Cloud Engineer

talisman; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A cloud technology company is seeking a Cloud Engineer in Houston to design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure. The candidate should have over 4 years of experience in cloud or infrastructure engineering with strong AWS skills, including EC2, VPC, and S3. Responsibilities include managing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or CloudFormation and implementing best practices for security and monitoring. This position may require relocation to Houston.

Qualifications

• 4+ years’ experience in Cloud / Infrastructure Engineering.
• Strong hands-on AWS experience (EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, RDS, EKS).
• Experience supporting production, mission-critical systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Build and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Implement security, monitoring, and cost-optimization best practices.

Skills

AWS

Infrastructure as Code

Linux

Networking Fundamentals

CI/CD Pipelines

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

We’re hiring a Cloud Engineer to design, build, and operate secure, scalable cloud infrastructure supporting data, analytics, and trading systems.

• Design and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure (compute, storage, networking)
• Build and manage IaC using Terraform or CloudFormation
• Partner with data and application teams on cloud architecture
• Implement security, monitoring, and cost-optimization best practices
• Support CI/CD pipelines and production deployments
• 4+ years’ experience in Cloud / Infrastructure Engineering
• Strong hands-on AWS experience (EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, RDS, EKS)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code
• Solid Linux and networking fundamentals
• Experience supporting production, mission-critical systems
• Houston-based or open to relocation

Nice to Have

• Exposure to financial or energy markets
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, or data platforms
• Security or reliability engineering experience