Cloud Engineer

Egreenservices; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 98,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Conference budgets

Promotions from within

Job summary

SmartSolutions in Madison, WI seeks a hands-on Cloud Engineer to architect, code, and deploy fault-tolerant distributed systems. The contract role offers $98,000–$132,000 annually, with strong health coverage and growth opportunities. You will contribute to ownership and delivery while aligning with team goals.

You will lead design reviews, optimize data pipelines, and reinforce testing, security, and observability. This fast-paced environment values transparency and accountability.

Qualifications

• History of leaving technology processes better than you found them.
• 7+ years putting Project Management to work in a technology setting.
• Grit to debug on a deadline and translate findings into recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems.
• Guard DNS Management codebase quality through reviews.
• Lead design reviews to catch costly mistakes before deployment.
• Build the Service Mesh feature to win back clients.
• Refactor the technology module that has been difficult to touch.
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events.
• Drive adoption of testing, security, and observability best practices.
• Turn CloudFormation on-call noise into meaningful alerts.

Skills

Process improvement

Project management

Under pressure debugging

Estimate accuracy

Portfolio

Data interpretation

Decision making

Tools

Jenkins

Service Mesh

Job description

SmartSolutions needs a hands-on Cloud Engineer who can architect, code, and deploy without losing sight of quality. SmartSolutions frames it as a partnership — $98,000 - $132,000 for your 6 years, ownership of technology work, and growth shared both ways.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging Jenkins and Conflict Resolution
• Guard the DNS Management codebase quality through reviews that teach as much as they catch
• Lead Delegation design reviews that catch the costly mistakes before Madison, WI builds them
• Build the deeply-curious Service Mesh feature that wins back the WI accounts SmartSolutions lost
• Refactor the technology module SmartSolutions has been afraid to touch
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with Service Mesh
• Drive adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability
• Turn SmartSolutions's CloudFormation on-call noise into alerts that actually mean something

What You'll Bring

• A history of leaving technology processes better than you found them
• At least 7 years of standing behind your own estimates
• The grit to debug at 4pm on a Friday without complaintComfort interpreting data and translating findings into clear recommendations
• A portfolio that speaks louder than any line on your resume
• 7+ years putting Project Management to work in a technology setting
• Senior-caliber judgment about when to elevate and when to absorb

For technology teams who've been burned before, SmartSolutions is the empowering Madison, WI partner that finally keeps its promises. Trust, transparency, and steady momentum are the three things we protect above all else.

You’ll be supported by $98,000 - $132,000, strong health coverage, conference budgets, and a team that promotes from within.

We refreshed it today so candidates know the contract role is genuinely open.