customer success teams.

What you’ll own (hands‑on + strategic)

• AWS architecture & operations:Own production infrastructure end‑to‑end (networking, compute, storage, IAM, routing, scaling, backups, DR).
• IaC & environments:Standardize and evolve Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform or AWS CDK); codify dev/stage/prod with repeatable patterns and least‑privilege IAM.
• CI/CD:Keep deployments fast and safe (build, test, deploy, rollback); drive progressive delivery where it makes sense.
• Observability & incident response:Ensure logs/metrics/traces + actionable dashboards; lead incident command and postmortems.
• Security & compliance:Own cloud security baselines and support SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / GDPR needs.
• Cost & performance:Right‑size infra, track spend, and implement guardrails to prevent regressions.
• Technical leadership:Document the platform, unblock developers, mentor peers, and cultivate cross‑training so nothing is a single point of failure.
• On‑call:Alternate with others on the infra on‑call rotation and train others as needed.

Our stack

• Data:MongoDB (self‑hosted) and Redis
• Hosting/Orchestration:AWS
• IaC:Terraform and/or AWS CDK
• Tooling:Git‑based CI/CD; common observability suites

What you’ve done

• 7+ years building and running production systems onAWS(VPC, EC2, ELB/ALB, S3, CloudFront, Route53, RDS/ElastiCache, IAM, CloudWatch, SNS/SQS, etc.).
• 5+ yearsInfrastructure‑as‑Code(Terraform, CDK) and environment automation.
• ProvenCI/CDownership for multi‑service SaaS, including safe rollbacks and release hygiene.
• Solidsecurityfundamentals (least‑privilege IAM, network segmentation, secrets, TLS) and familiarity with SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / GDPR expectations.
• Observabilityend‑to‑end (logs/metrics/traces), incident leadership, and postmortem practice.
• Clear, pragmatic communicator who documents decisions and trade‑offs.

Nice‑to‑haves

• Background with MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch
• Prior team leadership

How we work

• Senior, low‑ego, remote‑first team. We value fast feedback loops, little yellow/red tape, ability to iterate at startup‑like pace
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance