Cloud Engineer

Mass General Brigham; Kalamazoo (MI); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Mass General Brigham in Kalamazoo, MI is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to build, test, and deploy Kubernetes services that keep our business running. The role emphasizes ownership of Kubernetes workloads across a Kalamazoo pilot and MI-wide rollout.

You will work with AWS infrastructure, mentor senior team members, and contribute to reliability by addressing flaky tests and optimizing caching. The position offers a base salary in the $92k–$133k range with a blended hybrid schedule and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering and Kubernetes.
• Strong Datadog experience.
• Ability to own projects from concept through delivery.
• Mentor other senior hires on Kubernetes architecture and cloud workflows.

Responsibilities

• Scale Kubernetes services from Kalamazoo pilot to Michigan-wide rollout.
• Mentor senior hires on how Mass General Brigham wires flexibility.
• Ship AWS fixes to Kalamazoo, MI customers the same day they report them.
• Resurrect flaky leadership tests until the Kalamazoo suite is trustworthy again.
• Tune AWS caching to handle launch spikes on existing hardware.
• Configure and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production.

Skills

Kubernetes

Datadog

AWS

Project ownership

Tools

AWS

Job description

As our new senior Cloud Engineer, you will build, test, and deploy Kubernetes services that keep our business running. What anchors this Kalamazoo job is ownership; the $92,000 - $133,000, the hybrid hours, the 6-year ask all hang off that.

Key Responsibilities

• Scale Mass General Brigham's Kubernetes services from Kalamazoo pilot to MI-wide rollout
• Mentor newer senior hires on how Mass General Brigham actually wires Flexibility together
• Ship AWS fixes to Mass General Brigham customers in Kalamazoo, MI the same day they report them
• Resurrect flaky Leadership tests until the Kalamazoo, MI suite is trustworthy again
• Tune AWS caching so Mass General Brigham survives the Kalamazoo launch spike on the same hardware
• Configure and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production

What You'll Bring

• A point of view, held loosely and defended well
• A solid foundation in Datadog, refined over 5+ years
• The discipline to finish the boring 20% that makes the rest matter
• Comfortable owning projects from concept through delivery

Mass General Brigham took everything frustrating about technology and rebuilt it from scratch in Kalamazoo, MI, with deadline-driven attention to Kubernetes. A senior title opens doors here, but earning real trust is what keeps them open.

Expect a $92,000 - $133,000 base, a growth path with milestones, a mentor who shows up, and benefits that make staying at Mass General Brigham easy.

We are actively reviewing applications for this Cloud Engineer role this week.