Cloud Engineer

Red Oak Technologies; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 130,872 - 137,760; Full time

Job summary

A technology services company is seeking a Cloud Engineer (Developer Experience) to enhance developer workflows and scale cloud infrastructure. This hands-on role focuses on managing reliable architecture using tools like Terraform and Kubernetes across environments. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in automation with Ansible and a robust understanding of multi-cloud systems. A collaborative spirit and strong problem-solving skills are essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Terragrunt + Terraform for infrastructure management.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes workloads on cloud platforms.
• Experience automating setups with Ansible.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain standardized Terragrunt structures.
• Refactor and migrate Terraform stacks with minimal downtime.
• Develop Ansible automation for provisioning and deployment.
• Design secure multi-cloud architectures.
• Enhance CI/CD workflows with modern tools.

Skills

Terragrunt + Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

GitOps workflows

Linux

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Slack

Jira

Job description

Contract to Hire - Hourly W2 - $95-100/hr

W2 ONLY

NO C2C

🚨 Eligibility Requirement: Must be a U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder (no exceptions)

We’re hiring a Cloud Engineer (Developer Experience) to help scale modern cloud infrastructure and improve developer workflows across Infrastructure-as-Code, Kubernetes, and CI/CD platforms. This role is hands‑on and focused on building reliable, reusable, and secure systems across multi‑cloud environments.

Must-Haves

• Strong experience with Terragrunt + Terraform (structuring, refactoring, state management)
• Proven experience with Ansible at scale for automation and configuration management
• Hands‑on experience running Kubernetes workloads (AWS, GCP, or Azure)

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain standardized Terragrunt structures across accounts, regions, and environments
• Refactor and migrate Terraform stacks and state with minimal downtime and drift
• Develop and scale Ansible automation for system provisioning and application deployment
• Design secure, multi‑cloud architectures using RBAC and least‑privilege access
• Enhance CI/CD and GitOps workflows (GitHub Actions, self-hosted runners, Jenkins)
• Integrate cloud platforms with tools like Slack, Jira, and internal automation systems

Nice to Have

• Experience with HashiCorp Vault or similar secrets management tools
• Programming experience (Go, Python)
• Strong Linux background (RHEL/CentOS/Rocky, Ubuntu)
• Experience with cloud-init and image automation

What We Value

Ownership, strong problem-solving, attention to scalability, and a passion for improving developer experience. Ability to collaborate across distributed teams is key.