Cloud Engineer

i-Link Solutions; New York (NY); On-site; USD 83,000 - 131,000; Part time

Job summary

i-Link Solutions on behalf of the State of New York Department of Financial Services seeks a Mid-Level Cloud Engineer for a 30-month, part-time engagement. You will design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and Terraform for GCP, while ensuring security and observability.

Responsibilities include managing GCP resources, GKE operations, and integrating DataDog and SonarQube into CI/CD workflows, with Agile ceremonies guiding sprint delivery.

Qualifications

• 5 years in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or systems administration.
• At least 2 years in a public cloud (GCP preferred).
• 3+ years with Terraform in established patterns.
• 3+ years building/maintaining CI/CD pipelines with Cloud Build or GitHub Actions.
• 3+ years GitHub workflows including PRs and branch management.
• 2+ years in Agile delivery environments.
• 1 year with DataDog for log analysis/observability.
• 1 year with SonarQube in CI/CD pipelines.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer or Terraform Associate certification.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting development workflows.
• Author and maintain Terraform code for GCP provisioning following standards.
• Support Salesforce/GearSet deployment pipelines, troubleshoot and document.
• Maintain SonarQube and GitHub integration for static code analysis and security scanning.
• Manage build artifacts using GCP Artifact Registry.
• Support observability with DataDog log forwarding, monitoring, and alerting.
• Support GKE cluster operations including workload deployments and namespace management.
• Manage GCP resources across dev, test, production environments.
• Migrate manually provisioned GCP resources into Terraform.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and sprint delivery.

Skills

GCP expertise

Cloud infrastructure

DevOps practices

Agile delivery

Git workflows

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer

Terraform Associate (HashiCorp)

Tools

Terraform

Cloud Build

GitHub Actions

DataDog

SonarQube

Job description

Task ID: HBITS-08-15062

Position Duration: 30 Months (Part‑Time 37.5 Hours Weekly)

Client: State of NY

Agency: Department of Financial Services

Job Title: Cloud Engineer – Mid-Level

Description

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting development team delivery workflows
• Author and maintain Terraform code for GCP infrastructure provisioning following established standards and patterns
• Support and maintain existing Salesforce/GearSet deployment pipelines, including troubleshooting and documentation
• Maintain the SonarQube and GitHub integration for static code analysis and security scanning
• Manage build artifacts using GCP Artifact Registry
• Support the observability stack including DataDog log forwarding, monitoring, and alerting
• Support GKE cluster operations including workload deployments and namespace management
• Manage GCP resources including compute, networking, IAM, and secrets management across dev, test, and production environments
• Migrate manually provisioned GCP resources into Terraform
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and sprint delivery

Mandatory Qualifications

• 1 60 months of experience in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or systems administration, including at least 2 years in a public cloud environment (GCP preferred; AWS or Azure considered)
• 2 36 months of experience with GCP, including Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, VPC networking, IAM, and Secret Manager
• 3 36 months of experience with Terraform, including reading, writing, and modifying infrastructure code within established patterns
• 4 36 months of experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Cloud Build, GitHub Actions, or equivalent
• 5 36 months of experience with GitHub and Git workflows, including pull requests and branch management
• 6 24 months of experience in an Agile delivery environment, including sprint ceremonies and iterative delivery
• 7 12 months of experience with DataDog for log analysis and observability
• 8 12 months of experience with static code analysis tools such as SonarQube within a CI/CD pipeline
• 9 Bachelor's Degree
• 10 Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer or Terraform Associate (HashiCorp)

Required Documentation

• Résumé
• Copy of Candidate Identification

(i.e., Driver's License/Green Card/Visa and Passport if applicable)

• Any documents referenced in the above Requested Qualifications

(i.e., professional certifications, degrees, etc.)

i-Link Solutions requires a Bachelor's Degree or its equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems or a closely related field of study for all positions.

Disclaimer

i-Link Solutions Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. We especially invite women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply. EEO/AA/M/F/Vet/Disability