Cloud Engineer

Insight Global (United States); United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Cloud Engineer to migrate and modernize a legacy CMS application into AWS. You will work on cloud automation, IaC, and containerized environments (Kubernetes/EKS), with CI/CD and DevSecOps integration. The role supports a 24/7 production environment and requires Public Trust clearance.

The ideal candidate has hands-on AWS, Terraform/CloudFormation, Kubernetes, Docker, and scripting skills, plus the ability to work through ambiguity and communicate tradeoffs clearly.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands‑on AWS cloud infrastructure experience.
• Experience with Terraform and/or CloudFormation.
• Hands‑on Kubernetes/EKS and container tech experience.
• CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines, Jenkins and GitHub preferred.
• Scripting in Python, Go, Groovy, Bash or similar.
• Strong cloud networking fundamentals (VPCs, connectivity, routing).
• Security integrated into deployment processes.
• Excellent troubleshooting and discovery skills.
• Ability to evaluate open-ended requirements and autonomously implement solutions.
• Detail‑oriented in fast-paced, evolving environments.
• Eligible for Public Trust clearance; rotating on‑call and some off‑hours releases.

Responsibilities

• Support migration of a legacy app into AWS within a tight timeline.
• Deploy and manage workloads via Kubernetes/EKS and IaC tooling.
• Develop and extend Jenkins CI/CD pipelines; implement DevSecOps controls.
• Automate using Python/Go/Groovy/Bash; enable monitoring and resiliency.
• Provide on‑call support for 24/7 production environment.

Skills

AWS Cloud Infra

IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation)

Kubernetes (EKS)

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Scripting

Linux

Networking (VPCs)

Security integration

Troubleshooting

Open-ended problem solving

On-call readiness

Education

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Docker

Jenkins

GitHub

Python

Go

Groovy

Bash

Kubernetes

EKS

VPN/Networking

Job description

Duration: 6mo contract, extensions likely

Start Date: end of November/early December

Compensation: $60-70/hr (W2)

Job Summary

We are seeking a Cloud Engineer to support a large-scale CMS healthcare modernization initiative. This engineer will help migrate and modernize a legacy, business-critical application into AWS within an aggressive timeline.

The ideal candidate has strong hands‑on experience with AWS infrastructure, cloud automation, Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes/EKS, CI/CD, Linux, and DevSecOps. The environment will initially require technical discovery, so this person must be comfortable working through ambiguity, evaluating unfamiliar systems, and independently recommending solutions based on engineering best practices.

This role will support a 24/7 production environment and offers the opportunity to contribute to both the initial migration and longer‑term cloud modernization effort.

Must-Haves

• 5+ years of hands‑on experience designing, implementing, or supporting AWS cloud infrastructure
• Strong experience with cloud automation and Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes and containerized environments; Amazon EKS experience strongly preferred
• Experience with Docker or comparable container technologies
• Experience implementing or supporting CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines, ideally using Jenkins and GitHub
• Hands‑on scripting/automation experience using Python, Go, Groovy, Bash, or similar languages
• Solid cloud networking fundamentals, including VPCs, VPN connectivity, routing, network integrations, and redundancy
• Experience integrating security and engineering best practices into cloud infrastructure and deployment processes
• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to perform technical discovery and root‑cause analysis
• Ability to take an open‑ended requirement, evaluate potential solutions, communicate technical tradeoffs, and independently execute the recommended approach
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work effectively within a fast‑paced environment with evolving requirements
• Must be eligible to obtain a Public Trust clearance and complete clearance requirements prior to starting
• Willingness to participate in a rotating on‑call schedule and occasional off‑hours production releases

Plusses

• Previous data center/on‑premises to AWS migration experience
• Experience building a new AWS/cloud environment from the ground up
• Legacy application modernization or re‑platforming experience
• Hands‑on Amazon EKS experience
• Experience with Ansible for configuration management
• AWS migration tooling experience, including AWS DMS or application migration tools
• AWS certifications
• Traditional infrastructure and LAN/WAN networking experience
• Hybrid-cloud or multicloud experience
• Rancher experience
• Experience supporting highly available 24/7 production environments

Project Overview

Phase 1: Migration + Initial Modernization

The initial phase will focus on discovering the existing legacy environment and migrating the application from its current data center into AWS within approximately five months.

Because portions of the existing infrastructure and application architecture have yet to be fully discovered, Cloud Engineers will help assess the environment, identify dependencies and integrations, establish AWS infrastructure, and determine the best technical approach for the migration.

• Assess the existing legacy infrastructure and application environment
• Identify networking, compute, security, application, and integration dependencies
• Design and provision AWS infrastructure
• Establish secure connectivity between systems and external integrations
• Troubleshoot migration and integration issues
• Begin transitioning legacy components toward a modern architecture

Following the initial migration, the team will continue modernizing the legacy application toward a more scalable, automated, and cloud‑native AWS architecture.

• Deploy and manage workloads through Kubernetes/Amazon EKS
• Expand Infrastructure as Code and cloud automation
• Build and improve Jenkins CI/CD pipelines
• Integrate DevSecOps and security controls into deployment workflows
• Develop automation using Python, Go, Groovy, Bash, or similar scripting
• Implement monitoring, logging, scalability, resiliency, and platform operations capabilities
• Support production deployments and ongoing cloud platform operations
• Partner with development, architecture, security, and infrastructure teams on continued modernization
• Fully Remote (EST schedule)
• Initial 6-month contract with anticipated extension into the broader multi‑year program
• Public Trust clearance required before starting
• Rotating production on‑call responsibilities, currently anticipated approximately once every 1–2 months
• Some off‑hours release support may be required for the 24/7 production environment