Cloud Engineer: AWS/Kubernetes, Hybrid + Perks

Dexter Talent; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work 1-2 days in Houston

Medical insurance

401(k) with company match

Open PTO

Life insurance

Disability cover

Influence automation & cloud optimisn

Job summary

Dexter Talent is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to support a large AWS environment and Kubernetes workloads. You’ll join a seasoned DevOps team focused on reliability, automation and platform improvements across North America.

The role emphasizes operating production systems, incident response and CI/CD enhancements, with a hybrid work setup including occasional Houston office days.

Qualifications

• Solid AWS experience in production environments.
• Kubernetes (preferably EKS) administration.
• Experience with IaC and Terraform.
• Experience with CI/CD tooling and automation.
• Familiarity with observability tools (Grafana/Prometheus).

Responsibilities

• Maintain and scale a large AWS production environment across North America.
• Manage Kubernetes (EKS) clusters and cloud infrastructure.
• Investigate incidents and improve reliability and observability.
• Automate processes using IaC and CI/CD practices.
• Contribute to platform optimisation and on-call incident response.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes (EKS)

Cloud/DevOps ops

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Tools

Terraform

Grafana

Prometheus

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

Dexter Talent is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to support a large AWS environment and Kubernetes workloads. You’ll join a seasoned DevOps team focused on reliability, automation and platform improvements across North America.

The role emphasizes operating production systems, incident response and CI/CD enhancements, with a hybrid work setup including occasional Houston office days.